Alright, I love Star Wars, but some scenes just make me scratch my head, and nothing does that more than the space horse scene in The Rise of Skywalker.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for creative twists, but when you throw horses onto a Star Destroyer in the middle of a space battle, you’re testing my suspension of disbelief.
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Why Not Just Tilt the Star Destroyer?
Here’s my first thought: Why didn’t General Pryde just tilt the Star Destroyer to knock the rebels and their space horses right off?
I mean, it’s a massive spaceship with gravity controls and maneuverability. You’re telling me that in this galaxy with all these complex technologies, they couldn’t just roll the thing a few degrees and wipe out the assault?
It’s one of those moves that seems so obvious, and the fact that it didn’t happen made the whole scene feel kind of ridiculous.
Pryde could’ve even just made a slow turn, nothing crazy, and all those rebels would be flying. It’s like they forgot about basic tactics just to give us a “cool” moment.
All About the Spectacle
I get it – Star Wars is known for epic visuals. But this scene feels like they threw logic out the window entirely for the sake of spectacle.
It’s got that “rule of cool” vibe, where they did something wild just because it would look good on screen.
But here’s the problem: when you’re sacrificing all sense to look cool, it starts to break immersion.
Star Wars has plenty of big, flashy moments, but those usually work because they feel like they could happen in that world.
This time, though, I feel like I’m watching something more surreal than thrilling. They tried to create a “wow” moment, but they lost me along the way.
There’s a big difference between cool ideas that fit the universe and random choices that don’t make sense. This was definitely the latter.
Horses Running on Metal?
I keep coming back to this, but seriously, horses galloping on metal? I’ve seen horses run, and I’ve seen metal – it doesn’t exactly make a great track.
Yet these space horses, or orbaks, are sprinting across a Star Destroyer like it’s a grassy field.
Even with the wild tech in Star Wars, you’d think there’d be some kind of explanation, like, maybe they have special shoes or something. But nope, they’re just trotting along without a single slip.
It’s one of those details that pulls me out of the scene because it doesn’t fit with how Star Wars usually does things.
It’s like the production team thought, “Let’s throw in some horses! People will love it.”
And sure, it’s memorable, but it’s memorable in the “Did that really happen?” kind of way, not the “Wow, that’s so cool!” way.
So, the Entire Fleet Needs One Satellite?
Another big question: Why did they make the entire Star Destroyer fleet depend on a single satellite to leave Exegol?
That one satellite was the key to the whole fleet’s navigation, and taking it out stranded them.
I mean, Star Wars has all kinds of insane tech, and suddenly every ship in the Final Order can’t figure out how to fly up without this one tower?
Imagine the vulnerability here. One rebel ship manages to get close to that thing, and boom, the entire fleet is stuck.
It’s just strange that they built this fleet with such an obvious weakness. You’d think they’d at least have backup systems or something.
Did They Really Need to Land the Cavalry?
Here’s where it gets even weirder. Instead of taking out the navigation tower from a distance, they actually land on the Star Destroyer’s hull to destroy it.
Poe’s X-Wing and other starfighters are close enough to do some serious damage, so why not just blast the thing from the air? Star Wars has always shown how effective starfighters can be in precise strikes. Think about the Death Star runs—they didn’t land to attack; they found a way to hit the target and get out.
But here, they land an entire cavalry team, risking lives just for what, a closer shot?
It seems like a really roundabout way of taking down a single target when a well-placed proton torpedo could’ve done the job in seconds.
It just feels like they chose a ground assault to create drama, even though it didn’t make much sense.
Trying to Recapture the Ewok Magic
I can kind of see what they were going for here. It feels like they wanted another “underdog victory” moment, like the Ewoks taking down the Empire’s forces on Endor.
But the thing with the Ewoks was that it made sense in its own way. The Ewoks had the element of surprise and knew the terrain.
It was this guerrilla-style win that symbolized how even the smallest forces can have an impact.
But the space horse scene? It doesn’t have that kind of symbolic weight. It’s just horses on a spaceship for the sake of spectacle.
They’re trying to hit that same nostalgic note, but without any real purpose behind it, it falls flat.