Discussion Main / DeflectorShields

If I remember Rise of Skywalker correctly, ship shields for massive ships like the death star destroyers cannot be activated in-atmosphere, which is essentially the only reason the rebels even have a chance. Lots of people feel like it was a retcon, but I'm nowhere near enough of an expert to tell.

Would it be appropriate here to point out how disney's star wars has been moving away from deflector shields in general, with many more examples of unshielded craft in their trilogy and eu?

Also, in Stargate it seems EVERY attack ALWAYS takes off EXACTLY 20% - no more, no less. That might just be the Stargate Amount. Point is, it's always minus some multiple of round percentages.

I would like to point out, there is a technology that is like a Deflector Shield, a Plasma Window is a bubble or plane of High Temperture Plasma held with magnetics and having a viscousity that would either stop things or at least vaporise them if given enough time into research of the technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_window