I'm gonna make a prediction here. In the movie, that nose piece stays in place the whole movie, then pops out at a climactic moment and the audience is expected to say, "oh, I get it now--it's that same ship from the other movies." Like those movies in the 80s where they put glasses on a really hot girl as a disguise and no one is supposed to realize she's hot until that moment near the end of the movie.
Okay, I'm being a little silly, but maybe.