Did Finn turn off his targeting computer?
I saw The Force Awakens in its first week of release, before most of my friends. I made a mental note to discuss with them, but forgot it until now. I can't find anything on the Web mentioning it.
Before Finn (Boyega) {or maybe it was Poe (Isaac)} fired in the ship he was piloting, he turned off the targeting computer (a la Luke in A New Hope). The moment was very transitory - not a lot of focus on the movement.
First, can anyone else confirm what I think I saw (5 months ago)?
And if this is true, why would the action be done by him (is it taught in flight school now?), because the action was very reflexive.
Best Answer
No, neither scene, escaping the star destroyer, on Jaaku, the assault at the bar, or on the not-the-death-star Star Killer Base involved turning off the targeting computer, by Poe or Finn.
As a thematic almost scene by scene copy, the corresponding scene to Luke's "use the force" moment was Rey's "you will unlock these restraints" moment.
Your remembrance of this in The Force Awakens is like everyone who remembers Luke trying and failing to use his grappling hook in the Death Star during A New Hope. It never happened that way. It's a figment of the imagination.
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