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ZenOfThunder posted...

It's not a "minor problem" either because having poor communication between Holdo and Poe has a huge impact on the plot. There would be no Finn/Rose subplot if the communication was better, and if there was it would probably be a lot different.

But the entire point is to have a hothead pilot character who doesn't deserve to know what the plans are and makes mistakes because of it. They wanted to subvert the trope.

Maybe Holdo needed interaction with non-Poe characters, but she does fine as a leader. Everyone else has faith in her leadership and she ends up handling the mutiny effortlessly. The fact that Poe was able to figure out part of her plan from a visible display screen implies that she WAS telling other people, just not Poe because he got demoted and clearly isn't trustworthy. Stuff like that doesn't necessarily need spelled out. Every single thing Poe does in the movie justifies her not telling him in the first place!
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