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Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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Wed, 3 Oct 2001 02:54:46 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Wanner writes:
> 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.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > -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. §

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.  They
discovered that it was merely a Corvette when Lord Vader capture Princess Leia.

Conflicting offical sources are kind of annoying as the movies do not really
provide any clarification.  I do not recall a lower canon source such as one of
the expansion novels ever refering to a Corvette as a 'Blockade Runner'. If
there is such a reference then the Empire is silly for overreacting about the
'Rebel Blockade Runner.'

-Mike Petrucelli



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(...) <clip> (...) of (...) Well according to "Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Vechicles and Vessels" - [ The famous "Rebel Blockade Runner" in acutality was a single ship named the Tantive IV. A Corellian corvette, the ship was registered as a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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