Can Darth Nihilus drain a planet without orbital bombardment?
Apparently, it's becoming a commonly held belief that Nihilus can't drain a planet on the fly like once thought, but instead needs to attack it with an orbital onslaught first, via a quote in the Complete Star Wars encyclopedia. But others, view the quote in a completely different manner, and suggest it's not mutually exclusive.
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In the meantime, Darth Nihilus led his Sith forces from his flagship, the Ravager, drawing more and more power from worlds that he blasted into ruin.
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There is not a single source that states or depicts as such, and instead anyone not in urgent need of glasses can tell from Unseen, Unheard that orbital bombardment is not involved.
Logically, it doesn't make a bit of sense. Blasting the planet with orbital bombardment would kill a significant amount of the populace, given the destructive power a turbolaser sports alone.
He never used the Ravager. Other sources say ancient Sith like Nihilus can destroy worlds with a thought, which backs up him life wiping planets like Katarr in unseen unheard.
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Unseen, Unheard has him first bombing Katarr, though. Well either that, or he TKs the surface of the planet, but that'd be ridiculous because that'd make Nihilus > every other SW character bar the Ones.
Dec 9th, 2016 12:25 AM
