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Originally Posted by Regorium
It's by far the worst scene in the movie. Cinematically, very very cool, but it completely rips apart the rules of the Star Wars universe.
Why didn't anyone think of doing that against the death star in ROTJ? Especially when the half completed death star was decimating Rebel cruisers - surely one of them would've just FTL rammed it and won the fight.
The A-wing that smashed into the bridge of the super star destroyer might as well have just light-speed battering ram and taken out a lot more than just the flagship.
Why didn't they do that in Yavin 4? Why even have this long convoluted scene with Luke Skywalker when you could've just FTL rammed it with 10 Xwings and called it a day?
Because it's basic lightspeed technology, you could say this for literally any fight that's ever happened in star wars including the prequels. It tears apart the suspension of belief in the world that they have created when rules change for no reason.
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I've seen people complain about this "flaw" before:
The Rebel Alliance are supposed to be good. It's unethical to train and use kamikaze pilots, therefor they would never consider it. Not to mention they knew they could destroy it without having to kill themselves. It's a simple explanation really.