I get the reasoning for it, but to me, it sticks out as “off” because it’s both such a quick shot and feels “rushed” but it visually sticks out since we see “shadow Leia” and then the medal shot is “full on light.” It just … doesn’t feel right.

However I like the idea behind it … it’s a shame what they did with the scene to make it feel so disconnected with the medal. I’d love it if they did something in a scene before seeing the back of Leia going through a box of things and pulls out the medal. We the audience thinks, what’s the point of that? And then later on we get the scene we see her and then make the connection with that scene and the end of the movie.

Such a shame.