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Does the Holdo maneuver breaks canon?

Does the Holdo maneuver breaks canon?

The Holdo Maneuver is a plot hole but does not break canon.

How many Star Destroyers did Holdo destroy?

twenty other Star Destroyers
Holdo jumped into hyperspace, shearing the massive ship in half and completely destroying twenty other Star Destroyers on escort duty or being repaired on one of the lower hangars.

Why is Lightspeed skipping bad?

Hyperspace skipping, also known as lightspeed skipping, was a technique that could be used to quickly jump to hyperspace in a starship. However, hyperspace skipping was dangerous, and could put undue stress on the ship, as well as place it in a dangerous location when it exited lightspeed.

Is Lightspeed skipping possible?

How is lightspeed skipping in Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker even possible? It’s always been possible. It’s just stupid to do … and it’s stupid enough to get Rey screaming at Poe. Statistically most of Poe’s jumps should have been into open space.

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How would a hyperdrive work?

The hyperdrive functioned by sending hypermatter particles to hurl a ship into hyperspace while preserving the vessel’s mass/energy profile, and required a functional hyperdrive motivator to do so. The vessel then traveled along a programmed course until it dropped back into normal space—realspace—at its destination.

What is Holdo’s maneuver in the Last Jedi?

Holdo’s maneuver, of course, happens rather late in The Last Jedi, when she’s alone on the Resistance cruiser and makes a self-destructive jump to lightspeed directly at Snoke’s ship, the Supremacy, ripping the thing in half in one of the film’s most stunning scenes. It’s a total spectacle and a horrifyingly effective military maneuver.

Can ships be tracked in hyperspace in the Last Jedi?

Before The Last Jedi, ships in hyperspace couldn’t be tracked. In The Last Jedi, they can, thanks to some secret technology that was first teased in Rogue One. But Johnson makes clear that this is new technology, and the suitably impressed (and demoralized) Resistance adjusts its tactics accordingly.

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Did Holdo’s hyperspace ramming maneuver take you by surprise?

Holdo’s hyperspace ramming maneuver, though, takes onlookers by surprise only in the sense that they don’t expect her selflessness. As soon as Holdo turns toward the Supremacy, Hux understands the danger, and no one is shocked that the tactic works. Yet as far as I know, there’s no perfect precedent in Star Wars canon for what Holdo did.

Is Holdo the most jaw-dropping moment in Star Wars history?

Indeed, even those who criticized parts of Last Jedi are likely to concede that Holdo (Laura Dern) is responsible for one of the most jaw-dropping moments in Star Wars history.