I have no problem with R2 having jets. I feel many dislike them simply because they were a PT addition. The thing is, why shouldn't R2 have jets? I get that if you use jets it's no longer a physical model, but, I mean, it's not like in a galaxy far, far, away they had those limitations. If the OT was made the same way with today's technology, don't think there wouldn't be some CGI.

In the end, though, while I would like to keep that continuity with the PT, I have to agree that I don't really see how the jets would work into the sail barge. It would seem clunky I think, like J said.