Also posting this because it still baffles me how some can see Rey and Finn escaping as being a problem when there were more ships in orbit during the Battle of Hoth that caused Luke no trouble and that’s fine. I really need someone to explain this to me.
“How quick the the Empire find the Falcon after it blasted off from Mos Eisley?”
The second they dropped out of hyperspace in the rubbled remains of Aldeeran since the Death Star was still right there.
Three Star Destroyers converged on them over Tatooine forcing Han to make the jump as soon as possible (from Tatooine to Alderaan). If they wouldn’t have jumped they would have been caught.
“The First Order should have known the moment the Tie Fighters were shot down and known exactly where they were on the surface. From there it is easy to track them down. Unless they are incompetent. They aren’t incompetent in the rest of the film.”
Okay…so…if the tie fighters chased them, yeah, the First Order would’ve known where they were on the planet. Alright, so they could’ve been able to track them on the planet. Now, it’s been a while since I’ve seen TFA, but after the dogfight with the TIE fighters, didn’t the Falcon leave the planet and jump to hyperspace? So, your previous argument was that the Falcon was able to escape every time they jumped to hyperspace, now you’re criticizing the First Order’s ability to not track the Falcon after jumping the hyperspace? I’m so confused right now.
No, they don’t jump to hyperspace. That is my point. The Falcon is seen majestically flying off in sublight (no trace of a hyperspace effect). The following dialog just confirms that they did not jump to hyperspace. Rey has never plotted a hyperspace jump before (she’s never been off planet before). She’s no dummy so she probably could have, but where to? It is a huge hole when you think about it. Part of it would be solved if the Falcon did go to hyperspace and then the engine malfunction made it drop out, but then Finn doesn’t need to mention getting out of the system because they would be already by the time he says that. So add in a hyperspace jump and remove a couple of lines and the scene would make a lot more sense.