I’ll try a version with the beam going all the way out of frame instead of going through the clouds, since that doesn’t really make sense anyway.

And yeah, I’m reverting the Starkiller Destruction closer to Restructured. Believe me, I didn’t come to the decision lightly after all the work that went into the prior version, but after taking that long break and revisiting the project I had to admit that it just wasn’t as effective as Restructured. The issue was primarily because in Restructured and the theatrical version, Leia and the Resistance leave the film after the Oscillator scenes and only return after the final destruction. This focuses the film on the new characters of Rey, Finn, and Poe. With my workprint plot there is far less focus on the new characters, to their detriment I believe.

If there’s interest in the old version, I could render out that section alone since it was fairly well-realized.

I’m still debating how I want the final minutes of the Starkiller Destruction to play out. I would like to keep the darker version of Rey tapping into the Force, but it might make sense to include the cliff in that scene. It also might flow better to revert the scene of Snoke back to its Theatrical location.

Anyway, that’s where I am right now.