Originally posted by Jam-Jul_Lisonexactly only a force user as potential as luke skywalker could pull that off.
Who would have guessed that someone would be insane enough to even attack the death star? Just look at the thing. Then it would take a very lucky shot to even destroy the thing. The odds of it being destroyed is extremely low.
the laser was put in the death star for a reason. if the laser was outside of the death star then it would be an easy target for the rebels to disable or destroy. the laser inside the death star makes it even tougher for the rebels to get to especially one on one against the imperial ships which guarantees no easy victory. the designers knew it would be vulnerable against the rebels because it was a target but not an easy one and so they have to relie on their imperial ships to protect it. they failed to do so because either they underestimated the rebels or they were just careless just trying to protect their super weapon. Since both death stars were destroyed by the rebels, they had no need to build it in the first place if they couldn't protect their super weapon.
Originally posted by ckingIt was only built as a weapon of submission through fear.
the laser was put in the death star for a reason. if the laser was outside of the death star then it would be an easy target for the rebels to disable or destroy. the laser inside the death star makes it even tougher for the rebels to get to especially one on one against the imperial ships which guarantees no easy victory. the designers knew it would be vulnerable against the rebels because it was a target but not an easy one and so they have to relie on their imperial ships to protect it. they failed to do so because either they underestimated the rebels or they were just careless just trying to protect their super weapon. Since both death stars were destroyed by the rebels, they had no need to build it in the first place if they couldn't protect their super weapon.
And both reasons are the answer.