Well, the film “flipflops” the logic of the Death Star so to speak. When the Falcon is pulled into the hangar the gravity is clearly downwards;
No, it doesn’t. It’s just a perception illusion. Imagine the hangar the MF is flying into is at the top of the Empire State building. See it? Now imagine the Empire State building has an opening for ships to fly through to land. Is that opening in the roof of the Empire State Building? No. It’s on the side. Like this:
It’s like he says in the video, the film makes up whatever logic it needs to tell an interesting story, as well as be visually interesting.
Well the Death Star gravity thing does not prove his point, as I illustrated above.
Also how is he shooting out a window on a space-station?
Lasers in the visible spectrum (red) pass through glass. They’re light. Just like your laser pointer.
It looks cool, and the more down-to-earth feel adds a level familiarity that the audience can connect to while at the same time making it more interesting and entertaining by putting it into space.
Yes. This is true. Something I say over and over again, is it’s OK to create a fantasy universe, but once the fantasy universe is created, you have to obey that universe’s laws. Otherwise your movie is stupid.
ANH, by and large, obeys its own rules. The only glaring plot holes that I can think of and fans have known about for almost 40 years are the “They’re tracking us” scene, the droids wandering around Mos Eisley unhidden, the ease of disabling the tractor beam (although possibly explained by “The Imperials let them do it so they can escape and be tracked”), and the medal ceremony.
The PT and TFA do NOT obey the established laws of the OT universe. The PT grotesquely so.