The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast

3 Tomte 3 5/7/2025, 2:13:17 PM wired.com ↗

Comments (3)

duxup · 21h ago
Most of the physics / concepts seem to be WWII naval conflict based-ish.

Makes sense considering the original movie (episode IV) inspiration for the final battle was WWII Arial combat documentary footage. The rest of the film fits that as well with the Falcon's cockpit design and so on.

Most of all though it makes for more fun / interesting battles.

ahazred8ta · 20h ago
Conversely, the zero-G dogfight in Lost In Space was more faithful to newtonian physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmueTiGtITU
5555624 · 20h ago
The movie