That was a cool visual trick that they did to make me think for a moment that the cycles had been disabled somehow, only they weren’t. And, hey: flying Stormtroopers. How long ago should these have shown up in Star Wars, again?
Moe Lane
PS: ALL vehicles in Star Wars are absurd. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Here’s the thinking:
“Hey, Iron Man is awesome! Let’s put him in the movie.”
“Dude, he died.”
“We don’t need Stark. Just the suit. We’ll paint it white and nobody will notice. Besides, we OWN it, so nobody can really tell us no.”
“That’s not a bad idea. Let me make some calls.”