It would help if people stopped trying to rationalise these things as separate universes and took them for what they are - escapist entertainment. As long as their rules are internally consistent, who cares if they work in the real world? That's covered by the 'fiction' part of science fiction (and I'm sure I don't need to go into 'fantasy' for you). The Empire needed a planetary shield at that point because the story required that none of the characters involved escaped, never to be heard of again. There's sound in Star Wars space because it's their take on WW2 dogfighting. Stormtroopers are shit at aiming? Script immunity of the main characters.
Hey, maybe there's a universe where a whole lot of talking jungle animals decided to re-enact Hamlet? Or maybe Disney 'borrowed' the idea of Kimba the White Lion to make money? We may never know.
Hey, maybe there's a universe where a whole lot of talking jungle animals decided to re-enact Hamlet? Or maybe Disney 'borrowed' the idea of Kimba the White Lion to make money? We may never know.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
