10 Movie "Plot Holes" You're Getting Completely Wrong

The final battle sequence in Star Wars: The Last Jedi takes place on the salty plains of Crait, with a small band of Resistance fighters squaring off against the mighty First Order and their battering ram cannon.

Near the end of the fight, Finn drives his worn-down ski speeder directly towards said cannon - while it's in the middle of firing - hoping to destroy it. But just before impact, Rose appears out of nowhere and knocks him out of the way using her own speeder.

At face value, it seems like it should be impossible for Rose to reach Finn in time (she was already in mid-retreat), but there are a couple of small details in this scene that are important to remember before branding it a "plot hole".

Firstly, Finn's speeder takes a lot of damage from the cannon's blast, causing parts of it to fall away. While the movie doesn't explicitly state that this makes the speeder go slower, when you consider the sheer force of the laser beam, any weight loss on the speeder's part would make it easier to push backwards.

The second and more crucial detail is that, in certain shots - specifically, the first-person POV shots from the cockpit of the speeder (like the one below) - you can clearly see that Finn's speeder is moving slower due to the force of the beam.

The movie does a poor job at effectively conveying these details so it's no surprise that people miss them, but they're definitely there, making Rose's last-minute rescue a much more plausible feat.