“Forgive me. I feel it again. The pull of the light. Show me again, the power of the darkness…and I will let nothing stand in our way. Show me…and I will finish what you started.”

The reason I removed the ‘Supreme Leader’ line in particular was due to some feedback that said it was confusing to introduce the Supreme Leader while Kylo is ostensibly praying to Vader, and I agreed.

The user also mentioned that this scene of weakness is more appropriate for later in the film, but I humbly disagree. We see Kylo saddled with complexity and familial connections in the first scene:
‘I will show you the Dark Side.’
‘You will try… buy you cannot escape the truth…that is your family.’
So it only makes sense to explore that implied weakness, and since it’s already established it doesn’t matter too much where that goes in the film.

Also, when watching the whole edit the other night for the first time in a while, I found that I appreciated the slow scenes. Deleting lines from this one to slow the pace made it feel more like a moment of religious devotion.