Well, I think it is possible that the first death star may have had several attempts at being built.
Four years into it.....
All systems look to be a go. Try the weapon functions.
*BOOM*
"Told you I didn't want to be on that thing in trial phases" - Tarkin
Time to start from scratch. Uhm, how many geonosians were on that thing when it blew?
Carnage
Obviously not that long. At best, the Death Star II could only have started construction after the first one was destroyed- the opening crawl of ROTJ specifically states that the Empire had "begun" construction on a second, even more powerful Death Star- that makes the idea that they built it concurrent with the first out of the question.
Besides, it shouldn't take long for Star Wars. This is the Galactic Empire, which controls "a million systems" (Grand Moff Tarkin, ANH novelization). They have plenty of resources and they obviously have the technology. Frankly, even 19 years to build the Death Star is outrageously short. But hey, it's sci-fi.
Originally posted by Vympel
Obviously not that long. At best, the Death Star II could only have started construction after the first one was destroyed- the opening crawl of ROTJ specifically states that the Empire had "begun" construction on a second, even more powerful Death Star- that makes the idea that they built it concurrent with the first out of the question.
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Good point
Originally posted by Morridini
And to even make it weirder, the second one was even bigger. So after the first one got blown up, which had taken 19 years to build (if the rumours are true), they made another one twice the size in,what, 4 years? I just think that gets too stupid even for Star Wars.
I think what happened with the Death Star is that the first one took a long time to build, not that the second was built fast. Think about it. Sidious believes every Jedi to be dead. He's been waiting for this moment for hundreds (thousands?) of years. He doesn't really give a phuck if the DS takes 19 or 30 years to be built. After Luke surfaces he gets scared and has them rush the second one, which is apparrent in the first scenes of ROTJ with Vader talking to the dude in charge.
mmm, maybe but I dont think so. He never really considered Luke a threat once he decided to try & turn him. He was quitre sure that he could turn Luke, which ended up being his undoing. I still say that the second one was completed so fast simply because they had done it once before so the construction went more smoothly. That and the fact that the Geonosians built DS 1 while stormtroopers built DS 2. They may not be able to shoot worth a damn but I'm betting opposable thumbs are more condusive to construction work than insects...
Originally posted by J.M FcThumbs-Up
I agree with ctsketch, cascador and Bilb on this subject!
Furthermore, I think that the Emperor was into fast delivery of masses of buildingmaterial and pushing the building-time to superspeed sessions.
(As for EU back-up, just read/look at Shadows o.t Empire-comic/book).
And also to understate this explanation, go and watch ROTJ again and watch the very first scene as Vader boards the Death Star.
again....to quote myself and others!
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Originally posted by J.M FcThumbs-Up
Oh and ahhhhh to add; When you design and build something for the very first time, it goes with all the errors, breaks and all the little delays and you learn from it.
It takes a long road before you get to your first end-product.When you know how to build something(you've done before), it's much easier to do so and you can update a little bit in much and much less time.
To give an example> look at the founding of the first car, look at the making of the very first SW-movie etc. etc. etc.
and again I add....
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