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Originally Posted by temper11

Spoiler!

Granted, it's a little weak, but not completely implausible. They do send out tie fighters (hence leia getting sucked out into space), but then are recalled when they are beyond the support of the larger ships. Why not wait for the fleet to simply run out of fuel (which I never even knew was a thing in Star Wars btw) and pick them off? Always with the dark side is an under-estimation of the resistance. They figured they had the thing won. It's thin, but it holds up.

Like the FO/Snoke would care if the TIES make it back?

Were all the FO ships out of gas too? Just hyperspace closer.

Stupid.