Channelknight Fadran

I always find it funny when a pilot in Star Wars is absolutely putting their entire body weight into pulling the throttle on a starship in order to steer it into some tough maneuver, because it implies that the cockpit has direct mechanical control over the whole ship.

Like for smaller ships maybe, but for cruisers and star destroyers? You can't convince me that the guy at the bridge is directly hooked up to the engines via pistons and axels.

And then when they get hit by ion torpedos they're like "power's down; we don't have steering!"??? You can still steer a car without gas if it's in neutral, and there's not a lot of friction in space. But Fadran you need engines to steer - look at any space scene in Star Wars and tell me if any of the steering comes from the engines.

Whatever. That's just how it be.