Most Sci-Fi is as much about the social and political ramifications of space travel as the science.
And considering how Asamov's Foundation series speculated at coal powered interplanetary ships while Heinlein's Martians were functionally wizards themselves... The science of Sci-Fi has always been dubious.
There's gravity on the Millennium Falcon even before the wizards get there.
it's just not even remotely a movie about the science of space and the fact it doesn't care isn't really an issue
Most Sci-Fi is as much about the social and political ramifications of space travel as the science.
And considering how Asamov's Foundation series speculated at coal powered interplanetary ships while Heinlein's Martians were functionally wizards themselves... The science of Sci-Fi has always been dubious.