Cut and compress as necessary, yes, but don't change or add new material without very good reason... In the moments in which the films succeed, they do so by staying close to what Tolkien so carefully wrote; where they fail, it tends to be where they diverge from him, most seriously...
When we are introduced to Rey – the film’s main hero – we find her living out a simple but harsh existence on a backwater desert planet, much like Luke Skywalker before her. She’s also a great mechanic and pilot and displays a strong aff...