I have been wanting to try recutting the duel between Kylo and Finn so that Kylo instantly goes on the offensive, and never gets hit by Finn, and the duel would basically become a one sided ass beating that gets handed to Finn like you would logically expect it to be. I’m relatively pleased with the result and am curious if you guys find it effective at all:
I personally don’t think this is wise. Going into the fight, we know Ren is a powerful force user and Finn, while trained in melee combat, is not quite good enough to hold his own. So the fact that Finn will lose is a forgone conclusion, and the longer the fight is the more the tension of “is Finn going to die or just get seriously maimed” builds." And it lasts a while not because Finn is really doing all that well, only because Ren is toying with him. He’s too cocky and not factoring in that he’s wounded, and that’s how Finn gets a hit on him. But of course, once the happens, he’s all businesses and Finn is done. But showing that cockiness is important because it’s the same reason Rey is able to catch him off guard and eventually defeat him.