Mr Munro covers it all, but I’ll add: next time you watch a movie or TV show in which someone’s burning, look for the telltale sheen of the gel, and notice they’re almost always VERY well clothed. Hair acts like a wick, so for times you need a bare arm or something burning, they often have to use another method.

I keep calling this movie Atomic Blondie. Is the song in the movie?

It think it’s less about getting rid of the phone and more about creating a scenario in which having the phone doesn’t help.

This is you right now:

Let Sigourney play Mephisto! There is no reason at all that Mephisto should be a boy. Heck, were David Bowie alive, the androgynous take he’d give would be best anyway...

One of the Rogue One displays at SDCC mentioned that the Death Star was a “frequently-delayed” pet project of Palpatine’s - so there must have been some technical issue that is solved by Mikkelson’s invention, Im betting.