Inspired by this Just Write video, I kind of wanted to make a fanedit that just ends the story with TLJ. Almost everything is resolved by TLJ, so it kinda works. Even the First Order still roaming around is resolved: While the Resistance is decimated, the First Order didn’t exactly leave the movie unscathed or frankly even in a better position than it started in, and the Broom Boy scene kind of cements that the First Order is living on borrowed time. It leaves the plot lines loose enough to be reopened, but they’re still resolved. Kind of like the end of Breaking Bad Season 4 or the Original Star Wars movie: the plot could have ended there and it would’ve worked fine.
The only issue is that Rey and Kylo Ren’s relationship is unresolved. I originally thought to cut the final force-skype out of TLJ, implying the connection ended with the story being resolved. That would have worked, but I had this idea:
-The crawl says that despite the First Order technically winning in the Last Jedi, they’ve lost Snoke, their best ships, there’s disunity between Hux and Kylo Ren, etc, etc, and they’re in really bad shape. Plus, Luke Skywalker’s actions on Crait inspired the galaxy to join the Resistance. The First Order is losing, but Kylo Ren’s leadership is the one thing keeping them alive.
-Kylo Ren has a vision that he will meet a ghost in the wreckage of the Death Star that will change the galaxy. He thinks it’s either Palpatine or Vader, since they died there. He wants to seek it out. Rey may or may not have had this same vision, but she knows about it and wants to prevent Kylo from reaching it. Always in motion, the future is, and she can prevent it.
-Rey and Kylo Ren fight on the Death Star, Rey stabs him, and heals him. She leaves knowing that Vader never became a ghost, Anakin did, and his ghost left Endor long ago, and that Palpatine’s soul was destroyed with his body. Neither of them are here.
-Kylo Ren takes a moment to reflect on this, and finally meets the ghost: Han Solo. They talk, and Kylo Ren throws away his lightsaber.
-Kylo Ren was the last thing the First Order had left, and without him, they’re finally pushed to defeat.
There would probably be more stuff in there, but this is just the barebones of what the edit would make it about. There’s also a few things I’m not sure how I’d pull off, but I’d like to try.