Flashdiaz said:
Those are the dumbest ships in star wars. Slow moving... no shields... Didn't one tie fight crash into 2 and take them both down.
Then in an era of spaceships, lasers and planet destroying weapons it has to drop bombs in space.
Ok. Please go back to what many believe to be the best of all the Star Wars movies (and some, like me, believe to be the best movie ever made), The Empire Strikes Back, and let me know what you think of that brief shot in the asteroid field when TIE Bombers are dropping - oh my - bombs in an effort to draw out the Millennium Falcon ...
Did anyone else think that Luke's shot from his X-Wing to take down the first Death Star was just a bit ridiculous - anyone ever seen torpedoes do a 90degree drop into a hole?
Point is, there have always been things in these movies that, if given the criticism that the TLJ bomber sequence has received, should have sunk the very first movie. I say that as one who finds TLJ to be the worst of all the Star Wars movies, by far. The original trilogy was far better than the sequel trilogy has been, but the OT still had moments that, if people were fair, would receive similar criticism that these sequels have (or the prequels as well).