Alright, this may be stupid, but something is still nagging me about “We’ll kill him together.” It’s a tiny nag, admittedly - I think it’s because “We WILL kill him” comes across less like Kylo is imploring her to help him end the Sith, and more like, “Oh boy, here we go killing again!” It’s like Kylo cares more about killing this guy than he does about stopping the Sith. Maybe it’s just the way Adam Driver delivers the line? (Emphasis on “Kill” instead of “We’ll”?) I know, I know, it’s a subtle connotative difference; but it’s gnawing at me.
Plus, “We WILL do this” doesn’t really leave open any other choices for Rey, which - to me - deflates the tension of the moment considerably. “Of course Kylo’s wrong. She’s not going to start murdering people with him!” Rather than, “Oh gosh, Kylo has a point. What’s Rey going to do?”
So I made a quick mockup. Is it worth trying to iron out the new line? https://streamable.com/4tms6i
(Between this, “Become a Dyad,” and the eventual Rey Nobody replacement, we’re just going to change all of Kylo’s dialogue in this scene, aren’t we? Lol.)
EDIT: I also did a bit more work on this thingy: https://streamable.com/ffimpr
Blended out Palp’s Theme (I hope) a little bit better, cleaned up the word “a”, added a clip of Rey panting to cover up the omission of “and,” and also trimmed down the dramatic pause before she finishes her line (to help fudge the lip sync). Any better? The video cut on Rey’s line could be a little tighter and overlap the line on her catching the second saber more; I’m just worried about carving too deeply into the closeup shot.
Yes please. I like the change to the hanger scene line in the sense that, probably at this moment, Kylo doesn’t have a “plan” to deal with Palpatine’s “transfer plan” … but for sure he wants Rey to help him deal with Palpy. So by having the focus on “Join me and we can stop him” it works for both Kylo’s mindset (currently with this edit since Palps tells him about his transfer thing) and it would at least be a “reasonable” to try to sway Rey.
Also, YES PLEASE to the Palpy Rey scene. IT WORKS. The over confident Palpy, taunts Rey about her being a simple scavenger and Rey’s response … she now has overcome everything and perfectly responds, in essence “no, I am a JEDI ya wrinkly nerf herder!”