Here’s “the guy” again with his spoiler review of TLJ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdobc7jtQo
He asks a good question, that I actually had not considered (and neither did RJ apparently): if admiral Holdo can lightspeed through Snoke’s ship to allow the rebels to escape, and we know they’re going pick them off one by one once the chase begins at the start of the film, why didn’t any of the rebels (or better yet a droid) sacrifice themselves at the beginning of the plot by having one of the cruisers lightspeed through Snokes ship, such that everyone can escape?
That was my first thought upon seeing it:
Sure, I could pick apart the logical gaps in the spaceship pursuit and the Godspeed Maneuver™, but that’s for a future fanedit.
This is actually one of my main complaints about the movie, since it’s such an awesome moment that it really needs to be logically solid to have that same impact over multiple viewings. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up with a justification, and the only thing I can think of is that the damage to a ship would be exponentially increased with the size of the vessel. Mere fighters or support ships wouldn’t do that damage, nor even the old Calamari cruisers. And since a capital ship of that size is so valuable, to destroy it in this manner would probably not cross anyone’s mind.
That’s my answer for now.