I have been reminded that refueling is actually a thing in Star Wars, showing up both here and here, and seemingly here as a part of the whole lift-off sequence that didn't make it into the comic. I definitely need to reread this Episode soonish; I'm forgetting details like that from near the start of the movie. So thinking about it more now, using the star as a refueling source would make a lot more sense in the movie than trying for a time travel set-up, even if that would be a likely reason for people to dislike Episode IX. So in that case, the NPC giving Wedge's report is probably a nod to the actual movie plot while we're going to do a time travel shooting thing in the comic.

Also, wow that's a heck of a difference in size! I think that's the first, smaller Death Star on display since it's a full sphere, but still! You could almost drop it into the Peace Moon's trench! I bet we'll still have a trench run equivalent though to destroy it in the end, even with the new hyperdrive modulator. We had the original run, then the under construction run; I can't wait to see what we'll have for the Peace Moon. Through snow-covered mountains and machinery perhaps?

So will Jim finally get to pull off a sacrifice play? Maybe it'll be something like Independence Day, but with Han jumping the Millennium Falcon into the shield generator to let the rest of the Resistance in for an attack. It'd be a minor shame to lose the modulator that way, but that's the way plot devices go sometimes, especially when a former main character is involved. Maybe not crazy enough for a plan by Zeppo, but I can see that as a decent way for Han to die in the movie.