Yeah, the gravity will affect them, over the next couple hundred of kilometers given their initial speed. Not within a few meters. It’s way over thinking it. The destroyers are battleships and the fighters are planes, that’s how their movement is coded. Real life space physics play no role. That’s OK, is an stylistic choice that works for the franchise. Anything more is head canon from fans that breaks down with even the slightest scrutiny. Like I said, it’s fun to argue about it, but from the very mouth of the cinematographers, it’s not that deep.
Yeah, the gravity will affect them, over the next couple hundred of kilometers given their initial speed. Not within a few meters. It’s way over thinking it. The destroyers are battleships and the fighters are planes, that’s how their movement is coded. Real life space physics play no role. That’s OK, is an stylistic choice that works for the franchise. Anything more is head canon from fans that breaks down with even the slightest scrutiny. Like I said, it’s fun to argue about it, but from the very mouth of the cinematographers, it’s not that deep.