Personally I thought the movie was fantastic overall - a soft reboot of the franchise, but a darn good one. I’ve liked it more the more I’ve thought about it, and it’s definitely rekindled my love of Star Wars.

1. Have Finn fight with Captain Phasma on Takodana. This would increase the tension between the two characters as well as add to her prestige. (first time we see a stormtrooper fight with a melee weapon is this special character)

2. Remove Kylo Ren’s “Thank you” to Han after Kylo stabs him. I think even in the midst of the act, Kylo needs to be in emotional, traumatic hell. Han did NOT make the act any easier whatsoever - and in fact, he made it a million times harder… Kylo was hoping that Han would ridicule or talk down to him, say what a failure he was, etc… THAT would have made killing Han easier and a “Thank you” would be useful. But as it stands, Han was an unconditionally loving father in this scene. Only after Han starts to fall (or even after catching up with Finn and Rey) should Kylo’s resolve start to solidify. The “Thank you” line completely jerked me out of the moment and is the biggest, easiest change I would make.

3. Shorten the lightsaber battle between Finn and Kylo. I know Kylo is hurt and Finn has been trained with martial weapons, but this was still a bit too long.

4. Trim a lot of the fan service lines. Most are forced actually detract from the film.