Rogue One

[Amarok]

As much as I enjoyed the movies, we shouldn't be expected to read the books to understand important details of the story 

1. It really isn't that important a detail it more like background the original films did this all the time there is simply to much to the starwars  universe to be contained within the films. Like for instance did you know Han Solo was a imperial at one point ? Or why Darth Vader never went looking for Luke? where would you fit stuff like that in the movies ?

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As much as I enjoyed the movies, we shouldn't be expected to read the books to understand important details of the story 

I haven't read any of the books but still understand important details of the story. Does that make me exceptionally smart? 

Yes

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no really that's the reason the novel states the empire found the shield tech they did make it that's why they can't reproduce it your question was about why the deathstar doesn't have the shield that's why

as for star killer base keber crystal ancient sith tech pretty much covers this

Hee, hee...the work-energy theorem still applies:


And, so, no star-sucking planets, but hey, it's just a movie/novel!  Don't forget that a "cloaking device" was mentioned very briefly in Star Wars:  A New Hope!

Nope as I said Kaiburr crystals ,ancient Sith tech, Or in the case of the Stop correcting "shield" ancient Rakkiatin technology both have often been described as "unnatural in function".  It also explains light sabers. And cloaking devices are only light bending devices.

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Hee, hee...the work-energy theorem still applies:


And, so, no star-sucking planets, but hey, it's just a movie/novel!  Don't forget that a "cloaking device" was mentioned very briefly in Star Wars:  A New Hope!

Does it?  It's essentially a swords-and-sorcery fantasy story.  This is a universe where - essentially - magic is a real thing.  Our physics obviously do not universally apply in the SW universe.

It's actually inverse weather the force is supernatural or not. The Sith believe it is almost religiously but considering they can use force based alchemy and forced based sorcery to literally override physics can you blame them. Also it plays into there belief of there own god hood .Same goes for other dark side  groups like the church of the dark side etc

As for the Jedi the ancient order believed it was magic and considering the used force alchemy  and faced Sith mystics could you blame them but by the clone wars most Jedi took the belief the force was just another natural process in contrast other light side groups the church of the light kept to the belief it was magic