Also, I don’t mind the dice only being a thing in TLJ. They’re replaced by Han’s medal by episode IX anyway so there’s no real throughline to keep there. If anything having them in both VII and VIII would just make them feel absent from IX.
Have to disagree there. The last time we see the dice in VIII they’re a Force projection that disappears after Luke is gone. The real dice could have made it to Leia by the time of IX but to see them reappear after dramatically disappearing in VIII would have been confusing to general audiences.
I’m all for seeing the scene restored in Restructured.