Yeah, I think the “They’ve given up” is the most problematic line. That makes it seem like everyone has accepted the First Order’s rule. I think Poe saying “everyone is so afraid” can still work though. People can be rebelling and still be afraid. Maybe Poe means everyone is too afraid to join forces to fight for the galaxy, rather than their own planets.

And what is funny regarding that seeming contradiction between the new crawl and the Poe scene is that the contradiction would’ve existed in the original version of the film if they kept the entirety of the Mustafar scene. In the original version, Hux and Pryde are on the surface of Mustafar watching Kylo dispose of their enemies, and Hux says, “Flames of rebellion burn across the galaxy and Ren chases a ghost.”