The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 13 days agoOk, we all owe George Lucas an apology.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoIt’s fascinating how they were able to blockade something in 3d space with something that looked a lot like a 2d structure. Must be some Liu Cixin kind of shit going on there.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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-up0·13 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-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoThey usually come out of hyperspace just above the planet so they won’t have orbital velocity.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoThe polarity of the Khyber crystals or something.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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.
It’s fascinating how they were able to blockade something in 3d space with something that looked a lot like a 2d structure. Must be some Liu Cixin kind of shit going on there.
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.
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.
It exists but isn’t really shown for the same reason reasonable battle tactics are a super power in Warhammer 40k, rule of cool.