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Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:40:04 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, James Wilson writes:
> > 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?
> >
> > James
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> 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 themselves, they could perhaps reach the base
> faster.
> C. Perhaps if they destroyed Yavin first, they'd need to wait a long time to
> recharge the superlaser (perhaps planet-destroying blasts need more time
> than others, for we know that the death star II was pretty fast at
> recharging, but that was for capital ship-destroying power, not
> planet-destroying).. Anyway, if it took long enough to recharge, it might
> have given the rebels a chance to escape...
>
> Anyway, some thoughts...
>
> DaveE
I agree that the superlaser probably needed to be recharged, although what's the
rush? After all, Tarkin certainly didn't expect any kind of resistance that
would be a threat. Plot-wise, it was probably the old arch-villain syndrome in
the movies:
"Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies
using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses,
lasers, and man-eating sharks, which will allow their
captives at least 20 minutes to escape."
Just blowing the whole planetary system to smithereens after exiting hyper-space
would have been too easy. Megalomaniacs need to savor the hunt.
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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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