reasons for banking

[Marko Dash]

I've been trying to come up with some reason for the falcon's banking other than the 'you shalt fly like planes' rule, as of right now I only see two possible reasons.

#1 although the compensator negates most of the gees the crew still feel some, that and Han might have had it dialed down some. Ether way the human body resists positive gees the easiest.

#2 the falcon's sublight engine's exhaust is a lot wider than it is tall, therefore it is more effective at vectoring the exhaust vertically, than horizontally.

can anyone spot any other possible reasons?

[General Brock]

No idea other than it looks nice on film. Your idea of compensators seems likely.

Banking might be the best way for inertial compensators to move all that mass evenly, and for an even gravity to be maintained. The Falcon is designed to operate in an atmosphere as well, and it may be that SW ships fitted for humans are designed to fly like atmospheric craft for the comfort of the pilot.

I also thought that the exhaust in SW ships was a byproduct of their motive force, and provided no more propulsion than a conventional car's tailpipe exhaust.

[Bounty]

If repulsorlifts worked without a gravity source nearby, you could say ships banked to get a small directional boost from them. I always thought that was what the X-wings over the Death Star did: point their repulsors at an angle towards the station to allow sharper turns.

But the effect would probably be too little to be practical, anyway.