The problem with your Rey rescue rewrite is that they made Leia a general, and generals don't go on covert rescue missions. That and it wouldn't be believable that she could physically handle such a mission. Let's face it, Carrie Fisher was not in the best shape when these movies were filmed. But otherwise that sounds better. They'd at least be together again when they planned the mission, and we wouldn't live in a world with Luke Drinking Blue Milk memes.
Can't physically handle such a mission? *****, the girl can FLY!!!
Plus that was the next movie, not Force Awakens. Although that would have been an even bigger WTF moment than her going all Mary Poppins in TLJ. Even better if Luke saw her flying and muttered, "Damn, I can't do that. I should have finished my training instead of hiding out on a remote planet feeling sorry for myself".
Yep her new outfit even has the same deal where the cloth hangs loose on the right side but is a fixed loop on the left side.
I guess when she was shopping for a new outfit she saw the bright white and said "ooh that's pretty, but does it have the loop? I need one with a loop, it's kind of my thing," lol.
I guess her old staff was too ornate for her new Jedi sensibilities, so she replaced it with a plain old stick. Or maybe that's the one Luke had on the island? Maybe it called to her.
Yep her new outfit even has the same deal where the cloth hangs loose on the right side but is a fixed loop on the left side.
I guess when she was shopping for a new outfit she saw the bright white and said "ooh that's pretty, but does it have the loop? I need one with a loop, it's kind of my thing," lol.
joking.... looks good to me...
