Headcanon: Darth Vader totally came up with the name, but nobody in the Empire took him seriously at all over it. Or really, very seriously in general. Leia overhears him saying it, gives the name to the Rebel command as a perfect bit of propaganda for this monstrosity of a space station, and word spreads quickly after the victory
By RotJ, Palpatine just starts saying it because everyone else has
I was watching the clone wars the other day, and realised how fucking dark the life of the clone troopers were.
I mean they were bred for combat and were the "good" guys and then they didn't do anything and then suddenly they are the bad guys.
It's funny because the clone troopers are a very sci-fi element in a universe that is usually much more space fantasy.
Suddenly there's all these questions - ok, so are they going to form their own culture? Do they try to differentiate themselves? How do they feel about the war? And what's gonna be done with them once the war is over?
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The bad guys built a Death Star because it's a movie
These are bad answers.
edit- They are totally useless because they apply to every movie equally. It's up the movie to make sure things make sense for the audience. Usually this is done by showing the audience a reason why something would happen. It doesn't have to be a very likely reason, but that's where suspension of disbelief comes in. But "they beat them because it's a movie" is garbage.
They beat them because they outnumbered the stormtroopers, used clever forest tricks and trap and had the help of the Rebels.
Their tactics were effective because 'it's a movie', but it was their tactics that beat the stormtroopers. The movie shows us the Ewoks beating the stormtroopers, we know how they did it.
What it doesn't show is that AT-AT, kid me was so interested in that AT-AT. How did it walk around in the forest? How did the Rebels beat it? The film never says. I guess they didn't have the budget.
Also AT-ATs seem more like heavy siege weapons than geared at targetting personnel. They move slow, probably turn slower, and can only aim in front of them.
Also AT-ATs seem more like heavy siege weapons than geared at targetting personnel. They move slow, probably turn slower, and can only aim in front of them.
Yeah they were on hoth to assault the shield generator protecting the Rebel fleet.
The at-sts there were clearing the Rebel trenches ahead of the at-ats
The AT-AT being on patrol means that it is constantly exposing it's flank. Nevermind, it's just my assumption that it is on patrol, it could just be going to the AT-AT parking garage.
I assumed that the AT-AT in that shot was there to drop Luke off for his meeting with Vader (arriving on the shuttle).
It looks like the landing pad is some distance away from the actual shield facility though, so it's possible that they have the AT-ATs running patrols between the two (or more) facilities covering ground that's been cleared already. I'd guess they're there to dissuade the local mega-fauna ( like the goraxes) from getting too close to the facility while lighter vehicles run patrols further from the base.
I guess the shield generator on hoth was vulnerable only from the ground? Only really meant to protect the planet from a star destroyer?
Yeah, it was designed to repel orbital bombardment
I would guess it was just a ray shield, which meant physical objects could pass through, meaning you'd have to land a force to get up close and take it out
I guess the shield generator on hoth was vulnerable only from the ground? Only really meant to protect the planet from a star destroyer?
Yeah, it was designed to repel orbital bombardment
I would guess it was just a ray shield, which meant physical objects could pass through, meaning you'd have to land a force to get up close and take it out
I guess the shield generator on hoth was vulnerable only from the ground? Only really meant to protect the planet from a star destroyer?
Yeah, it was designed to repel orbital bombardment
I would guess it was just a ray shield, which meant physical objects could pass through, meaning you'd have to land a force to get up close and take it out
Couldn't they have just used torpedos?
it stopped projectiles traveling at high velocities
The Star Wars universe is a place where turbo lasers, intelligent robots and faster than light travel have been around for centuries. They long ago forgot everything about projectile weaponry, much less the guided variety.
The Star Wars universe is a place where turbo lasers, intelligent robots and faster than light travel have been around for centuries. They long ago forgot everything about projectile weaponry, much less the guided variety.
Slugthrowers are around in Star Wars, but they're so much less effective and more difficult to maintain than blasters that only people who choose to use them or have no other options will take them.
So are there any EU books worth reading (besides Thrawn stuff)? I'm looking for a new book to read and I'm in a Star Wars state of mind
Anything by Matt Stover. Gets a bit meta, but the man can turn a phrase like no one else who's written SW.
