Seriously, am I going blind or something? I totally understand concern that Finn and/or Poe could be sidelined but I’m not seeing ANYTHING in that leak that says that. It doesn’t even say anything about Finn or Poe period. I even checked the user’s comment and post history to see if they’d said anything about that elsewhere and nope. Why are so many people saying this?
Because there are set pics of Finn and Poe, and the majority of the fandom can’t fathom that any scenes with Finn and Poe can possibly be anything but an unimportant side story.
People saying this believe Kylo Ren is the real protagonist and Rey is his love interest (Rian Johnson instigated that belief, but TLJ doesn’t establish or set that up – it ultimately does the opposite). They believe epIX is going to revolve around a Kylo and Rey romance, that that will be the primary central plot, and any other arcs are little b plots.
In fact, the fact that all of the sneak peeks and set leaks have been about Finn only makes them believe that harder. Cause Kylo is so special he can’t be seen, whereas Finn (in their brains) can be shown because, and this makes perfect sense to them, he doesn’t matter.
I mean if Finn hadn't been in any of the set leaks they would never say it's because he's too important, but rather because he's a bit character like they'd always thought. The double standards and circular logic are obvious here.