JJ’s plan was probably crap and Rian realized that it was crap.
Absolutely.
Yeah, that’s what I was trying to go with in my idea. Leia created the First Order as a small terrorist force for the Republic to band against, but when Snoke took over it mutated into a genocidal empire. That caused Leia to reconsider her belief that war is a necessary evil, and led to her founding the Resistance to oppose the regime she accidentally created.
Exactly. It’s about her starting the First Order as a small strawman to unite against, then Snoke turning them into a legitimate threat.