Thank you, darthrush! Your edit of this scene is so fantastic and essential for my enjoyment of the movie. As I’ve said before, Rose’s “rescue” is so illogical to me I have trouble focusing afterward.

While I understand having Rose disappear until the end scene in the Falcon is a bit odd, it’s not out of the realm of the kind of editing that often happens in large scale films. Think of Gandalf‘s staff disappearing in the theatrical Return of the King. Or Han having a “funny feeling” he wasn’t going to see the Falcon again in Return of the Jedi. Or the missing 3rd lesson in The Last Jedi!

I’m still open to having Rose get shot down. I’ve played with it, but haven’t figured out how to make it a real moment, which is kind of required for this to happen to a major character. Overall, if it doesn’t work, though, I’m okay with it as is.