Why does so many people not like Bodhi? I though he was one of the more identifiable of the characters. He has much more character development than say, Chirrut (which has basically none), and even Baze.

People keep saying that Galen should have mentioned the exhaust port. Galen didn’t have the schematic for the entire DS. Remember, he only designed parts of it. He didn’t know about the exhaust port, only that the power core was designed by him to be unstable.

As for the broadcast, wasn’t Raddus’ ship directly above the Scarif antenna? Or do I remember that incorrectly. Plus, they were in the middle of a battle, and it was Raddus who got in touch with Bodhi so maybe they were the only one’s receiving the transmission?

Also having Jyn and Cassian cut down by Vader is probably a tad too dark, even for a movie like RO. Their current death is sad, but has a victorious and heroic quality to it as well. Cut down by Vader would have felt very sudden and brutal.

I do however agree that the whole Stardust thing is somewhat weird. But it works well narrative-wise, so I don’t see that as a big problem. However, if I can stretch the possibilities somewhat, he could planted the name as a clue to Jyn and the rebels to use. After all I doubt that many people would have known that “stardust” was a reference to his daughter (except maybe Krennic). I also don’t see why they would have objected to the name out of context; Death-star, star-dust, big space station that reduces planets to rubble. It’s quite a stretch (not to mention somewhat of a morbid comparison) but I wouldn’t call the whole thing “beyond far fetched.” It is a weird inconsistency though.
(I’m sure the EU will explore this at some point.)