You also have to take into account that a lot of stuff these days is shot purely for the trailers and has no bearing on the actual film
I mean, you’re not wrong. I just wanted to be naive since the way TFA was marketed, I felt that its trailers were far more faithful to what we saw in theaters. Shots/dialogue that didn’t make it into the final cut, really had no effect on the film itself, so it was dismissable. Rogue One looks like it went off the rails big time when comparing trailers vs final cut.
But yeah, I totally get your stance; I made the mistake thinking that since TFA had an arguably solid ad-campaign, that it would also apply to this recent SW film.
Rogue One is a rare case in that so much of it was changed after the fact. The trailers weren’t purposefully misleading.
I honestly think trailers are almost completely worthless, and I’d highly recommend people avoid them as much as possible, especially for a film your going to see.