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The scene that shows him spare a Jakku villager? Yup, I do. It’s one of my favorite scenes in SW because it actually displays the horrors of war on a ground level, something the films usually shy away from…and still do.

Hell I wish the deleted snow chase was kept in.

It shows the weaknesses of both Finn and Rey. Finn isn’t a great driver and Rey isn’t a great shot, so they switch places to take down their peruses. Its a great display of team and it shows that both characters have their strengths and weaknesses. The cut that got put out favors more on Rey’s strengths while also showing more of Finn’s weaknesses and honestly its why I still do take some issues with TFA, even though I love it.

 The deleted scenes show though that JJ really does understand Finn and Rey, so I got faith for IX to show more of the morally complexity of Finn and more of his strengths. 

I’ll be forever miffed that the scene with Finn and the villager was cut. But at least Force of Destiny made the second scene canon after a fashion.

My guess is time and some tone bull shit that Disney didn’t want to do. 

That random chase scene with Han solo’s hentai monster is pretty much the longest and pointless scene in TFA that I could honestly say it never should have made it in the film. 

I don’t agree that the hentai monster chase is pointless. For one thing it has a crucial step in the development of the relationship between Finn and Rey, a moment where she reaches for him for help and comfort as they’re faced with the rathtars.

We’re presented with Rey as someone who’s both uncomfortable with physical intimacy and who relies on no one but herself to look after her. First change in their relationship is when she gives Finn her hand after he asks her if she’s okay. Next step happens during the rathtar chase where she’s reaching for him, wordlessly asking for help and comfort. A significant change in the character and part of the build up the confession scene where she asks Finn to stay with her after he tells her the truth about himself.

The second important part about the rathtar chase is that it directly parallels Finn’s scene during the fight on Takodana where he sees Rey kidnapped. In both scenes one sees the other grabbed and carted off by a monster and in panicked fashion chases after them, even if they have no chance in hell of defeating said monster at that moment. And both parties have to get a bit creative in their rescue attempts as a result.

Seriously, Rey’s panicked “Finn!” as he’s grabbed and pulled away is a great parallel to Finn yelling “Rey!” as he rushes across the battlefield when he sees Kylo has snatched her. The deliberate mirroring in these two scenes is yet another build up of how much these two come to care for each other over very short time and it heavily underlines that Finn is as important to Rey as Rey is to Finn.

Could these points have been delivered better? Yes. And the scene is definitely overly long I agree on that. In fact, trimming it down would have delivered those points better.

But I dispute that it is pointless and I actually will defend the hentai monster chase scene’s right to exist in the movie.

Mara and I both did gifs comparing those two scenes (link, link), and the parallels were quite deliberate. For one thing, there was no earthly reason to tilt the screen so Finn would be dragged diagonally upward…

Much like Rey was carried up a ramp by the monster who stalked and snatched her.

The first shot was far too fast to make the point effectively, though, a complaint I have with much of the movie especially in scenes involving Finn. Like Mara said, the hentai monster wasn’t the best way to achieve story ends. It was also part of another overly long diversion. It is not one of those scenes that could have been cut without doing harm, though. If anything it should have been replaced with something better.