I’m excited about what I put together for my edit’s new opening.

I decided to start with the amazing shots of Ren on Coruscant with some VO of Snoke that sets Ren on his search for the Wayfinder and Exogol.

Once there as he’s searching the room that normally has Palps in it, he’s thrust into a vision sequence (the Force of Darkness fanfilm) and we hear Snoke saying “The last test” and once Ren kills Vader in the vision Snoke says “The Potential of Your Bloodline. A New Vader.”

And then it cuts to the fleet rising from Exogol with Snoke saying “Fulfill your Destiny.”
Then we cut to a (not destroyed) Starkiller base where Hux gives his “Last Day of The Republic” speech and then there’s a shot of a Star Destroyer + canon arriving over a planet.

Aaaand THEN we cut to Rey meditating.

It helps slow the pace some, keeps the focus on this trilogy’s established characters, implies Snoke knew about Exogol/always planned on using it, and ensures the First Order feels like a threat from the get go.