Chewbacca howled loudly enough for Finn to hear him clearly above the wild, blaring alarms. Not unexpectedly, more than one last-second override was required in order to make the ship do something that was against its nature and perform maneuvers for which it had never been designed.Īnd just like that, they were inside the shields.Īt that point they were traveling at very much sublightspeed, continuing to slow at an incredible rate, and heading above snow-covered ground directly for a forest that was not as tall but was far denser than the one on D’Qar. Human and Wookiee hands flew over the main console, supplementing as best they could the approach and landing information they had preprogrammed into the Falcon’s instrumentation. “And…” Han followed the declining fractions intently. The Wookiee raised a hand over his own console. Chewie, get ready.”Īs the wide-eyed Finn scrambled for a seat and harness and found himself wishing for a number of very large, soft pads, Chewbacca groaned his readiness. “We’re gonna make our landing approach at lightspeed? Nobody’s ever done that! At least, I’ve never heard of anybody ever doing it.”. Unsure he’d heard correctly, Finn gaped at him. “We won’t be going slower than lightspeed.” “Easy.” The way Han said the word made it sound like the simplest thing in the world. “Which brings me back to my first question: How are we getting in? Without being cut in half by an oscillating shield?” Half a second later, the shield snaps back on and-well, it isn’t good for anyone on that ship.” Theoretically, a ship could get its nose in when a shield is off. Keeps anything traveling less than lightspeed from getting through.
Instead of being constantly ‘on,’ they fluctuate at a predetermined rate. All planetary shields have a fractional refresh. “No planetary defense system can be sustained at a constant rate. They approached the planet at lightspeed to be able to get through the planetary shields (which aren't right on the surface), THEN slowed down. They didn't exit hyperspeed/hyperspace on the surface of the planet. Novelization by Alan Dean Foster clarifies what happened.
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