canofhumdingers said:
Not sure why people are so critical of the sail barge style ship? Yes it has thrusters pointing down but it also has the same engine/exhaust pipe looking thing sticking out of the back as Jabba's original sail barge which looks like it would provide some sort of forward thrust.
Even if it does have tiny thrusters at the back why would you place your most powerful ones in a position where they're useless during normal operation.
Second, the proportion of the thing is ridiculous. It's no larger than a Star Tours shuttle and has to fit two guards, a prisoner, an astromech, a protocol droid and presumably Chewie was dropped off somewhere beforehand. With that many passengers aboard there wouldn't even be room for a bathroom. Yet it's shown entering the atmosphere which suggests the thing is supposed to be hyperspace capable.
It doesn't even have room for a cockpit! The only practical viewports on the thing turn out to be tiny windows above the only door which is placed at the very front of the ship. So where are the pilots supposed to be situated and who would design a ship with no functional windows?
The thing is an absolute disaster.