I'm surprised no rebel ever thought "why don't we strap hyperspace engines to giant rocks and shoot them at big imperial fleets" considering the magnitude of the damage it caused
I've said this before but this whole "balance" idea is quack.
It's basically "both sides" argument, lol. Like if there is a good guy born with strong Force powers, then the Force just feel the need to create an evil, massacre-loving bad dark side guy just to bring "balance" to it? Such bollocks, hahah.
After Yoda popped up I was honestly thinking Ewan might appear
Microjumps are canon.
And why do they need a pristine capital ship? Rebels could have been attaching hyperdrives to asteroids for years and doing this.
Kind of a waste of hyperspace engines, innit.
Like, wouldn't you rather use those for traveling?
Considering the tactic one hit killed like 5 ships I think it's fair to point out that this tactic would have been helpful in the past.
Nobody thought it through beyond "this would be a cool shot". Only marginally less ridiculous than the destruction of the Hosnian system being visible in real time all across the galaxy in TFA. It is what it is.I'm surprised no rebel ever thought "why don't we strap hyperspace engines to giant rocks and shoot them at big imperial fleets" considering the magnitude of the damage it caused.
I'm obviously being nitpicky but it was one of those moments where the rule of cool crossed paths with "wait a minute..." logic a little too much
Kind of a waste of hyperspace engines, innit.
Like, wouldn't you rather use those for traveling?
There's a reason most people don't use vehicles as weaponry. Because they're better used as vehicles.
It's the same reason you don't crash a car into a traffic jam to clear it out.
It actually made sense in that instance though and it's not as much of a plot hole as the Death Star going to Yavin 4.I'm surprised no rebel ever thought "why don't we strap hyperspace engines to giant rocks and shoot them at big imperial fleets" considering the magnitude of the damage it caused.
I'm obviously being nitpicky but it was one of those moments where the rule of cool crossed paths with "wait a minute..." logic a little too much
It actually made sense in that instance though and it's not as much of a plot hole as the Death Star going to Yavin 4.
All the Empire needed to do was destroy the rebel base on the moon. They could have sent a Star Destroyer to do that, or anything.
They sent the Death Star because the Empire was hilariously overconfidentAll the Empire needed to do was destroy the rebel base on the moon. They could have sent a Star Destroyer to do that, or anything.
They didn't need to send the Death Star when the Rebels had just acquired the Death Star plans.
All the Empire needed to do was destroy the rebel base on the planet. They could have sent a Star Destroyer to do that, or anything.
They didn't need to send the Death Star when the Rebels had just acquired the Death Star plans.
They sent the Death Star because the Empire was hilariously overconfident
Tarkin didn't sound overly confidant when he said, "You're taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work."
It's not a tactic it's a last ditch surprise maneuver. Your "tactic" suggests building an entire giant ship for the sole purpose of sacrifcing it to cut a ship in half.
It bought the resistance like a single hour of time.
It didn't even destroy the whole ship.
I don't get the impulse in seeing something that decently set-up and executed and immediately thinking "aww, bullshit, why don't they just do this awesome thing all the time."
"Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?"Tarkin didn't sound overly confidant when he said, "You're taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work."
The real world explanation being, the Death Star going to Yavin was actually added in the editing room, after filming was complete.
Kind of a waste of hyperspace engines, innit.
Like, wouldn't you rather use those for traveling?
There's a reason most people don't use vehicles as weaponry. Because they're better used as vehicles.
It's the same reason you don't crash a car into a traffic jam to clear it out.
I don't get the mentality of actively trying to pick apart the logic of what you're watching. That's some cinemasins nonsense. Sure, if something is so egregious that it stands out, taking you out of the movie, then that's a problem. But, that's pretty clearly not what's happening here.
Big difference between evacuating when there's only one (or two?) rebel fighter left, and exposing the Death Star to an absolutely unnecessary risk, though.
Calling it now
Ewan is gunna be in EP9 as a force ghost
I think it was pretty clear that RJ was like "Oh shit I forgot I have to put her in this movie" lol
Nothing terrible, just very shoved in. But her "he can do EVERYTHING" was pretty awesome
Also like Khan blood.The hyperdrive thing in TLJ bugs me in a similar way that transwarp teleportation bugged me in Star Trek 2009. In both cases it was something used for a cool scene/moment that accidentally introduced an in-universe game changer.
I don't get the mentality of actively trying to pick apart the logic of what you're watching. That's some cinemasins nonsense. Sure, if something is so egregious that it stands out, taking you out of the movie, then that's a problem. But, that's pretty clearly not what's happening here.
I concur that it bugs me way less than those two Star Trek examples. I just used them as a basic comparison pointAlso like Khan blood.
The hyperdrive in TLJ bugs me way less than that, though, if it bugs me at all. The thing about the trans warp beaming was there were no negatives.
I don't get the mentality of actively trying to pick apart the logic of what you're watching. That's some cinemasins nonsense. Sure, if something is so egregious that it stands out, taking you out of the movie, then that's a problem. But, that's pretty clearly not what's happening here.
It cracked the Supremacy in half.
I don't think it did anything else to the fleet.
The First Order showed up on Crait an hour later.
Considering the tactic one hit killed like 5 ships I think it's fair to point out that this tactic would have been helpful in the past.
Why shoot a torpedo down a 5 meter hole when you can ram a capital ship through the Death Star's core at light speed
That moment absolutely took me out of the movie, though. As soon as it happened, all I could think about was how ridiculous it is that they wouldn't have used this to take out the Death Star. Or how stupid it is to even build a Death Star (or large ships in general) if this can be done.Sure, if something is so egregious that it stands out, taking you out of the movie, then that's a problem. But, that's pretty clearly not what's happening here.
I don't think it's that obvious. The Supremacy cracks in half but I don't remember all the other Star Destroyers going up. I remember the light from the Raddus being cast on the Supremacy, but I don't remember that light then exploding those other ships.
I've only seen it twice, but my memory had it as the Supremacy cracking in half and that's it.
Basically, people react to a cool thing by wondering why the cool thing doesn't happen all the time, and then regard said cool thing not having happened all the time prior to this as evidence something is wrong.
It's that "competing with the movie instead of experiencing it" shit.
I dunno, you guys also thought Kylo didn't twig to Snoke pulling strings with the visions until Snoke said it out loud.
But maybe I misread what that light meant for the ships trailing the Supremacy. I'm pretty sure it didn't kill all the Star Destroyers because something launched the walkers & TIEs to the planet about an hour later. Pretty sure the Finalizer made it, at least.
I know there's a gif out there somewhere but I can't imagine the cam version of it is gonna show the detail we're hoping for.
If it destroyed all the other ships where did the goddamned walkers, ties, and Kylo's stupid bat-shuttle come from an hour later?
Fuck's sake this scab-picking is tiresome as shit.