These are terrible examples. He wasn’t saying Kaep wasn’t good ENOUGH to play- he was saying that Kaep also brings negatives that have to be considered. To use your examples, it would be like debating a filthy five dollar bill that will likely give you a minor cold is worth it. Sure, the cold is minor and you’ll…

“The cloak seems to be such that it would not resist an active scan. That is, the First Order ships would not see such tiny transports unless they were actually looking for them, and they looked for them because DJ told them to look.”

One big problem is that Leia says that the FO isn’t scanning for small vessels, so they won’t notice the escape pods. Umm, why not? You know they’re in desperate straits, why wouldn’t you be monitoring for the small vessels? Why aren’t you using the decloaking thingamagig the entire time? Heck, if you’re not going to…

I completely agree. The real question is why they didn’t use the other two lightspeed-capable ships to kamikaze the FO before they completely ran out of fuel.

Not to mention that they’re star destroyers. The people on them are soldiers. That’d be like worrying about killing innocents on battleships and aircraft carriers during WWII.

I’ll be on the lookout, thanks!

I’d be curious to see those theories. Have you seen them in the comments, or did you read an article discussing it? If so I’d definitely enjoy the read if you can share the link.

Pretty bizarre to attack a film measurement tool and then cite to Cinemascore, as if it’s free from bias. It polls people who see the movie opening night. For Star Wars, that meant people who were big enough fans to have gotten their tickets weeks (if not a month or more) in advance. For a movie like Star Wars, you’re…

I think if you watch the way the ships move when they run out of fuel they’re clearly supposed to be falling backwards, as opposed to slowing down. Having said that, I 100% agree with your second paragraph. Sure, the physics of it is all nonsense- but it’s Star Wars. We definitely do NOT want realistic physics to come…

I don’t understand your point. You’re essentially saying “yes, all these flaws exist and are legit problems. But it’s ridiculous for other people to be bothered by them more than I was. They should give the most weight to all the stuff that I gave the most weight to and therefore love it at least as much as I do!”

But people do talk about those plot holes...? Like, all the time. Not to mention that what you’re referencing comes from RotJ, which most people rightly point to as the movie that began the franchises decline.

“Now that it’s been established we can complain if it ever changes.”

Citing to RotJ seems a bit odd in this context given that most people view that movie as the beginning of the decline of the franchise. Yes, the opening sequence is drawn out and unnecessary. But people have been pointing that out for decades- along with all the other ridiculous problems with that movie. It’s not like…

Right. Or have Finn and Rose reach out to allies when they’re off the cruiser and have them send a whole bunch of small ships so that everyone else can escape exactly the same way Finn and Rose did. People are popping in and out of that chase sequence, but we’re supposed to believe that NOBODY thought to just evacuate…

Going out of bounds doesn’t stop the clock until the last 5:00 minutes of the second half. The refs correctly managed the clock there.

A) My point was that it was shocking that they panicked in that circumstance, so the fact that they weren’t expecting to run a play is one of the big issues. B) It was third down. You only have one more play to go for the end zone before needing to kick the FG anyways. 13 seconds. So even if it takes 4 seconds to call…

I’m a little shocked that someone would think the “hey, how about if 9 guys on offense have no idea what’s going on” play would work better than running an actual play the team has practiced, where everyone knows what they’re doing and what their roles are. But hey, to each their own.

And the execution in general. There were 13 seconds left on the clock when they got lined up, ready to go. Take 3-4 seconds to let everyone know the play, and then run a play that takes up to 6 seconds, and you’ve still got time on the clock to kick the field goal. Sure, with a rookie QB it may be unreasonable to…

The fact they panicked is mind boggling to me. They’re lined up and ready to go with 13 seconds on the clock! Have a play ready, don’t fake the spike, just run a regular play and throw it out of bounds is nothing is there. They had a ton of time left to get off one more legit shot at the end zone.

I don’t get why this was even debated by the Steelers. It was third down, there was 13 seconds when he got to the line, so you’ve got a TON of time to get off another play. If you just spike the ball then you bring out the field goal team to tie it. Are you telling me that Roethlisberger thought that he should’ve…