With Poe's very sudden re-appearance at the castle, I wonder if Poe's survival was made much easier for JJ to write by Denis Lawson refusing to return as Wedge. The castle and new trench run at Starkiller seemed like that would have been Wedge's moments. If JJ was wondering how to keep Poe in the film and give him a…

Slightly apt and prescient comment below that article…