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Post #1152912

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flametitan
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD *
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2-Jan-2018, 8:02 PM

DominicCobb said:

flametitan said:

This isn’t a criticism of the film, but kind of a Fridge moment for me: How does Finn know how to pilot a sandskimmer? (Vaguely; he forgets to engage a certain stabilization thing but seems to have no issues after that) Wasn’t the whole reason he teamed up with Poe in TFA because he didn’t know how to pilot aircraft? I don’t think it has to do with being unfamiliar with a TIE and familiar with the sandskimmer. After all, Star wars seems to imply that piloting experience is a transferable skill; piloting one ship means you’re good at piloting them all. Nevermind that the Sandskimmer seems like it’s supposed to be a vehicle that was outdated before Finn was born, so he’d likely never be trained to pilot one.

There’s a difference between piloting a speeder and an aircraft. A speeder is more like a car, while an aircraft is like an aircraft. I don’t think it’s hard to imagine that Finn knew how to operate speeders (in fact he does so in one of the TFA deleted scenes).

Hmm… I can see that argument, but I didn’t get the impression that the Sandskimmer had more in common with a speeder than with an aircraft. That said, the sand skimmers were in such a dilapidated state that it’s hard to say for sure if they’re aircraft like the snowspeeders from Empire, or just hoverspeeders.

Still, it’s a nitpick, not an actual flaw of the movie.