What's interesting about this tsunami of fawning-over-Rian articles like this about the "Holdo Maneuver" (which sounds like a Tantric lovemaking technique btw):
https://www.inverse.com/article/40534-the-last-jedi-rian-johnson-holdo-maneuver-hyperdrive-plot-hole
Is that the author raises the question about how the scene:
"left a lot of people wondering why we haven’t seen people do this before in the Star Wars universe? If it’s such a brutally efficient tactic, then you’d imagine that the Empire or the First Order would rig ships to jump to lightspeed right into any major threat. Therein lies the assumed plot hole, because space warfare in Star Wars might never be the same."
... yet they then conveniently divert off to a pointless discussion about the real science of lightspeed, which - given that SW isn't really sci-fi - is not even relevant. Then the article just... ends. Without ever even drilling down on the core "plot hole" that is the title of the article.
What's presented by Rian Johnson makes zero sense - "The fact that Hux doesn’t see it coming means it’s probably not a standard military maneuver" and the article's enabling author chimes in with "It might even be some kind of galactic war crime."
Like... since when does the Empire care about a war crime? It's pretty significant that someone at the level of Rian Johnson is trying to weigh in on this - and equally significant that he's having zero success trying to rationalize it.
My take on a retcon is if they increase your appreciation for what was previously established, then they are acceptable. Luke being Vader's son is obvously far more dramatic and cool than Luke's dad being killed by Vader. But with this weaponized hyperdrive thing - it makes BOTH sides of the battle in the OT look like idiots for not using it.
This is pure genius:
"Johnson notes that there are ways the Lucasfilm Story Group could build it back into canon, suggesting that it might just be an outlawed military maneuver that Holdo “pulled out of her butt” as a “spur of the moment thing.”
"Ways"? Just not any of the "ways" they've tried to use in this article, or ANYTHING Johnson has said in the article though right? But it's this kind of garbage that I take offense to:
"A much shorter explanation comes when you just accept that with The Last Jedi, Johnson preferred artistic form over function. He’d rather give us a visual spectacle with his Star Wars movie, one that respected his artistic integrity more than an obsession with canon. Maybe we should all learn to be okay with that."
Ohhhhhh... it's the "artistic" defense. You know - you plebians and canon sticklers be damned. Bottom line - if it makes no sense, we call it "artistic license," give a knowing nod and move on.
My equally considered, philosophically rationalized response is: "**** you."
https://www.inverse.com/article/40534-the-last-jedi-rian-johnson-holdo-maneuver-hyperdrive-plot-hole
Is that the author raises the question about how the scene:
"left a lot of people wondering why we haven’t seen people do this before in the Star Wars universe? If it’s such a brutally efficient tactic, then you’d imagine that the Empire or the First Order would rig ships to jump to lightspeed right into any major threat. Therein lies the assumed plot hole, because space warfare in Star Wars might never be the same."
... yet they then conveniently divert off to a pointless discussion about the real science of lightspeed, which - given that SW isn't really sci-fi - is not even relevant. Then the article just... ends. Without ever even drilling down on the core "plot hole" that is the title of the article.
What's presented by Rian Johnson makes zero sense - "The fact that Hux doesn’t see it coming means it’s probably not a standard military maneuver" and the article's enabling author chimes in with "It might even be some kind of galactic war crime."
Like... since when does the Empire care about a war crime? It's pretty significant that someone at the level of Rian Johnson is trying to weigh in on this - and equally significant that he's having zero success trying to rationalize it.
My take on a retcon is if they increase your appreciation for what was previously established, then they are acceptable. Luke being Vader's son is obvously far more dramatic and cool than Luke's dad being killed by Vader. But with this weaponized hyperdrive thing - it makes BOTH sides of the battle in the OT look like idiots for not using it.
This is pure genius:
"Johnson notes that there are ways the Lucasfilm Story Group could build it back into canon, suggesting that it might just be an outlawed military maneuver that Holdo “pulled out of her butt” as a “spur of the moment thing.”
"Ways"? Just not any of the "ways" they've tried to use in this article, or ANYTHING Johnson has said in the article though right? But it's this kind of garbage that I take offense to:
"A much shorter explanation comes when you just accept that with The Last Jedi, Johnson preferred artistic form over function. He’d rather give us a visual spectacle with his Star Wars movie, one that respected his artistic integrity more than an obsession with canon. Maybe we should all learn to be okay with that."
Ohhhhhh... it's the "artistic" defense. You know - you plebians and canon sticklers be damned. Bottom line - if it makes no sense, we call it "artistic license," give a knowing nod and move on.
My equally considered, philosophically rationalized response is: "**** you."
