Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
The sad thing is Poe might actually be right about the hangar being a shortcut.
That kind of shoddy design would be typical for the Empire.
One word Deathstar.
The room with the retracting bridges bugged me even as a kid. What is that room even for? And if the shaft is somehow vital, why not divert the corridors around it instead of having retractable bridges across it?

And of course, the classic "pit that drops straight into the reactor core" in the most obvious place - the Emperor's throne room.

I like the idea of a bunch of Imperial engineers doing that deliberately. They start with the retracting bridges on the first Death Star as a prank. Over the years that follow they one up each other repeatedly, until finally the only thing that wins the competition is putting a giant pit in the throne room. After the Emperor doesn't say anything, that engineer wins free drinks at the cantina for life.