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I’d be open to hearing AI voice of Palpatine options, but I don’t know if a sentence or two is really what I would want for the scene, as I don’t want it to be a full reveal.
The imperial march and emperor music clue you in that something is off/different. Kylo is at his low point, but “wait, what’s this?”
The idea was the crackling followed by two simple words is a bread crumb that I think a strong force user could pick up, but so short for the audience it (hopefully) gives you a “wait, was that? No can’t be. Can it?”
It’s a reveal without a full confirmation, which is what I would want in a tease. Of course, seeing it the first time I’d know it was Palpatine, but I think if he just started delivering lines I’d be saying out loud, “Wait, where the heck did this come from? What is happening? Somehow, Palpatine returned?”
The two words is subtle and simple enough that I’d be genuinely curious if it was really Palpatine, or something channeling Palpatine, or some general Sith magic. It’d make me more curious, like in TFA when we hear Ewan McGregor say “these are the first steps.”
I don’t know if the scene actually works as intended, but that’s the idea at least! It’s hard to know how I would’ve reacted seeing it for the first time.
