the tone of the film
A movie where Luke dies has the tone of a comedy ? Not sure about the “tone” angle here.
I mean, if you want to cut out all the humor throughout the movie and make it into a very dreary and heavy film, that’s one thing. But if you’re leaving in much of the humor throughout, then it’s important to establish upfront that, while these are very dramatic circumstances with some big powerful moments, this is still a fun Star Wars movie with moments of levity here and there. A film’s tone doesn’t have to be monotonous.
Oh but I agree about that, it’s just I don’t think you need humor in all places, especially this kind of SNL humor. But I’m totally in favor of keeping the “good” humor when in place. At the very beginning of the movie, during this sequence, I feel it’s off. Leia’s line (“I’m with the droid on this one”) is much more appropriate “Star Wars humor” than Hux being made fun of. And that’s all what is needed in this sequence.