Can't read sci-fi anymore

[Dispatcher]

Edit: Just remember that SOI isn't a thing that actually exists.

Heheh! Well, at least I'm hoping that most readers won't laugh themselves onto the floor at something I wrote.

[magnemoe]

Or simply if you have enough power and thrust you can completely disregard gravity. At some point it makes as much sense as a 747 trying to take advantage of thermals coming off a field below it...

Yes, as other say mainsail with infinite fuel, you aim a bit ahead of target planet.

However newtons laws still work, you need time to brake and can not dogfight like WW2 fighter planes.

Movies has problems with that, not only scifi but also modern warfare, part of the problem is making it look visual exiting then the two sides are out of visual range of each other.

I saw an clip about US fighter planes attacking an Japanese warship during WW2, it reminded me of star wars fighting

[Superfluous J]

I saw an clip about US fighter planes attacking an Japanese warship during WW2, it reminded me of star wars fighting

That makes sense when you know that Lucas wrote the Death Star dogfight to mimic those exact battles.