I have been playing around with the ending, and I think I found a vibe I like. This is using some stuff from HAL’s edit. There’s not really a need for her to have an interaction with the random old lady in this version.
I think that static shot of the binary suns needs to have Rey in it, somehow, but I’m not sure how to accomplish that. Perhaps mask her standing up from the shot with the old lady into it? I’m not great with visual effects, but that seems to be the missing ingredient. I’m going to comb through the BTS stuff to see if there’s something usable there.