Posting this in case someone can see a feasible and worthwhile idea here. The ideas at play are pretty good, but most are not doable. Still, it has me thinking about the possibility of integrating the stormtrooper rebellion into Finn and Rose’s escape from execution. Also the potential for having Phasma in the film. Maybe we could just have a few shots of stormtroopers with brightly colored handprints on their helmets, fighting alongside the Resistance in the final battle.

I do like the idea of Kylo Ren being kicked out of the First Order. I had always hoped he’d go rogue, and this would be a great way to do it. After being forcefully removed from office and barely escaping with his life, he runs off with the Knights of Ren to catch Rey in hopes of ggetting her to help him kill Palpatine, the true mastermind behind the First Order. He’s still with the Dark Side, though, just not the First Order. General Pryde becomes the new Supreme Leader.