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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
the gravity/no gravity function of the bombs isn't even the important thing. all the Star Wars materials in film, TV, books, comics, games, etc. have shown us that both the empire and rebellion employ small, maneuverable bombers that launch self-propelled torpedoes and rockets. even then one time in ESB they bombed asteroids, at least they were using bombers that could actually move at a decent clip. RJ went way too far in his WWII homage by inventing bombers that are stupidly impractical in their own universe.
go ahead and create new things for the SW canon, after all it's 30 years after the original trilogy battles. the Resurgent class destroyers and dual seat TIE fighters with basic shields are fine. giant, nearly stationary paper mache bombers that need to float their way to within 50 meters of a target that must also be stationary is immersion-breaking silliness. almost as silly as having a FO dreadnaught target an abandoned base on a planet instead of the capital ship that all the Resistance is escaping to.
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The whole scene was style over substance, and meant to set up Rose and Poe's storylines for later in the movie. Poe needed to reveal himself as a hotshot who doesn't respect authority. Rose's sister needed an epic death.
But yes, we already had bombers, capable of releasing self-propelled bombs, easily capable of taking ships without any shields.
The other thing that doesn't make sense about the scene is that Poe succeeded when he wasn't meant to and deviating from the plan. The bombers rely on the star destroyer's defenses being down. Why would you have those bombers ready if it wasn't part of the plan for Poe to succeed. If the plan was for the Poe to succeed, while sticking to the plan, then that's a horrible plan, as it's a total suicide mission. Or maybe the real plan was just to get rid of Poe. The rebellion had enough of his ways and just sent him on a suicide mission.
The bombers dropping bombs could make sense without the magnets though. There is artificial gravity in all of the ships. If the bombs fell in the artificial gravity, they would continue to fall in space. However, the ship design themselves would be totally ineffective. The First Order uses tie fighters, which are extremely maneuverable. Using floating paper mache bomb dispensers would be just about the worst design you could come up with to go up against tie fighters.
I probably shouldn't nitpick this much, but it's hard not to when the whole scene is built around how these bombers function.