Honestly, it sounds to me like people on here have two different approaches to fixing this film:
- Make TROS become more in line with what TLJ set up.
- Make TLJ become more in line with what TROS settles, and fix a couple issues with TROS here and there.
Obviously I am in the second camp. IMO, the problem with being in the first camp is that JJ purposely created a film here which completely flips TLJ on its head. If you start adjusting this film to do exactly the opposite, you won’t be left with much of a film. Maybe like an hour or so of footage.
The same could be said the other way around though. If you’re going to change TLJ to be in line with TROS, you’ll have to remove:
- Everything with Rey, as it all revolves around her learning that her parents were nobody.
- Everything with Kylo, as it’s all about him shaking off the past influences of the Jedi and Sith, and stepping out from the shadow of his Master…until he accepts Palpy as his master and takes the Sith Fleet.
- Everything with Poe, as it’s all about him learning to become a leader…until he abandons his forces 16 hours before Doomsday in order to shuttle Rey across the galaxy on a scavenger hunt.
- Everything with Rose, because “She’s not important. Lol what are you talking about?”
- I guess you can keep the Finn stuff, because his complete lack of any characterization in TROS arguably doesn’t contradict what he did in TLJ?
You have two films here that are completely opposed to each other - the story, the characters, the themes, the tones - everything is different. So if we want them to play nicely with each other on any level, we need to favor one story over the other.
I favor TLJ because I think it’s a better story. A stronger story. If you prefer the story laid out by TROS, that’s your opinion, and you’re not wrong for having it.