Max_Rebo said:
Why did Captain Phasma have authority to drop the shields for the whole planet, and why did nobody notice that it had happened?Well, it wasn’t the entire planet. Just the oscillator thingy that was a weak spot. They essentially removed the shield covering the Starkiller equivalent of the exhaust port in ANH.
I thought there was a graphic showing the shield going down around the whole planet, but maybe it was just the oscillator, that’s wouldn’t be as bad.