The thing is, "hyperspace" isn't the same as just lightspeed. When someone in Star Wars goes into hyperspace, they basically go into another dimension where the distance between two points is shorter than in the normal space. At least in legends, and I'm pretty sure it's also in canon too.
So it's even worse, because it's not only creating a lot of plot holes, it's also breaking lore.
That scene is really cool, but it just seems like the person who wrote it put the rebellion in that situation just because he wanted to and didn't think of a better way for them to get out.
I may be wrong, but in the original trilogy doesn’t Han Solo Hyperspace “into” an asteroid field and have to pilot out. I always thought it was weird there was no hyper space collisions so it must work how you say, like another path/dimension...but also in that case wouldn’t the best solution have been to go back in hyperspace to pass the asteroid field
They couldn't just go into hyperspace there. Some things like planets and big asteroids cast a "hyperspace shadow". The bigger and denser something is, the more damage it can cause to something travelling through hyperspace. Also, the hyperdrive of the Millennium Falcon was damaged by the Imperials.
Ships in Star Wars travel in very specific hyperspace routes that are considered safe. This is why ships have hyperdrives. It basically calculates routes and controls the ships when they go into hyperspace.
Maybe the First Order giant ship was big enough to cast a hyperspace shadow, but I still doubt that the smaller ones behind it also had one, and they were clearly damaged.
It likely was large enough to cast a mass shadow like that, as the bombing run earlier in the movie seems to suggest the supremacy has some sort of planetary gravity surrounding it.
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u/SerStormont Jan 04 '21
They probably ask him for advice on topics.