I thought I'd see all of the rage-inducing quotes from Rian Johnson about TLJ, but I missed that one. Thanks, I hate it.

Here's another one from Johnson about Holdo, demonstrating that he did indeed write Poe Dameron - OF ALL PEOPLE - with a deliberately sexist attitude:

“[Poe] is a hotshot pilot, so you ground his X-wing and you face him with the question of bravado vs. true heroism, which is leadership,” explained Johnson. “I started watching World War II movies, because you see that type of relationship reflected a lot in films like ‘Twelve O'Clock High’ or 'The Dawn Patrol.’ The fact that it’s a woman, and not only that, but it’s a woman who isn’t in a general’s outfit but has a real feminine energy, seemed like the toughest thing that Poe could come up against.”

Honestly, what a waste of a potentially interesting character. I like Dern's work in other films and I was excited to see her in TLJ, but the whole storyline, including her outfit, is a misfire for me.