I could, since I edited it together that way already. I haven’t watched that chunk of the movie overall, but I imagine it working well.
Yeah I imagined it would work fine, in theory… I just really liked the way Rose’s line to Poe transitioned to him talking to Leia. Since that scene is gone, I was just concerned it wouldn’t flow as nicely.
My only other concern is that I have yet to see proof that the reveal of Chewie being alive can be delayed with only rearrangement, no deletion.
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Also, with the aftermath of Kijimi’s destruction being deleted, we have no scene of Poe being thrown into the deep end and setting up his new responsibilities and thus, giving the Leia scene context.