Theres nothing wrong with the pacing, it is how stupid the battle is and looks. We don't need to see 10 minutes of screwing around when we only need to see 3-4. How ever long the "battle" is (more like a scene from a play it's that bad), it still gets the point that there is a battle. It's not like we are taking out important scenes that build characterism.

Sometimes you need to break from the story a little bit to make the overall movie better to watch. The final battles should be nothing short of spectacular because it is the end of the best saga of all time. What will get more people in to SW, the SB battle or an updated more important space battle?