Plot Holes and Bad Geophysics

Rating: 2/10 (10 January 2018)

Only suitable for small children and the gullible - this isn't a criticism. YIKES the hero is about to be killed, WOW he's been saved at the last second (repeat ad nauseam). There is a decent squid monster and a few nice touches. The white male villain puts in a solid performance. The geophysics of the exploding planet is very poorly thought out. BUT the kicker was at the end. The baddies know the plans to Death Star have been stolen and that the plucky rebels are on their way to the top of the transmission tower to send them - the main villain even watches them climbing up the tower with the plans. Now you don't have to be a tactical genius to realise that one simply has to destroy the big radar dish on top of the tower to completely scupper the rebels. Instead they try hunting them down inside the tower, blast these small moving targets as they run around the perimeter, confront them in hand-to-hand combat. ANYTHING but destroy the huge radar dish that will enable the rebels to transmit the plans. The Imperium is doomed.