>I could have gone either way in that scene. We know she
>won’t be back for IX so when the bridge was destroyed I
>thought it was going to be the end of her.
>


THAT would've been a better way to show her using The Force, IMO. Had she moved a pile of wreckage to free herself, it would've served the same purpose and been far less hokey than the Magical Spacewalk.


>I also thought she might stay behind in Derns place to pilot
>the ship, that scene would have been even more powerful if it
>were Leai staying behind to make that sacrifice and then take
>out Snokes ship.

That would've been awesome, and a great send off for Carrie Fisher.


>
>On a side note, why does anyone have to stay behind to pilot
>these ships? Don’t they have a droid for that or autopilot?
>Dern staying behind gave us a badass scene but the fact that
>an actual person has to stay behind to pilot the ship while
>everyone else escapes is laughable.

Right? They have medical droid that can deliver babies...but none that can fly space cruisers.