Is there anyway we can fit in the message that the fight against evil will always continue or something like that? This is what I’m thinking. Before Palpatine dies we once again hear his line “I’ve been killed before,” or whatever it was. But there has to be some sort of response from Rey along the lines of “we’ll always be there.” Then you cut out the shots of all the star destroyers blowing up around the galaxy. What I’d really want to is instead of a hug party, to have a scene where they come back hugging, get a transmission about the next mission to stop the FO, and then head off. Then the scene with Rey on Tatooine. Don’t know how to do any of this.
Interesting ideas. I think we’d have to see what Daisy Ridley lines we’d have available. I could see something like
Emperor: I’ve been killed before.
Rey: I’ll be waiting. (From, “I know all about waiting.”)
To imply the fighting will continue, I could picture a few things. Maybe you could create new space scenes with some decent cg ship models. I could imagine a shot that mirrors ANH, where a Star Destroyer is being chased by dozens of Resistance ships. You could insert Poe into this scene somehow, either in an X-Wing or on the bridge of a cruiser. In general you could expand this idea and have different types of ship/space sequences that could help imply that idea.
You would have to film new material, but I would still love to see something with Finn that would imply something with Stormtroopers defecting or going on a mission to liberate children from the First Order.