According to Star Wars wiki, the two planets are in different star systems. How did Queen Amidala and the two Jedi get to Tatooine with a broken hyperdrive? Wouldn't that take thousands of years at normal speeds?
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The hyperdrive wasn't broken, it was damaged. It had sufficient (insert technobabble here) to get them to a nearby system.
This is explained in the film's script
RIC OLIE : There's not enough power to get us to Coruscant...the hyperdrive is leaking.
QUI-GON : We'll have to land somewhere to refuel and repair the ship.
and in more detail in the novelisation
When they were well away from any Trade Federation presence, Ric Olié made a thorough check of the controls, assessing their damage, trying to determine what was needed. Obi-Wan sat next to him in the copilot’s seat, lending help. Qui-Gon and Captain Panaka stood behind them, awaiting their report. The Queen and the rest of the Naboo had been secured in other chambers. Ric Olié shook his head doubtfully. “We can’t go far. The hyperdrive is leaking.”
Qui-Gon Jinn nodded. “We’ll have to land somewhere to make repairs to the ship. What’s out there?”
Ric Olié punched in a star chart, and they hunched over the monitor, studying it.
“Here, Master,” Obi-Wan said, his sharp eyes picking out the only choice that made any sense. “Tatooine. It’s small, poor, and out of the way. It attracts little attention. The Trade Federation has no presence there.”[later]
The hyperdrive generator had failed completely as they landed. It’s a good thing it didn’t give out between star systems, Qui-Gon thought, looking down at the mess Obi-Wan had just hauled out of the drive compartment. Perhaps that was what had made him so uneasy, these last few hours … but no, he could still feel disquiet in the Force.
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5OMG, the movie is so terrible I didn't even notice that. Still not sure why I wasted a wednesday night with that film :) – Jasmine Jan 07 '16 at 16:45
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Beat me too it, and with quotes too – Cearon O'Flynn Jan 07 '16 at 16:45
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1Whatever the hell a hyperdrive has in it that can leak – IG_42 Jan 07 '16 at 16:46
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24@IG_42 - Hyperdrive juice. – Valorum Jan 07 '16 at 16:46
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14@Richard Made with pure distilled Midichlorians! – IG_42 Jan 07 '16 at 16:47
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startrek has similar problems, with warp, so at least its not weird, that damaged, it can only have enough energy left to reach close places. – Himarm Jan 07 '16 at 16:52
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13@Jasmine: The Phantom Menace wasn't that bad. Sure, it had Jar-Jar, but he's nowhere near as terrible as Hayden Christensen and George Lucas Love Scenes... – Mason Wheeler Jan 07 '16 at 18:21
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5Liquid Schwartz FTW – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 07 '16 at 18:51
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11@IG_42 - After a bit of searching, I've confirmed that (according to the visual dictionary) it was leaking "hyperdrive particles". – Valorum Jan 07 '16 at 19:11
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2Darn. I was gonna just edit in a reference to applied phlebotinum. (TVTropes link - you've been warned.) – Iszi Jan 07 '16 at 21:22
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@IG_42 If that's the case, maybe Qui Gon had a practical reason for bringing Anakin along... – jpmc26 Jan 07 '16 at 22:29
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He does seem to have a premonition that Anakin will blow up the droid control ship and save the day. Surprised this is getting so many upvotes given how stupid a question it is :) – Jasmine Jan 08 '16 at 00:10
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@Jasmine Hot Network Questions to the rescue! – Kroltan Jan 08 '16 at 12:50
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Should I point out that the Star Wars universe has to have different physics. I mean the Millennium Falcon could get to Bespin from the system containing Hoth without a hyperdrive. If there is no FTL barrier in the Star Wars universe, (or there are other means to travel faster than light than using a hyperdrive) they can get to the Tatooine from Naboo with regular drives.
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The only time we see them going faster than lightspeed is when they're in "hyperspace". That being said, the sublight engines have "maximum speeds" which strongly implies that they aren't simply rockets. – Valorum Jan 08 '16 at 11:30
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1@Richard Which still doesn't change the fact that we know of at least one occasion when a ship (namely the Millennium Falcon) traveled from one solar system to another without hyperdrive (it didn't function in the Hoth system and just got fixed on Bespin), isn't it? They somehow did that which implies it is possible. We don't know how fast did they travel - maybe weeks/months have passed - between Hoth and Bespin but surely not decades/centuries like if they used non-ftl drives. – mg30rg Jan 08 '16 at 11:36
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@mg30rg - You are mistaken. The (fully canon) "Star Wars in 100 Scenes" says precisely that. – Valorum Jan 08 '16 at 11:39
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1@Richard Also doesn't a "backup hyperdrive" classify as an "other mean to travel faster than light than using a hyperdrive"?? – mg30rg Jan 08 '16 at 11:46
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@mg30rg - I fail to see how you could read it that way. The quote is very clear. And using a different hyperdrive unit still involves entering hyperspace. – Valorum Jan 08 '16 at 12:12