Originally posted by Ultra Omega
Dude... the burden of proof is [b]not on me. I'm simply pointing out holes in the "Sidious mindwiped millions" theory that people have going on here. The fact is, cloaking devices are not exactly that rare when it comes to ships in the SWU, and the Lusyanka could have easily been cloaked.As for the air traffic, while there may be a lot in the city areas of Coruscant, there really wouldn't be any in an isolated mountain region. Also, we don't know how large this region was, and how isolated it may have been, meaning that the sound may not even register to the city region. Fact is, nothing indicates that the Lusyanka couldn't have landed in a distant and isolated Mountain area where any kind of noise or shadow wouldn't have been recognised by any of Coruscant's inhabitants. Nothing indicates that the Lusyanka couldn't have been cloaked, preventing anyone from seeing it as it descended into the Planet's atmosphere. Nothing indicates that Palpatine had to do anything more than what is stated: mindwiping the engineers that buried the ship. I appreciate the thought into the theory, I really do, but that's all it is: a theory.
Nothing in canon indicates that Sidious would have had to mindwipe millions... [/B]
You do realize that there was a grand total of 2 twin mountain peaks.And even if the were multiple mountains there is nothing to suggest they rivaled the Lusyanka in size.
Let's say that the Empire State Building is the Lusyanka and the buildings surrounding it were the mountains. A ship that size would have descend at a slow rate to get under ground would it not? A seen by smaller ships they don't exactly land as easy as 1,2,3. Now the empire state building(which I now use ESL. L is for Lusyanka) is visible for miles and miles away from the hills in upstate new york and from across the Hudson river in both north and central new jersey. The hills of in upstate NY and NJ could be seen as skyscrapers on corscant and they clear have a view of the ESL. Now even if the Lusyanka was smaller than the mountains there would be a periods in descent that the ship would stick out from the skyline much like the ESL sticks out from the NYC skyline (and the skyscrapers surrounding it) Aswell as being visible from being visible at sea level from NJ and NY.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Manarai_Mountains
Hear they have a pretty good description of what is surrounding the mountains. Not to mention it clearly says that the there were restaurants and the "monument plaza." And by reading the mountains it is pretty clear that is is close such places as the imperial palace. The odds the no one would such an event is impossible. I there was never no mention to a cloaking device so there would have to be a mention of one on the Lusyanka for me to believe and if the ship had one it would certainly be useful while it escaped corscant and the surrounding space above the planet when the republic attacked.