@MisterMacaque@esjesjesj That would only work if Bespin and Hoth were ridiculously close, I think the backup super slow hyperdrive from old EU is the better answer
Right before Porkins is shot down, Biggs yells "Eject!" at him as if they aren't all wearing open helmets and wouldn't just die anyway in the vacuum of space
Tiny scale vs what must be behind the scenes in a galaxy of quadrillions:
-why didn't Vader deploy all 10,000 odd of the stormtroopers he had handy on Tatooine
-Ferrix going on strike would economically be the equivalent of an Etsy resin jewelry seller sleeping in
-For the EU: the concept of vast uncharted areas of the galaxy after tens of thousands of years of stable civilisation, and when we see it's been fully mapped in AotC