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Now for the resolution of the space battle. Anakin's ship cools down enough for functionality, and he fumbles for something to do. Fumbles directly into setting off a chain reaction that will destroy the whole droid control ship. Now, this would seem a ridiculous coincidence if not for the certified fact that Anakin has ridiculously high potential with the Force, and a lot of his lucky happenstances are actually due to subconscious Force guidance. In addition, it's a foreshadowing of the Death Star battle and how his son achieves a narrow victory by that same luck-of-the-Force. That victory was anything but inevitable. People can whine themselves hoarse about how it's a terrible design flaw, but the truth is, anything with that tiny a margin of likelihood could be reasonably ignored. No one counted on nascent Jedi with pinpoint reflexes and instincts.

There's another thing I like about this moment, though.

Blowing up from the inside. And what is that a metaphor of? Why, the good old Republic. Nothing could take it down from the outside; no, it's only internal corruption that destroys it.