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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The Death Star was protected by a heavy shield and it was a massive heavily armed battlestation. Remember that in the second one they had a SSD crash into the surface and it pretty much blew up on the surface.
Hitting the Death Star a moon sized object with a cruiser even at hyperspace would likely be like shooting a human with a .22 and it would have been difficult to hit the reactor in the middle of it, or damage enough equipment to cause a catastrophic reaction. We saw with the DS2 how dense the inside on the station was.
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Personally, I doubt it matters how shielded or dense the ship is. Hyperspace has to provide a ridiculous amount of force on whatever it strikes. You're right about the size being a factor. Snoke's ship is huge but not very tall, so that slice worked out nicely. Hitting the Death Star would put a hole in it but unless you nail critical systems probably not put it out of commission.
Also, this wouldn't be the first sci-fi series to do something because it was cool and not worry about the story ramifications. Let's just enjoy a really awesome moment, shall we?