I know that very early on into assessing potential edit ideas, this deleted scene was written off as unsalvageable due to the VFX involved. But that was in 2017, and I’ve seen people here pull off way more insane and impressive VFX shots and fixes in recent times for TROS.

This is such a great scene - a great send off to Phasma, as well as a really nice Show-Don’t-Tell climax to Finn’s arc - that there must be something we can do with this. Looking at it now, it doesn’t look as daunting as it may have done a few years ago, surely? There’s a few explosions to fix up, a few odd looking chroma-keyed edges to smooth out, and maybe some backgrounds to stitch together from other background shots in the hangar scene. That’s got to be doable, right?