- Maybe (big maybe) an AI Palpatine line in place of “For my grandchild to come home! I never wanted you dead, I wanted you here.”
How’s this?
(off-screen) “Long have I waited… I never wanted you dead, but now I need you here."
(Cut to Palpatine on-screen)
(back to off-screen) “I can feel your growing darkness (on-screen again) Empress Palpatine. You will take the throne. It is your birthright to rule, here. It is in your blood, our blood.”
Does this better help to establish that Palps wanted her dead, but now that he senses the darkness in her he’ll use her as his target instead?
As for the “She will come, her friends will follow.” comment, Palps knows they will bring the fight to home, so him telling Pryde to come to Exegol can be interpreted as him wanting to prepare his defenses.
I don’t know… thoughts?