I'm guessing that it's a transversal gun turret angle thing, where from a distance a head-on approach would get a trajectory of turbolasers that'd butcher anything approaching that way.
The Last Jedi had plenty that could be criticized, but the "bombs dropping in space" part was such a Reddity thing to fuss about: it was just more applied ww2 in space.
Star Wars was never supposed to be hard scifi and even as a kid I may have wondered about the trench run, but I realized the movies would've been much worse without explosions in space.
I'm guessing that it's a transversal gun turret angle thing, where from a distance a head-on approach would get a trajectory of turbolasers that'd butcher anything approaching that way.
Or rule of cool, which is more likely.
I know now that the real reason for it is that Lucas liked a similar scene from The Dam Busters.
That's what I respect the most about him, like a true nerd he got to mash together all the stuff he liked and make a lot of money doing it.
Making your spaceships operate on WW2 dogfight logic is definitely cool lol
The Last Jedi had plenty that could be criticized, but the "bombs dropping in space" part was such a Reddity thing to fuss about: it was just more applied ww2 in space.
Star Wars was never supposed to be hard scifi and even as a kid I may have wondered about the trench run, but I realized the movies would've been much worse without explosions in space.
Fuckin CinemaSins brained dorks lol