We actually know that the scene of Kylo interrogating Chewie was filmed. John Williams recorded a track called “Chewie’s Interrogation” that was obviously intended for that scene.
Ah, thanks. Seeing that and some of the other speculation in that thread makes my soul hurt. I’d double dip for an extended edition, Lucasfilm! It’s not like half of the cut scenes aren’t ‘canon’ anyway because of the novel, so if JJ removed them to attempt to change the story, that’s been undone. If they were just cut for runtime/pacing… well I don’t think there’s a single person who’s seen TROS and would argue it was too slow-paced! And it’s out of theatres now; no need to worry about cramming in extra showings.