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Subject:	Re: how large would the ISD be compared to the Enterprise-D?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space
Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:10:26 GMT
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The conclusions drawn by Dr. Saxton in his Technical Commentaries are false. The "true" (as true as any fictional ship can get) length of a Super Star Destroyer is either 12,800 meters as stated on SW.com's databanks, or the 8000 meter RPG length. Both are official, and appear in *official* LFL products. Saxton's site is completely inaccurate, as he fails to take the official material into account (not just with the SSD article, the errors and fallacies on his site are too numerous to list.) An accurate perspective can *not* be achieved from the shots in the movie (there is no way to accurately judge distances by sight in space) or by measuring the models used in the film (model sizes do not always correspond directly with the sizes of other models.) That said, speaking in-universe, the line of Super class Star Destroyers was produced mainly in the last four years before the death of the Emperor's death at Endor. Imperial warlords continued to produce their own Super Destroyers years after the Battle of Endor, but they were not always made to Kuat Drive Yard specs. Thus, due to the limited resources of these warlords, many SSDs could indeed have been only 8000 meters long. In addition, KDY produced at least one variant on the SSD line, Jerec's Vengance, and apparently shortened the Executor's (Vader's SSD, the first of her class) sister ship, the Lusankya. All of this accounts for most of the discrepancies regarding the length of a SSD. The Executor was 12,800 meters long, as stated on SW.com. I think I've just out-geeked everyone here. :) TC

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		Re: how large would the ISD be compared to the Enterprise-D?
(...) You can NOT go based off what the SW.com database has. That is not offical! (Hear me out before you start screaming). Mr Lucas himself did NOT enter in the data into the DB. But Mr. Lucas himeself did supervise and create all the stuff for the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)

		Re: how large would the ISD be compared to the Enterprise-D?
(...) You are forgeting one very important thing here. Canon sources (the actual movie) overrule any and all offical sources. This is the stated policy of Lucasfilm, Paramount(Star Trek), and pretty much every major anything. In Empire Strikes Back (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)

		Re: how large would the ISD be compared to the Enterprise-D?
(...) Some of them sure are :) (...) Yeah, unfortunately, the guage of "accurate" could be measured: #1 - Canon - anything taken DIRECTLY from the RELEASED movies. Even scripts or uncompleted scenes aren't canon. #2 - Official - anything lisenced by (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)

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		Re: how large would the ISD be compared to the Enterprise-D?
(...) The Super Star Destroyer and the regualar Star Destroyer have the same bridge. In Empire Strikes Back, Han attaches his ship to the back of a Star Destroyer Bridge. In Return of the Jedi, Han flies past the Super Star Destroyer Bridge. Not (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)

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