Where to even begin with lightspeed skipping? Lol.
Well, the reason why it was removed from this edit - Han’s line from ANH about imprecise calculations - isn’t even really the strongest argument for it’s removal. Rather there are several other critical issues:
- It’s made clear that Poe knows how to do this from his days of running spice. But why would he ever need to do this when lightspeed tracking was only invented a year before this? The only reason would be if you had a physical tracker on your ship that you were trying to remove while skipping around, but that’s such a niche scenario.
- Lightspeed tracking required the largest ship the galaxy has ever known in order to work. You’re telling me that the tech has been miniaturized to fit on a single TIE fighter in less than a year’s time? Nah fam.
- Okay, let’s say that the TIEs are broadcasting their feed live back to a larger Star Destroyer with a tracker in it. I think this is the canon explanation. Even then, that information would have to be transmitted in real time from (quite possibly) across the galaxy in order to be useful. I just don’t buy that this is possible.
If it doesn’t work for you that’s fine. Just personally I really enjoy the sequence and its the only thing that keeps this edit from being pretty much perfect for me. I know for some people its too much of a break in lore/logic. For me it isn’t. Overall this edit is amazing and has only gotten better with each new version.