Indeed. But don’t u think by doing the following cuts and changes it would work legitalemty. This is as detailed as I can be currently just off of memory of the movie:
Well either way there’s still the issue of the randomness of the Starkiller showing up halfway through the film (and trying to buy it as a threat without seeing what it can do). The problem with not having the New Republic scenes is there’s a sizable plot hole created - why aren’t people evacuating? Why isn’t the Republic helping the Resistance?