re: Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 5 Discussion Thread

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I am going to assume that Ezra used the force. But then you have to wonder, how long were they in the hyperspace lane? Did they just awkwardly pause their fight while they traveled? Star Wars never really addresses the amount of time spent in hyperspace lanes when traveling. They jump to hyperspace, show a bit of dialogue when traveling, and jump to a new scene where people are often minutes into doing to same thing they were doing prior to the other crew going to hyperspace. Then bam back to the hyperspace scene and they are at their destination.....

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I'll go with some Force protection initially, then shields (as stated, like with the open hangers).

As for how long, this may seem like more of a Trekkie level response (we normally don't deep dive into Star Wars tech the same way Trekkies do in Star Trek);

Hyperspace is basically wormhole. I know it gets vague and confusing, with the initial stars streaking past the cockpit, but visuals make it look more of a tunnel during the trip, and then star streaks entering and exiting hyperspace. *Which is a reason that horrible attack on the First Order ship doesn't work*

Han, in the OT, mentions "dropping out" and "making the jump", referring to hyperspace. I think you gotta get to lightspeed to enter it, but it's not just FTL travel, it's hitting a different dimension.

Once in it, 'distance' isn't a 1-to-1 ratio with normal space, and it might not be really any longer in amount of time to go to another galaxy, than it takes to hop to the next nearest star system.

Perhaps there's a current, like sailors used to hit the Jet Stream, and you simply ride it until you get out again. And the 'faster' routes are hitting some eddies that cut corners.