__________________ "Vader's pulse and breathing were machine-regulated, so they could not quicken; but something in his chest became more electric around his meetings with the Emperor; he could not say how. A feeling of fullness, of power, of dark and demon mastery -- of secret lusts, unrestrained passion, wild submission -- all these things were in Vader's heart as he neared his Emperor. These things and more."
The Umbarans had nuclear missile type weapons with huge yields comparable to modern day nuclear warheads that were very effective in protecting their bases and keeping the 501st and the 212th at bay. So, nuclear-type weapons are still effective in warfare.
Registered: Mar 2014
Location: The Misty Mountains
I remember the scene where Jax Pavan set off a nuclear explosion and for a second it looked like Vader was caught in the blast, and I was freaking out because I thought that Vader just tanked a nuke. But it turns out he flew away in an escape pod first.
Mandalorians had them in KotOR too. If the ground targets have shields, then nukes are of no use. Besides, nuclear pollution is a huge shortcoming if you want to take and keep the territory afterwards. But I guess they have good equipment to protect soldiers from poisoning - armour, shields and maybe devices, that actually can gather nuclear particles from affected territories etc.
Registered: Oct 2014
Location: France/Rezée (near Nantes)
Re: Are nuclear weapons obsolete in the SW universe?
There is no new canon there a JJ that own his bible, that now applied to the entire E.U, and if JJ make a mistake there is no other artist that can try his chance to correct it...
Why Grievous is so great in the E.U? I you even wonder that..
Anyway Proton torpedos, still canon so yhea...
In the old canon, that still for me an many other star war fans, true, Galaxy gun shells...
Sun crsuher.
We can say that disruptor is a nuclear weapon...
Umbarian have weapons similar to necron in warhammer 40 000...
Nukes are in Legends canon yes, they just are used more by primitive people on the Outer Rim worlds and so on, they just don't appear a lot because they are...well primitive. They can be effective, but only in particular ways.
Apr 25th, 2015 02:24 AM
