That's fair! I spent a lot of my childhood hearing a loud oven beep that somehow didn't reach the back of the house (where the person who set it was), so oven timers never really made sense compared to something more portable and customizable.
The pre-heat beep is nice: other than that, we live in a time where everyone has a more advanced, easier to use, and highly customizable timer in their pocket (cell phones). I would absolutely consider oven timers unnecessary.
Add Rebels into the mix as well, it delves into some of the nature of the force (plus, more Sam Witwer being awesome as his character.) And leads into Ahsoka.
^ this. I have never bought the whole "evangelical apocalypse" logic, they've never actually followed the bibles teachings to begin with, why would they start now?
I cant think of Fjords without thinking about Slartibartfast... damnit Douglas Adams.