The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 days agoOk, we all owe George Lucas an apology.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1985arrow-down113
arrow-up1972arrow-down1imageOk, we all owe George Lucas an apology.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 days agoI don’t think they have the concept of orbits in Star Wars. Damaged ships just happen to fall into planets all the time.
minus-squarerenormalizer@feddit.orglinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up9·11 days agoA lot of sci-fi suffers from space ships hanging in the air in exactly the way that bricks don’t. Trek does it too.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 days agoIt exists but isn’t really shown for the same reason reasonable battle tactics are a super power in Warhammer 40k, rule of cool.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoThey usually come out of hyperspace just above the planet so they won’t have orbital velocity.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoThe polarity of the Khyber crystals or something.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoI mean it really looks like they exit at a speed of some sort and the rest is imagination, usually when a science hole is found in the space opera it is pretty huge
I don’t think they have the concept of orbits in Star Wars. Damaged ships just happen to fall into planets all the time.
A lot of sci-fi suffers from space ships hanging in the air in exactly the way that bricks don’t. Trek does it too.
It exists but isn’t really shown for the same reason reasonable battle tactics are a super power in Warhammer 40k, rule of cool.
They usually come out of hyperspace just above the planet so they won’t have orbital velocity.
Why not?
The polarity of the Khyber crystals or something.
I mean it really looks like they exit at a speed of some sort and the rest is imagination, usually when a science hole is found in the space opera it is pretty huge