An alternate idea for the Star Wars sequel trilogy: making Snoke matter and making the whole trilogy about how Palpatine returned
So I haven't fleshed this out fully and I don't know if i ever will since I already made a different sequel trilogy rewrite, but for a while one of the hardest parts of rewriting the sequel trilogy for me has been what to do with Snoke to the point that I previously just cut him and replaced him with Maul. We get zero context for who he is and he's kinda just a knock off Palpatine. But recently, I got an idea.
So Snoke in this version would be someone who worked closely with Palpatine as one of his advisors or guards. The First Order is established from the beginning as a front for a sith cult, they spend the first movie searching for some artifact that is revealed at the end of the first movie to contain Palpatine's spirit.
throughout the second movie, A new clone body is being prepared for Palpatine to possess. The plan does succeed by the end of the movie, but the clone body is notably weaker than Palpatine's original body, to avoid undercutting the end of Return of the Jedi and to further explain Palpatine's goal of absorbing Rey and Kylo Ren's power or possessing one of them. Palpatine then kills Snoke which leads into a much more fleshed out version of the Rise of Skywalker