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LanceWindu
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In the book Darksaber they take the design of the Death Star but they make it a lot smaller. How come they couldn't make the Death Star smaller and more manuverable?
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Aug 24th, 2001 01:58 AM |
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KJ
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Probably because bigger is scarier. The Empire wanted to use the Death Star to scare people so the bigger the better.
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Aug 25th, 2001 07:39 PM |
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LanceWindu
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To scare people they just had to demonstrate the power of the laser. Then the Rebellion would listen to the Empire.
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Aug 26th, 2001 06:49 AM |
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KJ
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But as Wedge said "Look at the size of that thing!". He wouldn't have been so scared if it had been smaller.
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Aug 26th, 2001 08:53 PM |
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LanceWindu
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Then the Rebels would all get cocky and end up losing the battle.
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Aug 26th, 2001 09:38 PM |
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yerssot
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The only thing that they used in the book was the weapon, and to move they took ships. So than it was already smaller than in the movie
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Aug 27th, 2001 07:27 AM |
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LanceWindu
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What we're talking about is: Why didn't the original Death Star use just the weapon?
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Aug 27th, 2001 07:34 AM |
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yerssot
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Because it needed a Hyperdrive and rooms for the Stormtroopers and hangar bays and stuff, it was a BATTLESTATOIN
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Aug 27th, 2001 07:36 AM |
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LanceWindu
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Well I'm sure the could have added a hyperdrive. But if they wanted hanger bays and room for the stormtroopers then they could bring along extra ships. The original DS was very slow and unmanuverable.
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Aug 27th, 2001 07:42 AM |
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KJ
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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Scotland
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It wasn't a Podracer.
It was meant to scare entire planets and that's why it was so big.
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Aug 27th, 2001 03:18 PM |
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Ushgarak
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I think the Empire knew what it was doing. We should work on thge basic assumption that the DS was a good shell for the superweapon. It would have been doubly vulnerbale without the station around it.
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Aug 27th, 2001 10:38 PM |
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KJ
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Registered: Jul 2000
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And not half as scary.
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Aug 28th, 2001 04:57 PM |
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Julie
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Registered: Aug 2001
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The key is intimidation. If Palpatine had to turn the entire galaxy to rubble, he wouldn't have a galaxy to rule. He wanted a few examples and then just pure control.
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