I’ve actually already done that. I left Snoke’s voice in since that moment lands much better with three voices and I don’t see any plot holes that would create. Just because Snoke and Palpy are working together doesn’t mean Palpy can’t impersonate Snoke on occasion to manipulate Kylo.
Sounds pretty good! I think I played with it before at one point, but I’m glad the idea works. And you’re right that Palpatine still could’ve impersonated Snoke. I guess I was worried about confusing people, but him saying he trained Snoke should make it clear that Snoke was a different person.
I love the idea of the destruction of Hosnian being a mass sacrifice to resurrect Palpatine. It’s so sinister and dramatic! Reminds me of when I wrote backstory to his resurrection where he drained the life force of Ewoks and Gungans.
Maybe it’d be good if Snoke was the one to say it. That plus the line about training him would really clarify the relationship between the two (master and apprentice).
At the very least, maybe during the shot of the mysterious figure rising from the muck, we could hear Snoke say, “Darkness rises!”
I think something that would really help in regards to setting up Palpatine is having Vader’s helmet actually speak to Kylo, which would get paid off by the “every voice” line. I’m sure it’s been done several times over by now, just gotta dig up the best version.
This is one of my top desires for a ST edit. I think it would be cool if Kylo received a vision from the Vader helmet in TFA that clarified his motivation to turn to the dark side. But you also could place Kylo touching Vader’s helmet in TROS at the beginning of that film, and give him a vision there where Vader speaks to him and shows him the way to the Wayfinder.
And Sasquatch, I think it is a matter of not wanting to add more backstory to Rey’s parents when it isn’t really necessary.