Here’s an even more extreme angle that follows from the previous - what if Rey’s dad was captured by Ochi and taken to Palpatine, who tortured him into obedience and deep into the dark side, and raised him as a subservient Sith - giving him the name Snoke. Then, Rey REALLY has a reason to want to kill Palpatine - for vengeance for her father. I’m not suggesting you use this idea, or even that it’s good - more that it’s an angle I’ve not yet seen considered.
Rey’s father does indeed have blue eyes and a similar head shape. But he’s definitely not 8 feet tall, or whatever lol.
But your other post is a marvelous idea, Eddie. Although it obviously would be for Ascendant, and not this edit. Perhaps Palpatine’s “son” escaped when he was a youngster, and has been on the run all that time. Then we have Kylo state that once he was captured Ochi discovered he was incapable of using the Force, so Palps ordered him killed. And he never knew about Rey before she’d already chosen the path of a Jedi, so he wanted her killed, too.
I think, for the purposes of this edit, I can only hope and pray that the Starlight project updates the VFX of the ship that leaves Rey behind. So, yeah, this specific discussion might be more suited for Hal’s thread.
Here’s how that Kylo dialogue would work for Ascendant:
“It was Palpatine who had your parents taken. He was looking for your father. But he found out he was useless with the Force. So he gave the order.”
This would then tie in with “Weak, like your parents”