The shot needs to slow down either way for which ever line is chosen. It’s too much information to process no matter how much the lines are whittled down. If we were to keep the line placement over that shot as is, it would be one of the quickest and most jarring scenes in this movie. And that’s saying A LOT for The Rise Of Skywalker, lol.
I was afraid of that. (Though, to be fair, the theatrical cut has 3PO literally blabbering incomprehensibly until the stormtrooper starts talking over him, so I don’t think noise overload is exclusive to our changes here.)
The problem with slowing, even with frame interpolation, is that it works really well when the camera is moving, but it becomes noticeable when the subjects are moving as well. (I did that in my “crash land” test from the other day, for example.) It’s just really hard to pull off when other things are supposed to be moving in the frame. For example, the stormtrooper gesturing and 3PO fidgeting in this scene. So, just to test, I slowed the footage here; but I don’t really think it works. It all just feels too “floaty” to me. I think we’d be better off trying to insert an extra shot of either 3PO or the stormtroopers from somewhere.