Makes sense for Mihawk to fall before the Final war. Oda can't have Luffy achieve his initial dream while any of his crew members still have to wait to fulfill theirs in the Final war.
Nah I don’t think so
I even think that Shanks and Mihawk will fall after the war
Luffy and Zoro's dream had always a connection but Luffy's is harder to achieve
Luffy's aim is to surpass Shanks and Zoro's aim is to surpass Mihawk
Don’t forget this page
There are way more hints and parallels
I think it will be like this
Luffy will beat Teach and Zoro will beat an Admiral or Shiryu
After that we’ll get a post war arc
Luffy will beat Shanks and will surpass everyone , even Roger
Luffy will give Shanks his strawhat back
Zoro will beat Mihawk and surpass both Shanks and Mihawk but he’ll be still weaker than Luffy (maybe Roger lvl)
or we’ll get a big battle royal
It’s just a theory, don’t come at me guys lmao