It’s just so hard to take Star Wars seriously if Rise of Skywalker is actually a thing that happened. Where do you even go after “secret fleet of 10,000 Star Destroyer Death Stars” and “Palpatine magically returns and electrocutes the sky”?? I can’t take it seriously after that because we are now firmly in the Spaceballs Universe and only Mel Brooks should be allowed to direct from now on.
I have a suggestion but I am holding it for ransom from The Walt Disney Company.
The classic “it was all a dream” cold open?
Too stale. Kick up a notch by making it a dream within a dream*.
*Within another dream if you’re feeling especially creative, but proceed with caution.
Dream within a dream is sufficient.