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Re: Minifig Scales
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:15:22 GMT
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In lugnet.space, James Wilson wrote:
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I’ve always wondered about this (okay, not “always,” only since Lucas
established the timeline). How in the heck was the Empire able to ramp up
production facilities to build such huge vessels, in the span of less than 50
years or so? In AotC we’ve got what looks like the precursors to Star
Destroyers; Anakin’s kids are mid-30’s in RotJ, and we’ve got Super Star
Destroyers.
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It’s actually only 22 years, according to the rolling timeline in the front of
every NJO book. Still, that’s a lot of time when you have an entire galaxy of
resources to draw from. If you think about it, Earth might be able to build one
Star Destroyers in the span of 22 years. Now, if you have 100 Earth-equivalent
planets at your disposal... Also consider the fact that the 2nd Death Star was
nearly completed a mere four years after the first one was destroyed, and it
positively dwarfed the Executor, which is gigantic compared to the ISDs.
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Oh, yeah, and in that Star Trek TNJ episode where a couple of crew members
got “out of phase” with their universe, how could they still stand on the
decks of the ship, when they could pass through other objects?
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I believe the official stance is that while they aren’t able to directly
interact with regular matter, physics still applied to them. Therefore, the
artificial gravity would hold them to the deck plates regardless of phase. Oh,
and a certain quantity of air got zapped with them or somesuch. (Hey, at least
in DS9 they dealt with that issue openly when they shrank the Runabout and
crew). My stance on it is it’s a fun episode to watch as long as you remember
to turn off key portions of your brain first. After watching all of the Season
1 commentaries, I’ve actually come to the conclusion that Futurama episodes
generally have more thought put into them than Star Trek episodes.
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| (...) Well according to Shadows of the Empire, the second Death Star was 60 percent completed in the span of about 6 months, in secret. The sheer size of the industrial capacity of the Empire is simply huge in order to do that in secret, meaning (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I've always wondered about this (okay, not "always," only since Lucas established the timeline). How in the heck was the Empire able to ramp up production facilities to build such huge vessels, in the span of less than 50 years or so? In AotC (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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