Also, I still firmly believe that v5 should take the approach that Leia managed to sense Rey’s bloodline as she trained her, which only served to double her efforts. I think that this thread is essential because it means Leia’s unconditional love is the throughline for both Ben and Rey’s arcs in this movie, meaning she truly is at the heart of Episode IX. She was meant to be at the center of the finale while 7 was still being written, and George’s treatments also wanted her to be extremely important in 9.
To make this point even more clear I’d recommend pairing this with the new Luke/Leia flashback voiceover I shared awhile back, and also making it abundantly clear that Leia knows something is up with Rey earlier on. It was such a weird choice to place so much emphasis on death omens and lightsaber prophecies in the original flashback instead of what really matters about Leia’s character. So, basically, watch the following 3 tests in order: