So TFA starts off real strong, but when Han and Chewie enter the picture, it starts to lose steam. By the time they reach Starkiller Base it’s like the writers have just given up. What can be done about this? How do we improve the second half of the film (and if possible distance it from ANH)?
Maybe there would be a way to mix scenes from TLJ, like having Kylo kidnap her and take her to Snoke instead of his ship. You’d have to place her training with Luke prior to Maz’s Castle, but other than that it would be pretty clean. Could maybe make her training with Luke be visions while he’s trying to interrogate her, when he mentions dreaming of the ocean or whatever, making her less of a “Mary Sue”. Then they could approach Snoke and have that big climax.