I didn't know Johnson cut that. But I think Abrams took the lazy route with her and failed to do much with her. Of course, he didn't do great with Finn either in RoS. Or Poe. Or even Rey. Really the only entertaining character in RoS is Palpatine, despite coming off as a bit of a parody of himself (but at least he said "Do it!" ) and to some extent Kylo. Rather sad, considering how diverse the cast is on paper