Speaking specifically to the ending of IX, I’d like to cut 3PO getting his memory back from an R2 backup file. Instead, keep the memory wiped, and at the very end of the film, have him be with Rey when she goes to Tatooine. He watches silently as she buries the lightsabers, and everything. And instead of Rey igniting her own saber, have 3PO ask what it all means. Then, Rey smiles or something and starts walking away, and 3PO follows. “Well, you see…a long, long time ago…”

Then, her speech fades into the distance as the music swells, and we pan up to the binary stars before the film ends.

This way, all of the episodes seem like part of a retelling to 3PO from Rey. Sort of.

Maybe a little cheesy, but I don’t think it couldn’t be done.