A closer look
Sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space because it requires a medium like air or water to transmit mechanical waves, meaning the universe is a completely silent void of horrifying explosions and colliding stars; this implies that every single space battle in cinematic history is entirely scientifically fraudulent, and a real intergalactic war would essentially just look like a violently flashing silent movie where you die in absolute, terrifying quiet, which honestly is way more unnerving than the overly dramatic laser pew-pews we have been conditioned to expect
