A great deleted scene

It could have been good, but it's another joke. Like there's a joke in every scene in the movie. Actually this scene sums it up well. It want you to believe that it's something serious, it starts to build on that premise, than BOOM! GOTCHA! it's another joke. As Rey says: "seriously?" - Just what i'm thinking.

Note: i liked these island natives, and seeing R2 and Chewie with these nicely made non cgi creatures soften my heart a bit.
What actually makes me more sad, because it shows there was great potential in this movie, but fails to deliver. This scene would have been good (and could have been stayed) IF the rest of the movie was good and not fully joke-driven.

why does RJ insist on stupid jokes in pretty much every scene, even when its intended to be serious? this is why I detest him and TLJ

I always thought the caretakers were cuter than the supposedly cute porgs.

I hated the movie, but I do like this scene, i don't think it would have changed my opinion of the movie as a whole, though.

The movie has no emotional depth because Johnson chose to end scenes with a joke. Not even the deaths register sadness.