Also, it would be easy to trim out Rey and Poe’s little meetcute at the end of the movie. They do appear like four feet away from each other at the end of TFA. I can’t remember if this was ever considered.
For my part I always liked this mostly for Poe’s knowing “I know.” I doubt Rey would have introduced herself to him at the end of TFA with what she had going on, but she’s a big deal in the Resistance.
A not insignificant amount of time passes at the end of TFA. She has enough time to put together an entire new custom outfit before she leaves. In that amount of time I don’t think there’s any way that Poe wouldn’t seek out this girl that Finn risked everything for to find and rescue. There’s even a scene where they do meet in the novelization. And Poe is there at the front of the crowd to see Rey off at the end.
So I’m all for cutting their “meeting” at the end of TLJ.