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Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:41:04 GMT
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Andrew Summersgill <ajs@blahblahblah.{nomorespam}co.uk>
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> Okay, this is a bit off-topic, but the subject seems to have degenerated • into
> "inconsistencies in the Star Wars movies, and Imperial buffoonery" so here
> goes: at the end of Episode 4, when the Empire is closing in for the kill • on
> the Rebellion, with the destructive power of the Death Star at hand, why • did
> they not just destroy the planet that was between them and the rebel base? • I
> know, because then there wouldn't be any sequels, but gimme a break! You've • got
> planet-destroying capability, you've just blown up a "peaceful planet"
> (Alderaan) to make a point, what's one more planet between friends?
Maybe blowing up Yavin, a big gas giant, might have taken the Death Star
with it?! If I remember rightly (probably not) gas giants are failed suns -
maybe it would have taken out everything in a large radius.
??
Andrew.
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| (...) got (...) I'd guess three reasons-- A. Yavin is really big.... it's possible that the Death Star wasn't capable of destroying it... B. The faster they get to the moon with the rebel base, the better... by using the planet's gravity to propel (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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