When you violate the rules of your tech and your magic you are cheating. Creators don't get to throw the rules out because there isn't enough screen time for the heroes to overcome them or they aren't convenient to the cool shot you want or the creator just wrote themselves into a corner. They can be any rules like wearing a ring can turn you invisible at the cost of your soul but they must be adhered to. A fictional universe needs rules for its tech and magic. I've been banging on this drum for four years now. Most of which were EU, and thus excised from canon when Disney took over. Note no mention of planets.Įverything else we "know" came from secondary sources.
HYPERSPACE RAMMING MOVIE
"Without precise calculations we'd fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?" <- That's pretty much our only indication from movie dialogue of what causes problems for hyperdrives. I'll just note that in the movies there was never any mention of hyperdrives having a problem with atmosphere or even planets. Product cinema by market focus group at its finest. I'm sure they'll hand wave it away somehow and who cares right? Resistance Y-wings! Resistance B-wings! I saw the entire new teaser and they clearly hyperspace into atmosphere at a very low altitude as well.
![hyperspace ramming hyperspace ramming](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/scFX3fdp1f0/maxresdefault.jpg)
It is now Rule of Cool or even more cynically Rule of Easier and Cheaper to Shoot and Edit along with Rule of Be Led Around by the Plot because JJ is a crap director and writer.
![hyperspace ramming hyperspace ramming](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rogue-One-Collision-HP-1200x630-e1496153410527.jpg)
That stuff is now all just a rug they can pull out from under the audience for cheap gotchas or milk for unearned emotional beats and nostalgia.
![hyperspace ramming hyperspace ramming](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hgbii0hHBL8/maxresdefault.jpg)
No rules for the tech from prior movies or material are applicable in JJ Star Wars. it's doubtful that a whole fleet would attempt it, and if they did there would most likely be quite a few ships going ‘boom’! From that image, it looks as though it’s further away than the CR-90, so could well be larger.Īlso, given that all the other ships are seen to Hyperspace in, it’s probably just outside the atmosphere - exiting Hyperspace directly into the atmosphere is generally considered a no-no, and very few pilots (Han being one) have done it successfully.