One quick observation… in each of the “reveals” of CGI recreations of prior characters, they snuck up on them gradually to build the suspense. For example, Leia’s back is to the camera for an extended period, and we’re thinking, “is it her? is it her?”. Then “tada!” it’s Leia! Or, “tada!” it’s Tarkin! Ordinarily, we aren’t introduced to characters in that way. Those might look increasingly clumsy over time.
This is a good point and likely increases the scrutiny given to the characters by people like us. Delaying it makes you look that much closer when the reveal happens.
If it was a more “natural” introduction, perhaps scrutiny would be less?