I would really like to see Rey and Poe together while Rey and Finn have a sibling sort of relationship. But I’m still down for a Poe/Finn bromance. I know people might freak out about this idea (“rehash blah blah UGH!”) but I’d like to see Rey/Luke most of the movie together with the rest of the team going their seperate ways (Poe+Finn Together) but instead of an early battle (ESB, Walker Assault), the finale of the second act could be a space battle.
I agree with this. The first 1/3 of the movie should be centered around Rey and Kylo’s training, giving us information about the status of the New Republic after the destruction of the Hosnian System and developing the Finn/Poe bromance. This is the time where they need to be developing our new characters as well as setting up whatever story the Resistance members will have.
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Regarding Phasma she wasn’t a waste as she was barely in the trailers but the marketing made her out to be something more. The only villain that was ever hyped in the trailer and by JJ was Kylo Ren and all he said is that he wasn’t a mustache twirling villain…which he wasn’t. I don’t remember him saying anything like Phasma had much screen time or was badass.