Anything by Aaron Allston. Probably the most consistently funny author in SW, yet capable of great pathos.
Pretty much anything by Tim Zahn (not all of which is Thrawn stuff). Tends to lean towards the SF side of SW, and thus make the universe seem a bit more real.
I do like the justification of slugthrowers having some advantages, though, like the fact that Jedi can't deflect them and that all blaster rounds are highly visible
I guess the only one that shows up in the films is the dart gun Jango uses, which kicks off the Obi Noir bit that's the best thing about Attack of the Clones
I do like the justification of slugthrowers having some advantages, though, like the fact that Jedi can't deflect them and that all blaster rounds are highly visible
That leads to some nice trains of thought when it comes to what Jedi can and can't deflect with the Force or block with a lightsaber. That's one of the reasons why I like the Jedi Hunter video a lot.
So are there any EU books worth reading (besides Thrawn stuff)? I'm looking for a new book to read and I'm in a Star Wars state of mind
How do you feel about bounty hunters in general and Boba Fett in particular
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By RotJ, Palpatine just starts saying it because everyone else has
It's funny because the clone troopers are a very sci-fi element in a universe that is usually much more space fantasy.
Suddenly there's all these questions - ok, so are they going to form their own culture? Do they try to differentiate themselves? How do they feel about the war? And what's gonna be done with them once the war is over?
edit- They are totally useless because they apply to every movie equally. It's up the movie to make sure things make sense for the audience. Usually this is done by showing the audience a reason why something would happen. It doesn't have to be a very likely reason, but that's where suspension of disbelief comes in. But "they beat them because it's a movie" is garbage.
Their tactics were effective because 'it's a movie', but it was their tactics that beat the stormtroopers. The movie shows us the Ewoks beating the stormtroopers, we know how they did it.
What it doesn't show is that AT-AT, kid me was so interested in that AT-AT. How did it walk around in the forest? How did the Rebels beat it? The film never says. I guess they didn't have the budget.
Also the first AT in both stands for "all-terrain
The scouting transports are small enough to not be blocked by the trees, and I assume the armored ones would be large enough to just trample over them
Yeah they were on hoth to assault the shield generator protecting the Rebel fleet.
The at-sts there were clearing the Rebel trenches ahead of the at-ats
Edit: As in, the AT-AT isn't on patrol, it's bringing Luke to the base. The door he comes out of is the side of the vehicle.
I assumed that the AT-AT in that shot was there to drop Luke off for his meeting with Vader (arriving on the shuttle).
It looks like the landing pad is some distance away from the actual shield facility though, so it's possible that they have the AT-ATs running patrols between the two (or more) facilities covering ground that's been cleared already. I'd guess they're there to dissuade the local mega-fauna ( like the goraxes) from getting too close to the facility while lighter vehicles run patrols further from the base.
Ironically, the Alderaanians were the ones responsible for carrying out the focus test.
Yeah, it was designed to repel orbital bombardment
I would guess it was just a ray shield, which meant physical objects could pass through, meaning you'd have to land a force to get up close and take it out
Couldn't they have just used torpedos?
Maybe torpedoes don't have the range?
it stopped projectiles traveling at high velocities
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The Empire's love of superweapons literally goes back tens of thousands of years
Well not necessarily
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Slugthrower
Certainly on a vehicular scale though
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Anything by Matt Stover. Gets a bit meta, but the man can turn a phrase like no one else who's written SW.
Anything by Aaron Allston. Probably the most consistently funny author in SW, yet capable of great pathos.
Pretty much anything by Tim Zahn (not all of which is Thrawn stuff). Tends to lean towards the SF side of SW, and thus make the universe seem a bit more real.
Also, everything ever written or co-written by KJA. You want to read all that good stuff. Not just his Star Wars, but the work he's done in Dune too.
I guess the only one that shows up in the films is the dart gun Jango uses, which kicks off the Obi Noir bit that's the best thing about Attack of the Clones
That leads to some nice trains of thought when it comes to what Jedi can and can't deflect with the Force or block with a lightsaber. That's one of the reasons why I like the Jedi Hunter video a lot.
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How do you feel about bounty hunters in general and Boba Fett in particular
Because the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy is really good and while sold as a Fett story actually gives the other hunters nearly as much time on the page
Less moving parts.