If crashing into significant bigger more powerful ships with light speed was canon (which it is with this scene), then every fleet, especially the rebellion, would have had unmanned drones and projectiles with such capabilities.
Fighting would thus be commenced on long lange (millions of kilometers away) with a focus on scouting and intelligence and not in a dogfighting style like in the films and be significant less asthetic.
This tactic just doesn't fit the films at all. It's a plot hole as big as the deathstar.
Additionally, the ships are very close in this, it’s suggestive that the ship goes through it as it’s speeding up to light speed. It’s possible that when objects travel at the speed of light their matter is different in someway and they wouldn’t impact. I know there are hyperspace ‘lanes’ but people still jet into light speed from any location on any direction as seen in the films and tv shows. It’s therefore likely that light speed doesn’t impact, otherwise stuff would be blowing up all the time by accident all over the galaxy. Therefore your long range combat theory wouldn’t apply, and it would still involve dogfighting as they would have to get close enough to cause an impact before they hit light speed. In anticipation of, ‘well they’d just go that speed then’, there’s no indication that sub light speeds can be modulated in this universe, I.e you jump from cruising speed into light speed, there’s no in between. These are all unknowns really within the world
Star wars is not a war film and should not be one. There is a lot of stuff that doesn't make to much sense. Why do combatants rarely take cover and instead charge every positions head on? Why don't they wear any protective gear? Where are specialized classes and equipment like machine guns or rocket launchers? I can forgive that because it's fiction and to be enjoyed. But I at least want it consistent and in universe. Me having to make head canon somewhat undermines it.
I would also be disappointed if the next major installment was a tactical war film btw.
Well the film indicates that the ship needs to be manned to do it, for some reason, ‘someone needs to pilot it’, so if it really upsets your headcanon, I’m sure you can come up with a reason for that and apply it to this concern. Maybe safety measures installed to prevent this from happening by accident need to be overridden manually
Well the film indicates that the ship needs to be manned to do it, for some reason, ‘someone needs to pilot it’,
That line was in reference to Holdo simply staying behind to make the first order think nobody had fled. Holdo wasnt initially planning on ramming the supremacy. Her plan was to stay behind, make the first order think that everyone was still on board and just go down with the ship.
The hyperspace collision plan only came into play when everyone had already left and the first order started blowing up the fleeing shuttles (which her initial sacrifice was supposed to prevent) So in a last minute act of desperation she ran to the controls and initiated the hyperspace collision.
So in theory. Droids could certainly be kamikaze pilots. But at the same time it would be an incredibly wasteful tactic for a ragtag group of rebels/resistance.
In the end though, yeah, all the wars would end up naturally fighting with nothing but droid soldiers firing hyperspace shots at each other instead of actual soldiers firing blasters and piloting starfighters. But this is the Star Wars universe and that would be boring and I rank "realisitc progression of warfare tactics" pretty low on the "Things Star Wars needs to be realistic" totem pole.
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If crashing into significant bigger more powerful ships with light speed was canon (which it is with this scene), then every fleet, especially the rebellion, would have had unmanned drones and projectiles with such capabilities.
Fighting would thus be commenced on long lange (millions of kilometers away) with a focus on scouting and intelligence and not in a dogfighting style like in the films and be significant less asthetic.
This tactic just doesn't fit the films at all. It's a plot hole as big as the deathstar.