Not sure how much I will change the Han/Leia scenes, but it’s possible that I will trim them a bit. I will consider keeping the “grandfather” line, but at this point I’m leaning toward removing it.
Would it be possible to reorder some of Han and Leia’s dialog similar to the “ben’s hut” scene in ANH, to make the blatant expositional dialog more compelling?
I haven’t really given it much thought, but here’s a version of the “Snoke talk” that would be doable and less expositional:
Han: Listen to me, will you? I know every time you… Every time you look at me you’re reminded of him.
Leia: You think I want to forget him? I want him back!
Han: There’s nothing more we could’ve done.
Leia: I just never should’ve sent him away. That’s when I lost him. That’s when I lost you both.
Han: We both had to deal with it in our own way. I went back to the only thing I was ever good at.
Leia: We both did.
Han: We lost our son.
Leia: No. There is still light in him, I know it. We can still save him. Me. You.
Han: If Luke couldn’t reach him, how could I?
Leia: Luke is a Jedi. You’re his father.How’s that?
Han: Listen to me, will you? I know every time you… Every time you look at me you’re reminded of him.
Leia: You think I want to forget him?
Han: There’s too much vader in him.
Leia: I just never should’ve sent him away. That’s when I lost him. That’s when I lost you both.
Han: I went back to the only thing I was ever good at.
Leia: We both did.
Leia: There is still light in him, I know it. We can still save him. Me. You.
Han: If Luke couldn’t reach him, how could I?
Leia: Luke is a Jedi. You’re his father.
or
Han: Listen to me, will you? We both had to deal with it in our own way. I went back to the only thing I was ever good at.
Leia: We both did.
Han: I know every time you… Every time you look at me you’re reminded of him.
Leia: You think I want to forget him?
Han: There’s too much vader in him.
Leia: That’s why I wanted him to train with Luke.
Han: There’s nothing more we could’ve done.
Leia: I just never should’ve sent him away. That’s when I lost him. That’s when I lost you both.
HAN REACTION FROM BEFORE THE LINE “WE LOST OUR SON FOREVER” (He kinda has a slight smirk)
Leia: There is still light in him, I know it. We can still save him. Me. You.
Han: If Luke couldn’t reach him, how could I?
Leia: Luke is a Jedi. You’re his father.
Honestly, not sure if any of this is possible with the background music and would probably make for some odd cuts or camera angles. I need to look over it more throughly. I was trying to keep the conversation more ambiguous and also make Han come off a bit more pessimistic. Trying to highlight how different they’ve become and why they are still separated.
Really trying to create exposition using the character reactions to one another and not by just laying out all the details beat by beat like the original cut.