My thing with Ren identifying FN-2187 is that it seems strange that he called him by serial number, or would even be inclined to want to. But, eh, it’s probably more consistent with the overall project to put it back.
Not sure I understand as that’s all they’re identified by until Poe gives Finn his name? I can see how initially it may feel out of place for him to just pull it out of the air but the way he pauses alludes to some use of the force that gives him this information. Anyway, it’s exclusion doesn’t effect the main plot but I feel it might hurt his character development a little as its another scene that’s helping establish his power with the force for the audience and as I said earlier, draws some parallels with DV which is part of the overall story.
By the way, don’t take my mammoth length posts as droning on and trying to lecture you on any of the matters. I’m just not that good at writing in a compressed fashion so my posts tend to blow out as I try to make sure I’m being clear in what I want to say 😉
The reason for this was musical - in the original, the crescendo happens as Poe says ‘let’s go home’, but after that was cut the logical placement was right when the planet exploded into the star. But for that to work, there wasn’t quite enough time in the music to allow for the jump to hyperspace before cutting back to the resistance. Since the score continues uninterrupted long into that sequence, I didn’t want to change that.
Ah k, is there any way to include the few extra seconds of them jumping out and slightly speed up this section of footage (that doesn’t look obvious or out of place) just after the implosion has finished to make it fit within the window of time you have before we need to be back at the Resistance base for the correct musical cue? I’m thinking since it’s just the ships flying through space that you can almost make them whatever speed you want while still looking natural and the audience wouldn’t know as long as the sound effects still line up on the fly by past the camera.
.Val