12 More Deleted Scenes That Explain Confusing Movie Moments

11. Finn's Face Turn - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Confusing Moment:

Despite being raised to be a Stormtrooper and sent out into the field (presumably after some sort of testing of his mental condition), Finn turns his back on the First Order incredibly quickly. All it takes is for one of his buddies to be killed and he suddenly realises he's on the wrong team.

That's not sufficient explanation.

The Deleted Scene:

There's actually much more to Finn's betrayal of his first pay-masters than the final cut showed, but JJ Abrams decided to remove the scene that sees Finn stumbles across a local villager and her baby and is confronted by the evil of his orders (which would presumably have had him kill her). Her innocence is the catalyst to him realising the First Order are the villains.

That's far, far more believable as a trigger for his moment of realisation.