Picking Nits
Coincidence, military competence, continuity, grief, Obi-Wan’s sacrifice, and the Death Star strategy drive a long nitpick section.
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- The escape pod carrying both droids lands improbably close to Luke, possibly through the Force.
- The Empire declines to destroy an empty pod despite detecting it, allowing the plans to escape.
- The possibility that R2-D2 is Force-sensitive is raised to explain repeated favorable outcomes.
- Stormtroopers fail to inspect the Falcon effectively and repeatedly miss exposed targets at close range.
- The mechanics of mapping and navigating a vast galaxy are questioned and answered only with hyperspace and existing maps.
- The princess's white outfit stays too clean after the garbage dump and fighting.
- The mentor's claim that he never had any droids conflicts with later-created prequel continuity.
- The panel debates whether later continuity may be used to judge a 1977 movie whose mythology was not fully fixed.
- Leia, Luke, and the others recover almost instantly from planetary destruction, burned relatives, and the mentor’s death.
- The mentor’s decision to accept death remains unclear because the Falcon crew might have escaped anyway.
- Luke trusts a spiritual force learned days earlier enough to switch off targeting equipment during the galaxy’s decisive shot.