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Re: [OT] How large would Executor-class SSD appear?
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:50:17 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, James Wilson wrote:
I know how long the SSD is (17.6 km, according to some sources

According to starwars.com it is 12.800 meters:

"The size of a Super Star Destroyer has vacillated in numerous publications,
starting with an eight-kilometer length in 1984's A Guide to the Star Wars
Universe. The latest measurements peg the craft at about 12,800 meters. The
miniature used for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi was 282
centimeters long."



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  Re: [OT] How large would Executor-class SSD appear?
 
(...) 10-11 Imperial Class Star Destroyers long has been my understanding, which would mean that the Lego ISD would be about the length of a SSD when compared to the Mini ISD Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: [OT] How large would Executor-class SSD appear?
 
(...) This article: (URL) gives it as ~17.6km, and states: "2004: The reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Trilogy by James Luceno corrects the record of the Executor's length: nearly a dozen times the length of a star destroyer. In other (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  [OT] How large would Executor-class SSD appear?
 
OK, this is WAY geeky, but I just thought I'd share... This was triggered by a cloud visible at sunset a couple of evenings ago. It was long and triangular, and took up about 5 "hand-widths" at arms length. I started thinking, how close (or far (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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