Rise of Skywalker: The Seen It/Spoilers Thread

[Gradine]

Note that, at least AFAIK, nothing that would confirm that TIE Fighters post-ANH have no hyperdrives is still canon. Maybe there's more stuff in the new canon books about it.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Note that, at least AFAIK, nothing that would confirm that TIE Fighters post-ANH have no hyperdrives is still canon. Maybe there's more stuff in the new canon books about it.

Obi-Wan: "No, it's a short range fighter."

Sure, maybe FO TIEs have Hyperdrive ... but then why rely on Star Destroyers to shuttle them around?

And aside from TLJ and the whole "can't track through hyperspace" until they discover it takes a special ship and tech to track through hyperspace ... then all the TIEs in RoS not only have hyperdrive and track through hyperspace.

Lots of inconsistencies. I can live with an occasional retcon, but every film being a new retcon is a bit frustrating.

 

[Morrus]

Sure, maybe FO TIEs have Hyperdrive ... but then why rely on Star Destroyers to shuttle them around?

They’re there to defend the Star Destroyers.

 

[MarkB]

Presumably lightspeed-skipping, as silly as it was as presented on-screen, is one of the techniques the Resistance have to use in order to defeat the First Order's tracking capabilities. At least they didn't ignore them.

Yep, agreed; that’s exactly why lightspeed-skipping was used. I felt that was pretty clear.

 

[Morrus]

And aside from TLJ and the whole "can't track through hyperspace" until they discover it takes a special ship and tech to track through hyperspace ... then all the TIEs in RoS not only have hyperdrive and track through hyperspace.

Lots of inconsistencies. I can live with an occasional retcon, but every film being a new retcon is a bit frustrating.

That’s the exact opposite of an inconsistency. It’s a consistency. A new technology was used in TLJ, and it was rolled out by TRoS. It would be an inconsistency if they suddenly forgot about it.

 

[Retreater]

Wasn't hyperspace tracking a thing in Rogue One/A New Hope? I mean, Vader was able to track the Tantive IV and its Death Star plans through hyperspace. I know they made a big deal about it in The Last Jedi, but I always assumed this was a thing that just happened in the Star Wars universe.

 

[MarkB]

Yep, agreed; that’s exactly why lightspeed-skipping was used. I felt that was pretty clear.

@Morrus Did you, perhaps, edit my reply instead of quoting it? Because this is NOT what I posted.

 

[Morrus]

@Morrus Did you, perhaps, edit my reply instead of quoting it? Because this is NOT what I posted.

Oh, crap! Sorry! I must have hit the wrong button. Yes, that was me posting there.

 

[MarkB]

Wasn't hyperspace tracking a thing in Rogue One/A New Hope? I mean, Vader was able to track the Tantive IV and its Death Star plans through hyperspace. I know they made a big deal about it in The Last Jedi, but I always assumed this was a thing that just happened in the Star Wars universe.

That may or may not have been hyperspace tracking. It's also possible that they simply put out an APB on the Tantiive IV, and their garrison on Tatooine reported its arrival in-system.

However, hyperspace tracking wasn't introduced in TLJ - it was introduced in The Force Awakens, in a throwaway line by a Starkiller Base officer who tells Hux that they pinpointed the Resistance base by tracking the reconnaissance fighter that was sent to scan them. TLJ simply took the concept and ran with it.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

In other speculation ... given everyone else they revived from the (near) dead I'm surprised Boba Fett Captain Phasma didn't make an appearance.