OF COURSE I saved Leia. I may be an evil goit, but I still d'awwed at her immediately as I saw her. Well, actually I might have let her die a couple times before... and Lucy too... you know, I wanted to see, uhm, some things. But with the reality-warping power of the arcane Save Screen, I ensured that the right path was eventually chosen for our heroine(s).
As for the blank text windows somewhere... Uh, I don't remember right now, sorry. On the next re-play I'll let you know if I find something 😉
By the way, now that I think about it... here is a little request from a compulsive game saver: could you please increase the number of save slots available? For a multi-chapter game full of riddles, puzzles and game overs, 16 is starting to become a small number...