It was still a very hard shot. Lots of older more experienced pilots using dedicated bombing craft and advanced targeting computers failed. Luke made the million to one shot raw using a fighter craft. That’s hard.
I think you’d do well to watch this video, it put the Death Star scene into a context I’d missed myself and I spent my childhood reading basically every bit of the EU:
Tl;Dr not only is the Death Star flawed, so are the fighters. Luke could not have made the shot without the Force because the targeting computer was wrong/jammed/not good enough. The point being that you can’t put all your faith in technology.
Of course, on the other hand the Force didn’t make the proton torpedoes either so I think the real point is Jedi should use more blasters.
Nah, just poor engineering by the Nazis.
It was sabotage. Rogue one goes into how Galen erso puts the defect into the Death Star
It was still a very hard shot. Lots of older more experienced pilots using dedicated bombing craft and advanced targeting computers failed. Luke made the million to one shot raw using a fighter craft. That’s hard.
Sure, but no harder than killing the Final Boss in a video game, which any teenager can handle.
The real problem was the open door left by some dumb Imperial Engineer who was hired for his idealogically purity, and not his competence.
I think you’d do well to watch this video, it put the Death Star scene into a context I’d missed myself and I spent my childhood reading basically every bit of the EU:
https://youtu.be/lqJbJYViUog
Tl;Dr not only is the Death Star flawed, so are the fighters. Luke could not have made the shot without the Force because the targeting computer was wrong/jammed/not good enough. The point being that you can’t put all your faith in technology.
Of course, on the other hand the Force didn’t make the proton torpedoes either so I think the real point is Jedi should use more blasters.