Hey one thing I thought of, which may or may not be necessary/be too much work … but would it help if a creative VFX to add a paint scheme or something to one of the TIES to at least make them visually different if a person pays attention?
It kind of makes me think on one of those ROTJ threads to add stripes to Palp’s shuttle to make it different.
It doesn’t have to be drastic, but maybe even something to really “help” separate the TIES.
Heck, if there is time or a scene with some audio magic to have Kylo say “Fuel my other ship” or something when they identify the beads? That isn’t necessary, but even something to help the audience have a visually/audible confirmation those ships were clearly different and not a “whoops, plot hole.”