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Of course the real reason why the Emperor had the Death Star built is because he foresaw that it would cause Kenobi, Skywalker and Organa to break ground.
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quote:Originally posted by Omega: Well, the concept of BDZ is based on the EU, but analysis of TESB's asteroid field would, FYI, indicate absolutely massive firepower on ISDs.
TESB scene is not conclusive enought to convincingly support "absolutely massive firepower", and I heard that calculations that show that kind of firepower are based on assumptions that ignore inconvienient rules of physics.
(And, as far as I know, except DBZ and AOTC ICS EU supports much, much lower ISD firepower)
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Magnus: I just finished playing Knights of the Old Republic and am neatified by the fact that planets in the Star Wars thigners are always one climate.
I am also the absolute first person to notice, and then subsequently comment on this issue, I believe.
quote:Originally posted by Omega: Well, the concept of BDZ is based on the EU, but analysis of TESB's asteroid field would, FYI, indicate absolutely massive firepower on ISDs. Thus it's likely they could quickly frag a planet, QED.
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According to the dialouge in ANH, the Imperial Starfleet wouldn't have enough power to destroy a planet. At least, not in Han Solo's opinion.
LUKE: What's going on?
HAN: Our position is correct, except...no, Alderaan!
LUKE: What do you mean? Where is it?
HAN: Thats what I'm trying to tell you, kid. It ain't there. It's been totally blown away.
LUKE: What? How?
Ben moves into the cockpit behind Luke as the ship begins to settle down.
BEN: Destroyed...by the Empire!
HAN: The entire starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It'd take a thousand ships with more fire power than I've...
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So the Empire needed something to scare the planets into line... maybe this is how Palpatine promises to restore the Republic from the separatists... and using his 'emergency powers'...
I'm guessing the Jedi eventually learn of Palpatine's plans and Ep III ensues.
I'm also guessing that a test fire was used on Naboo... explaining the lack of mention of Naboo and/or Gungans later on.
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Just because I love splitting hairs, I think a few Star Destroyers could effectively destroy an inhabited world, that is bombard the surface until the crust shatters and the surface gets all Dante's inferno. On the other hand it probably couldn't do what Han and co were observing in ANH, that is reduce a planet into a cloud rubble, that'd take allot of ordinance. Not that it matters terribly, Star Wars has always been more fantasy than Sci-Fi.
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Cloud/Atmosphere Planet (Cloudcity planet)
Otherwise known as, er, "gas giant". Don't get them in reality. Nope.
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About the same as having a perfectly habitable moon flying around the galaxy without a planet to orbit.
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Cloud/Atmosphere Planet (Cloudcity planet)
Otherwise known as, er, "gas giant". Don't get them in reality. Nope.
Ohhh pthhh!!
I just didn't think it was a gas giant as they were able to breath it's atmosphere... what i meant was that it was in the 'air'... straight copy of "The Cloudminers"?
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: About the same as having a perfectly habitable moon flying around the galaxy without a planet to orbit.
Add to that the giant asteroid worm with gravity and enough heat and pressure in it's stomach to accomidate humans and those "mynock" things.
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The Jetsons lived on Earth. Their apartment complex was on the top of a giant pole. And, if the weather was bad, the pole would extend until they were up above it.
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Everything they did was 'in the air' though... all the buildings and office complexes... did you ever see the ground? Had the Earth been covered entirely with water?
Couldn't the people in the Matrix future have just done that - built above the clouds?
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