And I feel like it’s fixable by having his underlying motive be to exploit the power of their Force Dyad all along.
What somehow makes more sense and is also even more of a head scratcher is the fact that that kinda was the idea during the writing (editing?) stage…
JEDIT:
Also, I understand that it is settled and binned 😄, but just in case I was not clear in my force ghost post, this was my ultimate suggestion:
what are people’s thoughts on having JUST BEN as a force ghost for that shot, replacing Mark and Carrie entirely
Also, can I just say how much I appreciate Hal providing the community with just about the maximum possible amount of the ‘fanedit resources’ he used for his edit, all in an accessible place for other editors to utilize? Just helps highlight the collaboration of it.