Ah, but you changed that line so they’re not both on the throne, right?
Actually, I think for this version of the story it could go either way. To be fair, even if we were to do a version where Kylo wants to take the throne with Rey, it doesn’t make sense for Rey to say that Kylo AND her were on it. I’m sure she was being figurative, but clearly only one little body can actually sit on the throne. But like I said, I think it could work both ways, but it might work better if that vision’s connection to Kylo isn’t revealed until later. When she shares what she saw with Finn, she is still is trying to figure out what it means. She doesn’t understand the context. So, when Kylo later provides that context (in this case, that they will kill Palpatine and take the throne from him), Rey’s shocked reaction feels warranted. She putting the pieces together, and the fact Kylo saw it too makes it feel scary and inevitable.
I see what you’re going for, I’m just worried that the audience won’t necessarily correlate “Take the Sith Throne” with “Control the Fleet.” I know I never did in theatres; I saw it as him wanting to rule the Sith Empire. Like, it sounds like he’s trying to work inside established Sith-y systems, rather than trying to burn them down and build anew.
I think we’re both pursuing the same angle for Kylo, it’s just a question of the clearest/easiest way of conveying that.
To be fair, Kylo says he wants to build a new system, but he operates within the trappings of what came before him. Red lightsaber, black clothes, a new identity, being committed to the dark side. He even regresses to using his old helmet again. Regardless, I personally don’t think it would be hard for most viewers to see it as “whoever controls the throne, controls the fleet”. Exegol is Palpatine’s little kingdom, the fleet is his army. If Kylo takes the throne, he takes the kingdom, and its army. But maybe some new bit of dialogue from Kylo or Palpatine can be made to make that connection clearer.
Even ignoring all of that, since there is already a lot of dialogue and visuals reiterating Rey’s vision of herself on the throne, and her fear of that vision, then I think you have to correlate that with her joining Kylo, if that is being presented to Rey as the only option to stop Palpatine and save her friends. Also, while I like the reasoning of Kylo saying they will stop Palpatine instead of kill him (because of the spirit transfer nonsense), I don’t know if “stop Palpatine” has the same impact factor as “kill Palpatine”. Maybe, “We will destroy Palpatine” would work better, but maybe this version of the film should keep Kylo not knowing about the spirit transfer.
Same thing - good idea in concept, we’ll just have to see how it works in practice. I trust you, man! Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Right! We’ll just have to play around with it and see what works. I was trying to keep pacing as similar to the theatrical as possible, but maybe we could get away with trimming more.