Thank you for the praise about this project, which I agree with and am glad to see spread among its contributors.
I’m not sure, though, that reshuffling the post-rathtar scenes would be an improvement. As it stands, in both the original and fan edited versions, we cut to the APB to a conversation with Snoke in which he reveals he is aware of it. Given how frenetic TFA is otherwise, it doesn’t seem to stand out to me. What would seem more frenetic would be to cut to the Falcon in hyperspace immediately. And cutting to Snoke after Han says, “this is out stop” would seem to be a bit jarring.
As far as the star destroyer, remember that the Empire has been gone for decades and the First Order has yet to reveal themselves. Remember Poe’s awed expression when he is taken aboard one at the start of the movie. When it appears, the locale of criminals react with alarm, Finn hear’s the commotion and turns to see what’s up. Han and company come out of the bar to see this star destroyer which is a very unusual sight. If I were to add a sound effect for the destroyer exiting hyperspace, that would necessitate that Finn was reacting to that specific sound, and I can’t obviously have it before the beginning of the shot. That might make it feel more abrupt than to have him react to the commotion around him, which seems more organic since it was what was happening in the shot originally.
I understand that these are small points, but I wanted to respond to them with consideration. I just don’t see alternatives as superior to what’s there for those two points.
