This question is related to "The Last Jedi":
The Last Jedi. The maneuvremaneuver that vice admiralVice Admiral Holdo (with the purple hair) usesperforms towards the end of the film seems remarkably effective.
It seems that it would have worked pretty well much earlier. Especially, especially as two other ships were just allowed to run out of fuel and be destroyed.
It seems doing it earlier with different assets would have incurred less losses. Yet nobody seemed to consider it. Any in universe-universe reason why not?