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Like the Leia getting force powers out of nowhere in space. Sheesh.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not a 100% sure I understand this. IIRC it was bombing spaceships hovering above a planet dropping bombs into the atmosphere, correct? (Totally possible that I'm misremembering!) In that case using gravity would be absolutely fine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could be wrong but I could've sworn that while they were fighting above a planet, they were still "dropping" bombs on a ship below them.

So if the rebels have a ship that works only if you happen to be fighting above a planet with a ship below you, that's even sillier!

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, the bombs were meant for another ship, not the planets surface? Then indeed gravity makes little sense, or at least it's a very straightforward and uninspired port of the concept of bomber planes.

But I guess they wanted it to fit in with everything else... :(