You don't think it's strange and plot convenient that the 'Supremacy' (Snoke's big new flag ship star destroyer) a ship clearly more advanced than any other ship in the movie seems to only be able to do two speeds; hyperspace and the exact same pace as the resistance ship? Kinda weird that they couldn't increase their speed even a little to close the distance without needing to even go into hyperspace.
A tense chase can be enjoyable, but having contrived variables to make it happen breaks it down.
I recall them mentioning that the FO fleet was massive thus was carrying a lot of personnel and equipment. So while advanced, their ability to overtake the Resistance cruiser was limited as a result. I don't really know the specifics of space travel SW but logically that makes sense with cars. Heavier vehicles have more trouble with that sort of thing than lighter, smaller ones.
So I personally don't find it very contrived. I do agree that it could have been more tense but it's not because the scenario itself didn't make sense. They should have had shown more smaller attacks by fighter squadrons to wear down the morale of the crew of the Resistance crusier or attempt to disable their systems. That would have made the situation more desperate.
Take Empire Strikes Back. They are in a similar no-warp scenario except there is an asteroid field that they duck into. Imagine if they just chased the Millennium Falcon for 18 hours until they ran out of fuel.
Yeah, that works well for ESB. They're in the Falcon in that scenario though. It's a much smaller ship than a cruiser. It makes sense they'd use an asteroid field to avoid the Empire.
I'm sure they're a more exciting things they could have done to spice up the chase in this scenario from a writing standpoint but within the context of the story, is there really a problem? How are you gonna avoid star destroyers with a Cruiser if you can't hyperspace?
For reference, the Raddus was 11,280 feet long and and 2318 feet wide
according to the this . The Falcon is much smaller by comparison at 112 feet long by 85 feet wide or so according
to the same source. I don't know what the Resistance could have done when you consider that.
First and foremost why didn't they work as a group to solve the problem. They presumably have engineers and tactical experts that can help. Instead they did what morons do. Decide to fuck over the entire team so they can do some crazy shit.
Are you referring to Po, Finn, and Rose's plan? I think Finn mentioned that the First Order used unique protocols and only someone specialized in that skill would be able to do it. This was also after Holdo assumed command, told Po to shove off and didn't mention what kind of plan she had.
It definitely would make more sense for them to consult the rest of the crew on the idea but considering the atmosphere after the attack and the fact that their plan didn't have any downsides when they thought of doing it, it works.
Now, it turned out that their plan royally fucked the rest of the Resistance and that should have consequences but no one but Rose and Finn knows that it was Benicio Del Toro that helped the First Order uncover their cloaking devices.
What is a codebreaker? Like why does this gambler have these skills that a computer or BB8 can't do. And what they were going to somehow convince this guy(who is presumably good at gambling and rich) to board the flagship of the First Order. I mean what was the exit plan? Was it a suicide mission?
What's a codebreaker? Movie magic, of course! =P But seriously, in this context it's someone that was specialized in dealing with protocols and cracking that sort of thing. BB8 probably doesn't have the specialized programming to do that and honestly, I wouldn't want him to do that considering he was doing some wild things in the film already.
Why would you assume he's a gambler with codebreaking skills and not a codebreaker that likes gambling? lol. It's way more likely he's there having fun than a pro gambler. Got nothing on how they'd convince them and their exit plan but eh, that's kind of standard SW stuff.
So instead of getting this elite codebreaker they go with a thief. Just based on the fact that he broke out of jail. It doesn't make sense. Like ok we didn't get the expert, let's suicide mission with this dude we just met? So in the end their whole fucking plan doesn't work. And we just watched 1 hour of jebaited. I mean that is incredibly unsatisfying as a viewer. Like why would I want to watch a mutiny. Rebel rebel fighters is dumb.
They just released all the crazy racing animals, rampaged through the city, and were chased by the city police to a cliff until the Thief showed up to save their butts in a stolen ship. They didn't have much time left before the cruiser would run out of fuel and they still had to hyperspace back.
There was no way they could go get the guy they wanted. Considering the Thief said he could do it and was the person that let them out of the jail, why not go with that potential when the other choice is to come back empty handed?
In the end, it almost worked too. Benicio got them to the Supremacy, he got through the door and then they were caught. Why did they get caught? One of the First Order's droids figured out BB8 was in the trash can running around and alerted security as to what they were doing, lol.
As I said, I totally get that it could have been more interesting if they had adjusted the scenario more. I'm not a huge fan of the casino bit for Finn and Rose either myself but I don't think there's an issue with what they plotted and wrote for the film. It works and makes sense, even if it ends up being worse for the resistance.
