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Re: MOC: Dewback
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:57:26 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Bill Pfund wrote:
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Nice Dew. So if a certain species of Dews had their habitat in the hills,
would they be Mountain Dews? :-) I have also wondered why Storm Troopers
needed Dewbacks when they could have used speederbikes or something;
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And were the Dewbacks local or did they bring their own? It would seem unlikely
that the All Powerfull Empire would have to scrounge up local transport, but on
the other hand a Star Destroyer doesn’t seem to be an ideal environment for the
care and feeding of such beasts.
Oops, almost lost my disbelief there for a second.
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I suppose having them ride the Dews made the Tatooine scenes look cool.
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That was my conclusion, and it was certainly true right up to the point when the
Special Editions were released and all of a sudden the heretofore stately
Dewbacks were doing the Hokey-Pokey and turning all about.
Allister
ps And another thing, in a sparse desert environment such as Tattooine, where
does a herd of Banthas find enough to eat?
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| (...) Dewbacks being local is more logical than Banthas. After all, lizards are good at adapting to desert conditions. Hairy animals not so good. (...) Indead - they are as big as an elephant, with no savannah grasses or trees to snack on to keep up (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Well, for a possible in-story explanation, if they didn't have a regular garrison there (and it's implied that they didn't), they might have had the same trouble adjusting their speeders and such to desert conditions as the Rebels did (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Dewback
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| Nice Dew. So if a certain species of Dews had their habitat in the hills, would they be Mountain Dews? :-) I have also wondered why Storm Troopers needed Dewbacks when they could have used speederbikes or something; I suppose having them ride the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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