^Exactly 😃 I rather hoped that the strength of that idea overcame the deficiency of its execution, but I see that more work is needed.
Snoke: "…the new Jedi will rise."
Kylo: "And FN-2187?.."
Hux: "Supreme Leader, I take full responsibility…"
Snoke: "GENERAL! Our strategy must now change."
Hux: “The weapon is ready. The time has come to use it…”If your edit, based on TFA:Restructured, moves the SKB plot around, would such a conversation be appropriate for the first Snoke scene? As it is, the weapon isn’t brought up until the second Snoke scene.
I had forgotten that. Restructured makes sense in this regard, but since I’m moving the first Snoke scene to just after Leia’s introduction, Snoke’s dialogue about the droid being taken to the Resistance implies that he knows all about Kylo’s new plans for Rey. And since he knows about that, Hux’s appearance in the second Snoke scene is cut, leaving no place for Starkiller talk.
Some of this was said earlier, but I prefer this order because it:
- Makes Snoke into a more informed, competent villain
- preserves the Kylo revelation until as late as possible
- Makes sense of Hux and Kylo’s movements, since they should have been tracking the Falcon instead of hanging out at the base