Hey all, I’ve been thinking about something, and I’d like to get some other opinions: Finn’s Force sensitivity - keep or remove?

Effectively, it’s referenced two times in the movie: once, when they can’t find the beacon thingy on Exegol (“How do you know it’s on that ship?” “A feeling.”); and once more, when Rey dies, so that Finn can “sense” it and react to it (“Rey…”).

First of all, I’m cutting the secondary beacon, because it’s stupid, and self-defeating to the plot of the film. So the Resistance arrives, Finn picks out the ship in question, “How do you know-?” “A feeling.” That’s it. Should be pretty simple to just cut the extra dialogue, and imply that the beacon is showing up on their scanners. Finn’s Force powers aren’t really necessary.

And for the second scene, we can just focus Rey’s death scene on her (and Ben), and cut Finn’s reaction. Maybe he assumes she died in the explosion or something - I’d assume she died in the explosion or something. (Come to think of it, it’s weird that he doesn’t sense her resurrecting, isn’t it? He felt her die, and didn’t get any relief until he physically saw her ship. Thanks for nothing, The Force.)

So, in a nutshell, Finn being Force sensitive isn’t really important for the plot. It’s certainly not part of a character arc or anything. And if anything, I’m worried that it just feels really shoehorned in, based on its complete irrelevance to anything else.

And yet… poor Finn has so little going for him in this movie. I tried to give him a little character moment, but I’d still be sad to cut the one other thing he has going for him in the film.

What’s more of a disservice to a story: a tacked on, unmotivated character beat, or the absence of a character beat entirely?