Speaking of, I’ve been hard at work on recreating the original '77 crawl font, and though I’ve had to guess on some characters it’s basically complete. Here it is in purple overlaid with the original crawl:

https://vimeo.com/359372926

Password: fanedit

That looks pretty damn close. Nice work.

I think the crawl is certainly going to be pretty important here and I would anticipate a lot more feedback on what it should say. Going back a few posts on this thread, I really liked the spirit of Dr. Krogshöj’s write up in that it includes some additional information about the political state of the galaxy. However, I think it’s actually a little too political.

So I wrote up a version previously (which I’ve since edited slightly here) and included some of your phrasing you mentioned in another post (particularly in the third paragraph).

So without further ado, here is my take on what the crawl should look like:

Luke Skywalker has vanished.
In his absence, the fledgling
REPUBLIC has been threatened
by the sinister FIRST ORDER,
born from ashes of the Empire.

Lead by a mysterious shadow,
this faction of evil grows
quickly, annihilating all in
its path until Skywalker, the
last Jedi, has been destroyed.

Determined to defend the
vulnerable Republic, a small
RESISTANCE is desperate to
find Luke and request his help
in defeating the darkness that
spreads across the stars . . . .

I like this because:

It gives some background on the First Order growing quickly
It describes the First Order as a “faction,” implying that they’re still a smaller (but growing) threat
It indicates the First Order is lead by something mysterious (aka Snoke)
It helps to describe some of the political state of the galaxy without going overboard
It describes the Republic as “fledgling” (like a young bird learning to fly) and “vulnerable” (which might explain why the Republic fleet doesn’t join the Resistance’s fight sooner)
It doesn’t mention Leia in the final paragraph, making her reveal more surprising
The “darkness spreading across the stars” is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Starkiller base, sucking life out of stars
“Across the stars” just sounds cool but also its the name of John Williams’ theme from Attack of the Clones
It’s also fairly short and fits within the same approximate word count as the other crawls (75 words)

I hope some of this helps you identify the direction the crawl should go!