That's another thing I don't get. They constantly refer to "light speed". At the end of "The Empire Strikes Back" we get a wonderful view of a galaxy...from far outside said galaxy...from Luke's window in sickbay. If that galaxy is ANYWHERE close to the size of our Milky Way, they look to be about 100,000 light years or more outside that galaxy. At light speed, they'd have been in transit for 100,000 years. Not something like the 2 hour length of the film. Light speed is very slow when dealing with intergalactic distances.
I think their galaxy is the size of a couple of city blocks!
“Light speed is very slow when dealing with intergalactic distances.”
Irrelevant. They had a hyperdrive system.
Pretty sure this is something along the lines of "suspension of disbelief."
It leaned much more towards fantasy rather than “science” fiction. The roar of space ships and weapons in outer space was a clue. To enjoy it you had to do some serious suspension of belief so then zipping around the far far away galaxy was a breeze.