Yeah the magic bullet of plot contrivance bugged me too. I’m thinking it went down something like: Laurel was supposed to be on her knees in the first draft, but then they shot the scenes where she’s just stuck in that cage but moving around it freely and it didn’t make sense for her to be on her knees, but then it…

Was it just me or shouldn’t there have been something else after tossing the journal into the fire? I mean, there isn’t normally a record of wrong doings to drip all over and then symbolically burn in that little family ceremony, right?

The backlash on that scene does reflect the most hardcore of Star Wars fandom. Complain for years about how they want Leia to use the Force in a movie, then bitch about it when she uses it in a way they didn’t think of.

Ditto.  I recognized him as someone, but couldn’t place him.... did wonder why he looked kind of like an alt universe Colonel Sanders though.

Well why not? If you can you wifi in a fridge...

Piper liked that. ;)