quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: So I'd say that Palaptine wasn't masterminding things all the time. He was caught out by the first Death Star's destruction, and was then making damn sure that the Rebels would not escape a second time. Which also didn't work. Silly man.
Well, letting the rebels have accurate blueprints was stupid- one little alteration could have had Lando and Wedge flying into a wall (or a well placed turbolaser).
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Did they actually do the blueprint thing again in Return of the Jedi? I remember them just learning where it was, and that it wasn't finished yet.
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And that the Emperor was overseeing the construction.
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No, that's #239. #238 is "Never park your giant starship in close orbit of your giant space station during a battle- Shit Happens".
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It's possible that the Rebels capturing the plans was an accident, and then they decided to use that as an opportunity to hunt down and wipe out the rebels.
I'd say that for ROTJ, the Rebels just used the plans they already had. Sure, it would be a bit different but it would almost certainly have a big power-core thing at the middle that would blow up real good like when shot at.
Pointless extra: The "Many Bothams" line always gets me. Exactly how many is "many"? Because if it's, say, 3, then I'm not exactly going to lie awake at night morning their deaths.
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Well, knowing the Empire, the entire Bothan homeworld might have been reduced to slag.
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I doubt it was that severe....it might have been aBothan "dirty dozen" (complete with an alien Lee Marvin) that sacrificed themselves or some such...
I doubt the Rebels could have used the same plans as the first DS- those plans would not have given locations on where the shield generator was or where all that construction equipment would be (and I just dont buy that Wedge and Lando are good enough pilots to fly through the maze of tunnels without some idea of where they were going besides "down").
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Heir to The Empire alludes that the Bothans might have been working for the Empire to set up the Rebels and -onece the rebellion prevailed- they took more credit than they were due and setablished themselves as players in the new senate.
but that could have been Thrawn yanking everyone's chain.
I never followed the books afer that trilogy though (as they got pretty dumb pretty fast).
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