What makes you think anything in this poster is a “scrapped idea?”
C-3PO with Chewbacca’s bandolier and bowcaster seems like an idea that was floating around during the concept art/pre-production stages of the film before it would be dropped. It doesn’t seem like an idea that Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams would not want to make use of.
Too bad. They are. I don’t like the idea either, but this is far beyond concept art. The best case scenario here is it’s one scene that ends up getting cut before December, but if they’re putting it on licensed art, it’s almost certainly going to be in the movie.
While there was concept art of Kylo Ren with a repaired helmet on that got leaked even earlier, it is also likely that that idea was dropped as well.
No, it’s not likely at all. I’d say the idea being brought up time and time again along with concept and licensed promo art depicting exactly this is a 100% guarantee that this is exactly what is happening in the movie.
I have already explained why Kylo Ren would not wear his helmet again, and why the crew have now gone into the direction.
Again, I’m not the biggest fan of the idea either, but sticking your fingers in your ears and going “LALALALALA THEY’RE NOT DOING THIS” is just straight up denial and will hurt any chance you have at enjoying the movie. Accept that it’s at minimum likely to happen and you’ll have a better time, even if you still end up disliking the idea.
The idea that this is “sketched-out concept art” of that it contains any “scrapped ideas” is straight-up denial, as this is far beyond those stages. This is near-finalized to the point where I’d be surprised if this exact poster isn’t for sale at Celebration.