If you cut Finn taking the tracker (good idea btw, one less thing to worry about, it has no real consequence), how would you go about re-editing his meeting with Rose?
Hhmm, I forgot about this bit. I can see two options:
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Finn is really trying to desert out of fear. It contradicts his arc from the first movie, but then again he only stood up to Kylo for Rey (not the resistance). If Finn thought he could actually find and help Rey by escaping the Raddus this might work.
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Finn isn’t lying to Rose about cleaning the ships. Insert a clip from TFA with Finn saying “sanitation” to imply he has to clean the escape pods, due to the desperate situation everyone has to help out with the dirty work. This would be much harder to edit though, I don’t remember this scene to well but I believe he acts suspicious in some shots. The scene would end short with Rose not tagging him.
Neither work very well… I would probably chose #1 because it’s easy to edit and is only a minor plot point.