yotsuya said:
Yup, exactly why those two scenes are plot holes in my book. Both took me right out of the movie.
There is no “in my book” when it comes to definitions. You can’t change a definition based on your personal beliefs.
Now let’s look at that claim on the escape from Hoth. How many ships left Hoth without a functioning hyperdrive? 1 - the Millennium Falcon.
Why does that matter when there were multiple Star Destroyers and at least one Super Star Destroyer forming a blockade around the Hoth system? At least in TFA’s case there was one Star Destroyer orbiting Jakku.
And what did Han say later? Something about the Falcon being easy to track. No, the entire sequence is just too convenient and strains credibility.
That’s a fair assessment and that’s why like R2 waking up at the end of the film it’s a giant plot convenience but not a plot hole.
All that would be needed is for Rey to engage the hyperdrive and have it carry them a short distance before it gives out leading to the necessary repairs that she then performed.
A short distance is in any system close to Jakku? If so then yeah that would have been preferable.
And there is no way such a famous ship would not be in the First Order database and no way for it to escape detection (just like Han said). There is no internal consistency in the scene. It is a huge hole in the story.
The ship has been out of circulation for a while so it makes sense as to why it wouldn’t be in the database.
Yes, but it must have cost trillions in whatever passes for currency in the SW universe. Who paid for it? Did Palpatine win the lottery? Whether the real Sifo Diyas was involved or not, Obi Wan or someone should have followed the money trail.
Eh…but do those questions really matter?