There WAS a reason!! They had no place to go and needed time to see if they could fix the hyperdrive. Going into the asteroid field was hopefully going to shake off the Empire... they failed. So all they could do was stop, try to fix the hyperdrive and then leave the asteroid field to make the jump. All very good and clever writing there. Plus, as I said, it gave a good moment for the fairly important romance.
Originally posted by queeq
There WAS a reason!! They had no place to go and needed time to see if they could fix the hyperdrive. Going into the asteroid field was hopefully going to shake off the Empire... they failed. So all they could do was stop, try to fix the hyperdrive and then leave the asteroid field to make the jump. All very good and clever writing there. Plus, as I said, it gave a good moment for the fairly important romance.
i never argued the asteroid field, I argued LANDING...and the LANDING in a worm.
Nothing about that sequence was clever.
Originally posted by Marxman
Just as a side note:
Would Mustafar be considered a battle or a duel?
they LANDED to try and fix teh hyperdrive..... You said there was no reason for it. I just explained there was a very good reason for it. If you can'tshake the Empire because your hyperdrive isn't working, you have to find a place where you can fix it.... Pure and simple logic. It led to the immortal line: "You wanted to be there if I made a mistake, this could be it, princess."
I think you just missed part of that movie...
Originally posted by queeq
they LANDED to try and fix teh hyperdrive..... You said there was no reason for it. I just explained there was a very good reason for it. If you can'tshake the Empire because your hyperdrive isn't working, you have to find a place where you can fix it.... Pure and simple logic. It led to the immortal line: "You wanted to be there if I made a mistake, this could be it, princess."
I think you just missed part of that movie...
They've fixed it in flight before!
Originally posted by Marxman
Then why is it a choice in this poll? I thought this was favorite battles.
Because the guys a newb.
Originally posted by Alliance
They had no problem flying OUT of the field later.
So? The problem was not getting OUT of the field, the problem was getting rid of the Empire. Vader ordered them to move out of the asteroid field. Where does it say they didn't know how to leave the asteroid field? If they did with an unrepaired hyperdrive, they'd be sitting ducks for the Empire.
So all it was, was a safe stop to get that hyperdive fixed. I don't see the problem at all.
Unlike AOTC that has many scenes that raise questions (like Syfo-Dyas) and never get resolved. ESB rules.