I’ve seen that! Thanks for bringing that up Darth Lucas!
To summarize:
- Ben brings Rey back to life
- Ben falls over dead
- Ben begins to fade
- Cut to Leia’s body fading away and Maz smiling
- Ben fades back in
- Rey lifts him up (shot reversed)
- Ben and Rey smile at each other and kiss
I think the reverse shots could use some work to make them feel slightly different and less obviously reversed, like the way Ben’s hand moves on the back of Rey’s head (maybe you could just mask his hand out in that shot). I think you would need to rearrange the shots of them looking at each other a little differently too to try and sell it more. But Rey Kenobi’s version does have a clear sequence of events and maintains Ben’s act of selflessness, with his mother giving him one final gift.
I like the idea of Leia intervening in some way (either for Ben or Rey) because it reminds me a little of the Mortis arc from Clone Wars. Towards the end of that arc, Ahsoka dies, but The Daughter offers what was left of her own life Force to save her, but Anakin was necessary to act as a conduit for the life Force to be transferred.
So in this version of the film, it could play out similarly. Leia, the “daughter” of Anakin, gives what little of her life Force still lingered in this world to bring Rey back to life, with Ben, the grandson of Anakin, acting as a conduit like Anakin once did.
But you would get a similar idea whether she helps save Rey or Ben, I think.