Monroville said:

Cantina Scene said:

adywan said:

Cantina Scene said:
Fwiw the star field should not move by in the background like it does, as if it's a landscape passing by.

Which part are you talking about?

I'm thinking of the Death Star battle at the end, when they often show side views of the cockpit with stars racing by like pinpricks in a curtain. I should clarify this isn't a request or me attempting to point out an error. It just bugs me because I think it looks kind of silly.

I probably should have just kept quiet, it's really a pet peeve of mine.

While technically/scientifically you are right, I think this was done for the visual aspect of establishing the speed of the spacecraft. STAR WARS (fantasy film or not) is primarily about pulling one in emotionally through the visuals.. hence the star field spinning when the Falcon jumps to hyperspace. Scientifically it would mean the Star Destroyer crew would see the Falcon corkscrew away, which would look quite silly from their perspective. From OURS though, it gives a sense of vertigo (like those tunnels in the fun houses on Halloween), which is the visual/emotional point of its use.

Oh I agree that that's why it's done, but I don't think it adds anything in the case of the fighters. And it's not consistent anyway, so maybe they couldn't make up their minds. It's not the scientific part about it that bugs me at all, it just looks funny once you think about it. Or once I think about it, anyway.