TheBoost said:
I agree that a lot of the "ROTJ" set-up felt awkwardly inserted, and a bit unnneccessary. I'd never laid awake at night wondering how Leia got a thermal detonator.

I never lied awake at night wondering where she got the detonator either, but I certainly don't see it as some unforgivable sin that SOTE explains it as some people do. I really never saw the explainations as all that awkward either. Leader of the Rebel Alliance on Imperial homeworld, a desguise wasn't exactly a bad idea. To me it makes it more interesting that she hung onto it and used it to infiltrate J the H's palace. Sure, it wasn't necessary, but I really never saw it as doing any harm either. Unlike "Anakin built Threepio" kind of explainations, which do do a lot of harm.

Good comparison dark father. Very interesting.