Hmm…I’d rather not remove the last pure forest shot, Nev. That’s the main establishing shot for this particular location. I think it’ll feel really weird if it’s a dark, dingy lava plane, and then all of a sudden *poof!* Kylo is killing people in this bright, orangey, pinky forest.

That one shot is the one that sells the entire sequence to me.

That’s why I think it would be good to imply that the TIEs are nearby in the new shot, but they aren’t close enough yet to be seen. Then it would feel like they’re still traveling to different parts of the planet, but they haven’t reached ground level yet.