I'm guessing that it's a transversal gun turret angle thing, where from a distance a head-on approach would get a trajectory of turbolasers that'd butcher anything approaching that way.

Or rule of cool, which is more likely.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or rule of cool, which is more likely.

Making your spaceships operate on WW2 dogfight logic is definitely cool lol

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Last Jedi had plenty that could be criticized, but the "bombs dropping in space" part was such a Reddity thing to fuss about: it was just more applied ww2 in space.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuckin CinemaSins brained dorks lol

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

soypoint-1 ding soypoint-2

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Star Wars was never supposed to be hard scifi and even as a kid I may have wondered about the trench run, but I realized the movies would've been much worse without explosions in space.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Or sound effects in space, or visible "laser" projectiles in space.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I know now that the real reason for it is that Lucas liked a similar scene from The Dam Busters.

That's what I respect the most about him, like a true nerd he got to mash together all the stuff he liked and make a lot of money doing it.