Trevorrow too wanted to deal with the Medal controversy. “Duel of the Fates” features a scene that’s an echo of the medal presentation in the first Star Wars film, with Leia presenting medals to the various heroes; Finn, Rose, Poe, and Chewie. Naturally, this scene was impossible after Fisher’s passing, and instead Abrams had to find a more subtle way to pull off the same kind of idea.
More subtle?! Are you fucking kidding me?!!