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The true impact of a Galactic Civil War on the innocent bystanders: (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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I've visited this site before, and while it's an interesting interpretation, the author makes two major mistakes: 1) Trying to impose known physical limitations on unknown technology and movie special effects. We all know that movie props and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) This is of course a problem. But it's something that can be ignored for humour's sake. (...) ??? Actually, carefully reading the article shows that he addresses the point of debris vs. vapor- first, vaporisation doesn't get rid of the matter, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) the (...) matter, (...) several (...) it end up (...) Whether (...) the (...) a (...) high in the (...) atmosphere. True. Even if vaporized, the matter still has to go somewhere. My point (which I failed to clearly identify, apologies for (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah! A subject near and dear to my heart: I'm afraid that I'm going to have to play the tried-but-true "Lucas Plows Through a Self-Made Plot Conundrum Like a Bull in a China Shop" card. Lucas really got himself in it thick on that one. Not sure (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Maybe the Death Star v2.0 exploded in the other direction, *away* from the moon. 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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At least this Ewok didn't have to worry about it. This is a scan of the "missing" sticker sheet for the new AT-ST... (URL) Sean (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Holocaust link on Lugnet. Enough people found that amusing that I thought they'd see the humour in environmental disasters on Endor as well... eric (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Heh. That Technical Commentary is why I never allowed anyone to play an Ewok character when I ran the SW:RPG. :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You're a darn sight nicer than I was about it. "I have an idea for an Ewok character". "No." "But it's a good idea! See, he stowed--" "No." "Wait till you hear the whole idea! See--" "No." "But--" "No." "Why not?" "Ewoks are annoying." "But (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(Please notice "follow-up...) (...) LOL! Actually, you'd've been nicer about it than I would've been. "I have an idea for an Ewok character. He's a--" BLAM!!! "...Sorry 'bout the mess..." ;-) Franklin (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The point is that the matter is matter. It doesn't just disappear, it has to go somewhere. If it is part of an object which is in an artificial orbit around the planet, it will fall to the planet (unless it actually has more energy than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'd challenge you to find much SF which you couldn't find gaping holes in. Star Wars is no worse than movies in general, and perhaps better. Note that the referenced article even points out that there is nothing in the Star Wars literature (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I disagree with you. Chapter I. ANH was a marvelous epic. Sure, the plot was nothing innovative - basically a new version of the classic hero/redemption plot - but it was good nonetheless. It was even Art. II. Empire came along, and it had a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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In article <G7qILH.68B@lugnet.com>, Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote: You're even nicer than I was. I let him go into all the wonderful detail. I said, "You really don't want to run an Ewok." He told me all about why he'd be different. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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So, I guess laying Vader to rest on a funeral pyre on Endor was redundant... Luke - "Hey, Han! Got a match?" Han - "Yeah, my butt and your face." Luke - "Naaah, I mean so's I can get rid of my old man's corpse." Han - "Just use your robot hand. It's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Amen. A Dream to some... A Nightmare to others! Aaron :o) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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The Earth gets hits by tons and tons of dust all the time yet it doesn't seem to bother her none :) Yep, that's right we are gaining weight all the time... of coarse the last correction of the gravitation constant knocked some 6,000,000,000,000 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ooh, you got me going there. Lucas had a story, which he shared with Leigh Brackett over several days in late 1977. Brackett turned in a script on February 23, 1977, and succumbed to cancer shortly thereafter. Lucas worked up a second and a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) LOL! (...) (Warning: opinionated rant to follow): Yes and no...in retrospect, the Obi-Wan disappearance was a little bit corny, but, it was filmed in 1976, so it's kind of excusable (they could only do so much with technology.) This was, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Not only dust but our planet is constantly barraged by meteors and space junk. Most of the stuff burns up in the atmosphere without any detrimental effects, the stuff that does hit the Earth is typically so small that it causes very little (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) But the question is whether or not the explosion would hurt the Ewoks. No doubt all of that cosmic dust over centuries is beneficial to the Earth...it adds to soil fertility and the nutrient balance of the oceans. From a geologic/ (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) True, but the Death Star blew up over a small area, so a tightly concentrated area of vaporized Death Star might be a bit different in effect. IANAS (I Am Not A Scientist) so I can't say for certain. (...) True, but the DS wouldn't be anywhere (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't think it would... first the orbit of such a space station would be several 1,000's of miles from the moon/planet. You would do this so that the gravitational effects of the planet/moon would not hurt your station and you could keep it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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