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Anon is a movie critic (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Luke used to do some dangerous piloting in canyons, so he was already doing crazy piloting even though he wasn’t being shot at.

Also, TG:M is the ANH trench run. Not even trying to hide it.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Sadly the movie only really communicates this with a line said almost in passing.

The original Rogue Squadron game has a mission where you fly the canyon path the way Luke did. Get gold on that and you'll get an idea of just how good of a pilot Luke already is before he ever touches an X-Wing. And on the topic of the X-Wing, it is arguably the most advanced fighter ever made at that time, yet another untold portion of the movie that was intended to already be part of the lore lol.

Luke also used to shoot womprats while racing his T-16 around the canyons, and womprats are smaller than the Death Star's exhaust port. Combine all that with his latent force power and the trench run is actually not a far fetched feat for him at all.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

Yeah seriously this is kinda nonsense, it's more akin to a professional level stunt pilot who is independent. Scouted out and recruited to a company that does air shows.

He's already highly skilled, practiced and knowledgeable in the field. He at most just needs a few weeks to learn the routine of the new company and he's good to go.

Even ignoring the space magic. He was already one of the most skilled pilots because he's been flying for his entire life at extremely high levels.

[–] expr@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, you know, he's the son of the most powerful force wielder in the universe. Tends to help with piloting a bit.