Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
Apparently the Falcon has some sort of AI or system that puts out landing gear - so why wouldn't it have some sort of guidance system that counters gravity pulls? I'm not a scientist - but, from what I understand all mass has some gravity. The Falcon might have a system that accounts for unexpected gravity pulls - large, rogue asteroids or whatever the depths of space might have.
Obviously the Falcon had an autopilot, so what was it capable of - what safety systems are built into the ship? I'm suggesting something more inline with what a lot of cars have now with automatic braking or lane detection. Something quick and simple - it's meant to buy time for the pilot to get up there and handle the situation, not completely overcome the it.
Or... Han shut down the Falcon before it was detected and they weren't 'clearly fighting against the tractor beam' and not in a way that would be detectable.
Tractor beams are not a bad thing. They are a tool to help ships land safely or pull in a ship that does not have power.
Tractor beams are very strong. It is like asking if deer don't like getting shot, why doesn't their body reject bullets. Simple... bullets have a lot of energy moving them. No matter how much that deer doesn't want to get shot by that hunter, that deer is gonna have a bad day. In turn.. no matter how much Han doesn't want the Falcon caught in a tractor beam... he's going to have a bad day.
You have to accept that in the Star Wars universe, technology has limitations. Because you can just go overboard and ask, why are trooper blasters not coded to the trooper they are assigned to? What are there not security codes needed to access control rooms and detention areas?
We can only assume that a tractor beam does not detect resistance. So the imperials has no knowledge or concern about whether the Falcon was resisting the beam or not.