i just was reading this thread:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/What-are-your-thoughts-on-this-guys-suggested-change-to-The-Force-Awakens/id/49029
i think that i may have figured out how to make this work.
- after Rey has her vision and runs off, instead of cutting to Hux’s motivational speech/firing of the starkiller/and the reactions, we just cut to Rey running in the woods.
- the movie proceeds as scripted until…
- we get to the part of the movie where the Starkiller is charging and stealing the power from the sun.
- now we re-insert Hux’s speech.
- Cut him saying “…fire!”
- Cut to the power of the sun slowly being drained to power the Starkiller.
- then sometime after Han dies the Starkiller is fired.
I think that if it is done right this could really make the movie better than what it already is IMHO. it is definitely on my list of edits i would like to make to TFA.
the one thing that drives me batty in TFA is how Finn get captured by the Rathtar and doesn’t get eaten by these terribly “dangerous” creatures. i mean we are given this whole scene where Finn, Rey, Han and Chewie are talking about how they are so dangerous, and how the whole crew of Han’s new freighter were killed by them. Then when one of our heroes is grabbed by one of them he manages to not die???