(12-21-2017 04:36 PM)MonarchCAM Wrote:  

(12-21-2017 10:11 AM)topper1296 Wrote:  

(12-21-2017 08:08 AM)58-56 Wrote:  The whole Laura Dern suicide run seemed kind of stupid: they have robots for that. Could have let C3PO go out in a blaze of glory. And all she did when she was alone was stare out the window at her friends blowing up.

Agreed and if that was her move, why didn't she do it sooner. Would have saved more escape pods.

Also agreed that C3PO could have done it. On a side note, I am a big fan of BB8.

Or even better Ackbar. That's how he should have gone out. The whole not telling the rest of the crew the plan was just thin manufactured drama... and stupid.

They werent going to do that with Ackbar... it... it just wasnt happening.

Also, there seems to be a misunderstanding in some posts above. Laura Dern's Holdo was not planning to ram her ship into the First Order's ship. The plan was for her to continue the coarse (or maybe jump to hyperspace again) and act as a decoy as the shuttles went to the planet undetected. If they hadnt known about the transports, the Supremacy's (FO flagship) long range cannons would have continued firing on and following it until it eventually blew up once power was out and shields went down.

TLDR; She improvised.