Cool to here! I was wondering if you could pull anything of interest from that version of the script as well. Maybe you’re thinking this, but I think it would be interesting if Jannah and the other stormtroopers didn’t have names when we first meet them. They still go by their callsigns. Or, maybe they picked names because they heard about “Finn the Stormtrooper”.
I kind of wish some nuance regarding the Jedi that Trevorrow tried to present was still present in what we got. Like, when Rey finally speaks to Luke on Ahch-To, he can tell her the Jedi were wrong about fear and attachments. Jedi can’t deny fear, they must face it. And attachments aren’t a weakness, but a strength. I don’t know, something that shows how Rey (and by extension, Luke) will correct the flaws of the old Jedi Order. But that might be outside your objectives.
I really like picking names because they heard about “Finn the stormtrooper,” that tracks with what I want to bring across from the DOTF screenplay. It’s already been suggested I describe them as wearing bits and pieces of stormtrooper armour they’ve personalised, and I feel like that all meshes together well.
I agree with your thoughts about Luke and the Jedi, too. I don’t want to stray too far from the source material with writing my own stuff, but, I feel like those ideas are already thematically supported by TROS, just never really given the forefront in the story.