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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 7881626" data-attributes="member: 5868">I think a lot of the character arc can be accomplished without Canto Bight. Have Finn & Rose go searching for a spy in the Resistance who is enabling the First Order to track their fleet (no need for some special technology solution). Rose can show Finn the reason people are willing to fight rather than run as they interact with other members of the Resistance.Edits to the series:TFA:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Max Van Sydow character needs some backstory/connection to the plot</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Delete the Rathtars and pirates going after Han; it's just Han finding the Falcon; FO arrives and they escape in the MF.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Starkiller Base is just a base on a planet. Delete killing stars, or nuking the Republic; they go in to rescue Rey.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rey escapes Kylo without beating him in the duel (the crack appears sooner to separate them). I want her growth in power and ability to be a little slower over the trilogy.</li> </ul>TLJ:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No cell phone joke at the beginning</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Delete Canto Bight; make it a spy search in the fleet as above</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Either Leia dies in the bridge attack, or holds on with the Force; no Mary Poppins scene.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Need some lines from the First Order about why they are herding the fleet rather than jumping ahead of them and destroying them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soften some of Luke's initial rejection (drop the "toss the saber" scene); play up fear of the Dark Side instead -- he rejects the universe because no matter what he does the dark side will rise. Spread out Rey's training more. Give the third lesson.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rey holds her own for a while but loses the fight with Kylo in the throne room and runs; she learns to show patience in the final scene with the rocks (continue to show growth in force ability through the trilogy).</li> </ul>RoS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have them find out it's Palpatine through the story, not in the opening crawl.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slow the opening pace; delete a MacGuffin and scene or two. Pace should increase as the movie goes along. Don't need the dagger; just hints to the Sith artifact; when they find the last one at the Death Star wreckage they learn it's Palpatine pulling the strings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No fleet of Star Destroyers, no planet killers, just a small FO fleet-- but the Resistance is trying to decapitate the First Order by taking out Palpatine so they attack. They're still outnumbered, and need to be rescued by people who respond to a call for aid.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rey's still a nobody by birth, but powerful in the force -- Palps wants her because of her inherent ability and either she or Kylo will be a good vessel for him. He sensed her through the force.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rey reaches her peak ability in the final scenes with Palps.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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