In ANH, when Han and Luke destroys the pursuing TIE-Fighters from the Millenium Falcon, what turrets do they occupy? I've never quite figured it out, and the schematics and cutaways from the Illustrated Encyclopedia doesn't explain it to me...
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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
Laser turrets, silly.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
THAT GOES WITHOUT FUCKING SAYING, GESCHEFTSTURNIP!!!!
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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
They occupy turrets that are near the center of the ship that form a tube, so there's one turret on the top of the ship, and one directly below connected by a tube. So "technically", while inside the turret, there is a change in "artificial gravity" so that while it looks like luke and han are sitting upright, one's actually supposed to be facing "up" and one facing "down" with their backs to one another
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Aah, but the TIEs fly by with the solarpanels facing them, which would mean that they approached the falcon whilst flying "sideways". Not logical.
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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
Since when has star wars been logical.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Well touch�. But what sources do you have? I'm interested...
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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
Really, it should be Gescheitturnip. Or Dolph Lundgren, at least.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
HEY! Don't you be dissin' Rolf! I grew up a block from where he did, in Sp�nga, Stockholm. HAHAAA! DAB�!!! Oh, and Schei�eTurnip it is.
But you haven't lured me far enough off-topic, you rogue! I still want to hear the facts from our man Vanguard.
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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
I've heard it from various sources, but if you look at the movie, you can see them actually climb up the tube but suddenly be sitting up right facing "up"
its got a couple of broken pictures, but you can get the gist of what they're showing. These guys have apparently really gone into great lengths taking all sorts of Millenium Falcon books, sourcebooks, blue prints, etc. from 1977 onwards.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Great! Just what I wanted to find! Now, you see, I will babble on randomly and think that this thread will go on for-EVAAAAAAH!
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
Uhm, there are no turrets on the sides of the Millenium Falcon. Those are escape pods.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Yes, we all agree on that now.
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Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
They are NOT escape pods. That is one of the more painful fallacies perpetuated by various parties. Those are cargo loading/docking ports. The escape pods probably LAUNCH from there, but those protrusions themselves are not said pods.
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