I think it had something to do with the fact that without the line “tied on the end of a string” it seems like the heroes got away with no issues, so there’s no tension afterwards except: “Oh boy, now Snoke is about to be involved.” It might also have to do with Snoke referencing that same line when Kylo is walking in later, but that can just as easily be explained by him walking into an ongoing conversation in which Hux had said that. Personally, I’m fine with losing some of that tension if it salvages some of Hux’s motivations. I picture him as a sort of teacher’s pet, obsessed with Snoke, so when he realizes Kylo killed him and he no longer is coddled but abused he loses it.

And don’t worry, I wouldn’t be forcing the Leia thing without getting substantial feedback on it first LOL. Honestly it’s a bit of a long-shot now that I think about it, mostly because the shot of her floating around the destroyed command deck would have to remain in. While that shot is a bit more tolerable, it’s still at least somewhat goofy looking.

EDIT: Come to think of it, the most ideal solution would be that Leia holds herself in place with the Force while everything else is sucked out into space. And then once the pressure normalizes she passes out. But I’m not sure how you’d translate that onto a single shot. But that way you at least have a plausible explanation as to how they were able to recover Leia’s body in Poppa’s sequence of events.