What's also a plot hole is the trash compactor. Besides tossing a giant metal beam which is too strong to be crushed there's no reason to have one. They are in space which is almost infinite so there's no need to compact garbage when it could simply be dumped into space.

What's also a plot hole is the trash compactor. Besides tossing a giant metal beam which is too strong to be crushed there's no reason to have one. They are in space which is almost infinite so there's no need to compact garbage when it could simply be dumped into space.

Because dumping heaps of rubbish into space willy nilly is both irresponsible and just makes a mess. A clean galaxy is a perfect galaxy.