10 Most Confusing Scenes In Star Wars History

7. So, We Can Just Lightspeed Skip Now? - Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker

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There's nothing quite like the sight of witnessing a space-ship make the epic jump into lightspeed, eh.

But it's shown on more than a few occasions throughout the Skywalker Saga in particular that executing this highly intricate act isn't as simple as yanking forward a lever and bashing a few buttons real quick.

Only, contrary to what Han Solo declared to Luke Skywalker during A New Hope, claiming "without precise calculations we could fly right through a star", it actually is just that easy for some.

In what likely wound up being a deliver a mind-boggling visual first and think about the logic later development when crafting The Rise of Skywalker, Poe Dameron helps the gang escape incoming TIE fighter peril by "lightspeed skipping" across the galaxy.

And regardless of Solo's surprisingly sensible warnings against trying to rush the process, the crew bafflingly proceed to suddenly blast off into hyperspace at the pull of a switch and tap of the odd button.

Making matters even more confusing, the team then wind up rocking up on numerous different planets upon bursting out of hyperspace - despite this never actually being a thing at any other point in the saga.

Cool? Yes. Confusing as all hell? Also, yes.

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