Regarding hyperdrives: In Episode VII, the Falcon emerges from hyperspace at a dangerously close distance to Starkiller Base. Any space navy could theoretically replicate this by replacing the Falcon with a bunch of nukes strapped to a Hyperdrive. However there are two setbacks to this. One, the calculations on tight jumps are exceedingly difficult and apparently can’t be performed by a computer. This is why Chewbaca + Han are famous for their Kessel run navigation skills. Second, Hyperdrives are ridiculously expensive. The characters in Episode I had to bet a luxury royal yacht in order to acquire one. It’s probably cheaper to just rain death from orbit in the form of missiles and laser fire. But Star Wars tactics in general seem rather unsophisticated, at least on the surface. This could possibly be explained by the fact that no entities in the film canon had the right incentives to actually be creative. The Empire dominated so thuroughly that they didn’t need tricks. The Republic and CIS fleets were cobbled together in a hurry with zero institutional knowledge of space tactics due to 1000 years of peace. And the rebels were always a rag-tag bunch that was too busy running away to truly organize themselves.
Agreed. Whether it's parking battleships right next to each other and engaging at point blank range, poor usage of three dimensional space, or the almost Napoleonic Battle of Geonosis, Star Wars tactics are usually unimaginative at best and downright poor at worst.
