The film is giving Rey as a character literally everything she could ever want on a silver platter leading up to her confrontation with Palpatine. Leia is revealed to support Rey beyond all measure, Luke is telling her that a thousand generations of Jedi live in her now, etc. Legitimately the only thing that could even persuade her to ever consider Palpatine’s request is if she believed it were her fate, or her very nature, to give in to his demands.
And this is exactly why I want to find a way to cut the Ach-To scene completely. Besides that scene just kind of sucking in general, it almost completely resolves Rey’s internal conflict before the final battle has even begun. It would be much more effective if, right after giving into her darkness and almost killing Kylo, Rey headed straight to Exegol, the temptation of the Sith throne still driving her to Palpatine.
Of course, there are a few problems with this idea (namely what to do with Leia’s saber), but I do think a “No Ach-To” edit could be entirely feasible if someone like Nev is willing to accept the challenge.