On the end credits scene: It’s another timeline, because that’s how Westworld rolls.

Small spoiler on Culber’s death: Anyone interested should search around for the stories on it. Producers seem very sensitive to the idea of them fridging an LGBT character, and there are a lot of hints something more is afoot there, and that there will be a much longer arc. With the powers his boyfriend might have,…

Ugh. Every time I see this suggested, it’s ignoring that the Voyager finale/Nemesis basically wrote Star Trek into a corner, which is why writers are avoiding a sequel.

The more likely translation I’ve read elsewhere...

The Death Star wasn’t supposed to be a secret. It was a trap. The whole point of the thing was the Alliance was supposed to know about it and attack it.