Had an image of a pretty cool visual in my head for an alternate moment for the ending scene.

I have mentioned before that instead of having Rey bury the old lightsabers, we could see her build her new one rather than pull it out of nowhere. Even though Rey goes to Lars Homestead, I wish the ending of the film focused more on how this is the beginning of Rey’s new life. This last scene feels less about her and more about the old characters strangely enough to me.

So imagine we get this sequence of saber parts floating around and coming together. During the construction, I had this image of the first sun rising over the horizon in the background, and we see the crystal floating right at the heart of the sun as the parts of the saber close in around it, making it appear as if the lightsaber is capturing the light of the sun.

I think there is a lot of great symbolism here for a few reasons. Many were speculating on the significance of Rey having a yellow lightsaber, but I think this would make it clearer. Throughout the saga the sun has represented hope, and the lightsaber capturing the light of the sun, as well as the blade being the color of a sun, illustrates the lightsaber as a symbol of hope. Plus, Rey’s name conjures the image of a “ray” of sunlight, so this would help represent this lightsaber as a reflection of her identity. This is her lightsaber, and no one else’s.

Obviously this would require new footage, but luckily I think it all could be done through CGI. One would have to model lightsaber parts and animate them, but it might be rather straightforward for someone who is familiar with animation. If it could be done I think it would be a beautiful sequence.