It’s just one shot that can be cropped? Yeah, that might be fine, then.
Correct, the lightsaber does not appear in her conversation with Leia right after.
I find it funny how Merry of the Resistance was delegated as the “try to explain Palpatine’s return in as many different ways as possible” character. It’s hilarious.
He’s basically the audience trying to “rationalize” how Palpatine came back via a verbal bullet point of possibilities.
So in some ways, he breaks the forth wall maybe? Lol.
That’s precisely why this particular line should be removed. We have honed in on the whole cloning thing so we needn’t muddy things up any further.