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Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:53:28 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > However just because they are advertising it as a Rebel Blockade Runner,
> > doesn't mean it is the Tantive IV. Which is the only one we saw. (Or was
> > it? There might have been another in the attack on either Death Star, I would
> > have to go watch the movies again to be sure.) But anyhow, I would be • suprised
> > to find out that the only RBR they rebellion had was the Tantive IV.
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> The Rebel Blockade Runner was the rebel callsign (codename) of the Tantive IV.
> There was only one Rebel Blackade Runner. The RBR was a Correllian Corvette,
> which was used by the Empire and the Rebellion. So if TLC is advertising the
> Corvette as the RBR then it is a model of the Tantive IV.
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> -Mike Petrucelli
Star Wars The Visual Dictioary on page 12 said:
TANTIVE IV--Princess Leia's consular starship is a Corellian
Corvette, a common and traditional ship design seen throughout the galaxy.
Blending in anonymously amongst galactic space traffic, so many Corvettes
have been converted for smuggling or covert uses that they are some times
called "Blockade Runners."
--Kevin W. §
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| (...) would (...) IV. (...) Well the "Star Wars: Behind the Magic" CD-ROM it states; (not verbatim, but close enough) that the Empire belived the 'Rebel Blockade Runner' was a massive ship with enough firepower to defeat several Star Destroyers. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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| (...) suprised (...) The Rebel Blockade Runner was the rebel callsign (codename) of the Tantive IV. There was only one Rebel Blackade Runner. The RBR was a Correllian Corvette, which was used by the Empire and the Rebellion. So if TLC is advertising (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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