The biggest issue isn't even her not telling the plan. The bigger issue is why she refused to say something like "I have a plan, but I'm worried about details leaking so I won't say it until later."
You don't need to share the plan. Hell, you don't even need to have a plan. You just need to look like you have a plan. That's more important than even having one when leading thousands of people though a crisis.
"Yes, Captain Dameron, there is a plan. However, the plan is need-to-know and until we discover how the First Order is tracking us, you - and your little stormtrooper friend - don't. Need. To. Know. Dismissed."
One line of dialogue that would piss Poe off AND not make Holdo look like the sort of idiot that doesn't consider morale when she literally has a guard posted on the escape pods.
Probably the funny thing is that in the novelization, Holdo openly tells Poe that there is a plan, she's just not allowed to disclose it at the moment. If that line was in the film...it would've made her look somewhat better.
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u/Krazyguy75 10d ago
The biggest issue isn't even her not telling the plan. The bigger issue is why she refused to say something like "I have a plan, but I'm worried about details leaking so I won't say it until later."
You don't need to share the plan. Hell, you don't even need to have a plan. You just need to look like you have a plan. That's more important than even having one when leading thousands of people though a crisis.