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star wars - Why did Poe leave his jacket?


After they crash on Jakku, somehow Poe and Finn get separated while both surviving and then the TIE Fighter gets swallowed by the Sinking Sands and explodes. (Related)


There's a lot that lacks explanation here, but what I'm wondering about is, Why was Poe's jacket left behind?


If he was in a rush to exit the TIE, he would have kept it on. If he was not in a rush, he would have kept it if it is was useful. If it was only useful to Finn to disguise his empire uniform and had no use to Poe, then he would have dropped it after he cleared the danger zone. And this is merely complicated by the fact that when they meet later, Poe seems to demonstrate at least some attachment to the jacket.


Is there any more detailed accounting of what passed during these unseen minutes?



Answer



To answer the question "Why did Poe leave his jacket?", I always assumed he didn't leave it purposely, he tells Finn he was thrown from the crash and when he woke up later, the ship and Finn were gone. This indicated to me that he wasn't wearing the jacket when the ship crashed and was knocked unconscious after being thrown from the TIE fighter on impact.


From the direct screenplay transcript of Scene 27, "That's My Jacket", from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.




Poe Dameron I got thrown from the crash. I woke up at night. No you. No ship. Nothing. BB-8 says that you saved him.


Finn (FN-2187) No, no, no. It wasn't just me.


Poe Dameron You completed my mission, Finn... That's my jacket.



You can see that Poe was not wearing his jacket when he was flying the TIE fighter away from the First Order's ship enter image description here


To answer the 2nd part of your question "Is there any more detailed accounting of what passed during these unseen minutes?" I would defer to the answer that Valorum posted which referenced the Official Novelisation.


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