That's fair. Star Wars never really tried to be hard science fiction. It was always a space opera or science fantasy.
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The shielding in star wars is "Ray shielding" I reckon it doesn't stop ships.
There is a moment in the first movie where they buffet going through the shield of I recall.
That is the problem when talking different sci-fi worlds. It's all made uo and specific to the rules of that world.
That was the second death star that was still under construction. When fully built they were shielded.
Solar yes battery would be a problem from a weight stand point. That much weight that far out could cause acrwy things.
In the other hand hard say of the solar would be that useful for the cost to install since there is no guarantee it would be facing the sun correctly. Creating a deck cover of solar though could be useful.
Florida has a different orb weaver that is native. These are smaller but much more prolific. Northish Georgia for me and we have to clear them out of place we walk like our vegetable garden or front door at least once a week.
Because you missed in the same episode during that part where David Cameron said that Leo's character dying was what had to happen. That was the story. It is a pointless gotcha, based on the movie not spending the time to determine the exact amount of buoyancy of a ship wreck.
Much worse. This tree was given freedom in the Southern US. Slavery was still ongoing. The University of Georgia leased out it's slaves.
So this tree was more important than actual people.