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"A new report from Nielsen and published by Variety reveals that nobody is watching the most recent trio of core Star Wars films" (www.polygon.com)
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[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with that.

Important to recognise they don't shoot lasers in Star Wars. Their energy bolts have mass.

[–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Honest question then - would the relatively small rebel (resistance?) ships have enough mass to generate a gravitational field that would have affected those energy bolts? Because they're in the vacuum of space IIRC.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Star Wars is first and foremost a fantasy series, not proper sci fi. Again, I don't know the specific thing being referred to here, but this is a film series where people with magic powers fight with swords. Things that look cool take precedence over things that make scientific sense.