And I also agree with Burbin that it’s kind of fun, looking at the whole trilogy, to say “You’re just a scavenger.” “Not anymore, bitch. Now I’m a Jedi!”
If he were actually saying “you’re just a scavenger” I’d agree, but the way he says it is “a scavenger girl is no match for the power in me.” That statement is more of a declaration rather than directly addressing Rey in conversation, and Rey’s response doesn’t address him directly either (as “Not anymore, bitch” would, lol). I just think that if I saw that ordering in the theater, I would think they accidentally cut a sentence out of the middle of the conversation.
It is less in-your-face than most of this script, I grant you. (MAZ: “Hey audience: Leia’s about to kill herself, in case you can’t pick up on context clues!”) But to me, it still works. It’s almost like Palpatine doesn’t care about her enough to give her much thought. “You’re just a scavenger. Look at how powerful I am. Focus on meeee!!” And Rey’s all like, “Excuse me (bitch), I am a Jedi. Maybe you’ll notice me when I LIGHTNING YOUR FACE!” It’s a bit more subtextual, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
As for her saying “No…,” I think following up “scavenger” or “nothing” with Rey saying “And…” doesn’t really make sense, because it means she’s not actually rejecting either of those things. If the final Palpatine line isn’t “sith,” something needs to be done about “And…,” whether it’s “No…” or something else.
I tried to address the “and” in my edit.