But the better answer is that it’s just Star Wars, the same galaxy where starships fly like there is air friction, where you can hear sound in space, and giant worms live in asteroids. Did I forget to mention the space wizards with laser swords?
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Is it? It shows a lack of background in science fiction and what the genre covers. Sure, they bend the laws of physics all the time, but the thing you don’t do is throw it in the audiences faces. Lucas managed to do that in 6 consecutive films. Abrams comes in and breaks that cardinal rule right off. The glaring issues with the final cut of the film are why I rank TFA last - below ATOC. It is such an basic rule of filmmaking in the science fiction genre.