I concur with almost everything in this list, with the minor exception of Leia asking Han to “Hold Me”. I think it gives weight to the fact that something big just happened, because usually when Han gets upset Leia would normally snark back - ( a departure of character for both of them as they are fulfilling character arcs of change that make them endearing to us), but instead just says “hold me”. I like that Han is a bit taken aback but falls into her pretty deep as the scene ends.

Thanks!

I fully agree that it’s an important scene and wasn’t suggesting cutting it - I just wondered if the scene might play out better with the dialog track removed but maybe it is good to have that level of vulnerability. I guess I was influenced by the Anakin/Padme scene in ROTS that worked well with no dialog. Hard to do for Han, but easy for Leia since I think she’s facing away from camera at that point.