I feel like Poppasketti’s alternate extended shot would fit better, and then in the Battlefront footage does anyone else think the Star Destroyer overhead may or may not need to go, since we don’t see it in any other shots? I also agree that the shots after the stormtroopers leave the shuttles look a little too much like, well, video game footage. I think it starts not with the jet troopers but with the blaster fire, though. If the blaster fire shot does stay, then I think the blue bolts will need to be recolored yellow since the Kylo footage has yellow bolts, but again I think that’s where it becomes gamey and you can tell it doesn’t belong.

I also agree with the sentiment that you can tell it’s not Mustafar in the shot inside the shuttle. The lens flare also seems a little too pink in the prior shot, while the sky in the background seems a little blue in the following (and the palm tree is kinda weird).

Sorry to be pedantic!

I do also agree that this is the strongest way to start the film and first show Kylo’s face.