I’m really hoping they don’t kill Leia off. I want at least one of the big three to just be able to retire happily rather than dying for the cause. We’ve already had two die for the cause. I want Leia to have stepped back with her head held high, convinced she’s paid her dues for the cause, and ready to leave everything in the capable hands of the next generation. Then I want her to retire to the Star Wars equivalent of Risa and spend her remaining years being tended to by a hunky cabana boy.
They could easily say all of that in dialogue. =P
Seeing how the resistance lost so many people in TLJ, I have a difficult time believing that she’d just step back.
It’s a theme of the new trilogy! When the going gets tough, the tough give up!