We get an air traffic chase in an urban world that is not Coruscant; not a particularly common thing. It's a bit disappointing to see how little this differs from how a bunch of Jedi would do it: our presumably less superhuman heroes shrug off similarly body-pulping crashes, g-forces and falls. (Then again, whatever Anakin or Ashoka pulled off, their Mandalorian or random-bounty-hunterian opponents generally did, too...)
I wonder... What's the point of vehicles like the one commandeered by Fennec when she falls off the truck? One guy is cruising about in this vast barge with a massive keel extending inconveniently downward and with a traffic footprint as big as that of the truck Fennec fell from. When Obi-Wan catches the falling Anakin in a vehicle of comparable function in AotC, it's barely bigger than Luke's landspeeder. Would it be a symbol of status and wealth today to trundle on the streets in a convertible version of a three-axle coach when others have their compact Ferraris or Volkswagens?
The local law enforcement can chase traffic offenders in flying bikes. Can nobody fly after a departing shuttle that is never said to be superfast or superstealthy as such? Or did Tech's obfuscating of the ID beacon make it impossible for the cops to choose the right target, even though they well knew which pit it emerged from? Is this novel Imperial incompetence, or how things always were even on urban and orderly worlds?
I love SW primarily for its worldbuilding. Diversity is what Trek does well, and endless repeats of Planet Tunisia are offset by many innovative milieus. Now that we get an urban spot for a change, I feel it fells a bit short...
Timo Saloniemi
