Holdo is there to show that you don't have to EARN respect. You deserve respect even if you're a personality-less placeholder whose character arc is a flat line and whose decisions don't make any sense to anyone.
I see what they were trying to do though. Movie starts out with Poe staging a reckless attack that got people killed. Leia grounds him so he can learn good leadership and when not to get in an X-Wing and blow stuff up. Holdo is there to be a sort of role model. Where it falters is that she's not really interesting.
Yes. Hodlgme was nothing added that Leia couldn't have done herself. That's why I dislike her so much. Just like the way she needlessly replaced admiral ackbar in being a strategic mastermind.
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u/BuffaloWhip Mar 08 '21
Holdo is there to show that you don't have to EARN respect. You deserve respect even if you're a personality-less placeholder whose character arc is a flat line and whose decisions don't make any sense to anyone.