I just had an idea for something we could do to make Finn’s arc more important:
- Cut out the interaction between Finn & Jannah from the beginning of the battle of Exegol (the one where she says “how do you know?” and he says “a feeling.”)
- At the end of the battle, cut out the footage of Finn sensing Rey’s death and later saying “red five is in the air, Rey’s alive”
- Use Battlefront 2’s Galactic Assault cinematics to show clips of First Order transports fleeing the battle.
- Create a shot of the Millennium Falcon’s targeting system locking onto one of the transports.
- Add the shot of Finn sensing Rey’s death here, interspersed with flashbacks of key moments from his escape from the FO.
- This is the tricky part: Over the clip of him saying “Red five is in the air,” have a soundalike say “Let them fly, they’re not a threat” followed by something along the lines of “they’re afraid” (in place of “Rey’s alive,” which gives us more freedom because that part is said when Finn isn’t on screen).
- In response to this, add Jannah’s line “How do you know” and Finn’s “a feeling.” Background might need to be changed because they were in a different cockpit when they said this, but I don’t think most people would notice.
- Add one more shot of the transports flying away.
It might be brief, but this would hopefully make it feel like Finn’s arc had real significance beyond reacting to Poe and Rey.
This sounds interesting actually, are there cinematically of FO transports leaving Exegol?