The only potential problem with using the Babu Frik line here is, again, timing. We only have about 4 seconds to play with total, unless we can come up with a way to artificially pad out the moment. The Babu line alone is - what…3 seconds long already?

I think we might just be able to squeeze everything in if we can cut 3PO’s line to only “It appears I am…a Resistance Spy!” This still needs a lot of clean up - it’s mainly just to figure out if the clip will even fit here timing-wise. Perhaps the trimmed line, and a slight speed increase if it still sounds too rushed? https://streamable.com/ajq1ba

axlanian, thank you so much for the audio clips! They sound great!

And Burbin, we may never agree on which dagger version is a logical nitpick and which version is a logical leap; but if we go with the new dagger translation, we’ll have to remove the location being “inscribed on this dagger” anyway, so it may be a moot point. I guess we’ll see what happens.

Heck, maybe Rey senses how important the dagger is when she picks it up and telegraphs that there’s something significant about it. You know, like later in the movie, when she senses how important the dagger is, despite already having the translation? “Rey doesn’t know for a fact that the dagger will be relevant again! She abandons her friends for what might be a wild goose chase! Plot hole!” The dagger’s stupid no matter what. “It’s stylistically designed to be that way, and you can’t undo that. But we can diminish the effects of it.”