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Did The Death Star have Hyperdrive Capability?
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Pizza-the-Hutt
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6/17/06 1:36pm
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RE: Did The Death Star have Hyperdrive Capability?
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Why was there the countdown to getting close to the Yavin moon then? If they had hyperdrive why didn't they use that to get up close enough to fire?
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Dark Lady Mara
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Date Posted:
6/17/06 8:44pm
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RE: Did The Death Star have Hyperdrive Capability?
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Highly massive objects will pull ships out of hyperspace. If Yavin is a gas giant, it's probably massive enough to qualify. It was probably just the Rebels' luck that the moon their base was on happened to be on the opposite side of the gas giant from the direction from which the Death Star approached.
Come to think of it, that would make sense, since when the Falcon approaches Yavin IV, we also see them having to go around the gas giant.
Master_Anakin1 posted:
So were is the hyperdrive located and how do they make it work?
They blow up a planet that is 180 degrees opposite the direction in which they want to travel and exploit Newton's third law.
The photons in that superlaser must be highly special, extra-massive photons. 
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X-Wing-Ace
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6/18/06 6:30am
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Yes, the Death Star does have a hyperdrive system. It's nowhere near as fast as the Falcon or warships. In fact, it's a pretty low grade one. But it does have one, or else it would take years or even decades to get from system to system. And yes, all the propulsion units are based around the equatorial ring.
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Pizza-the-Hutt
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6/18/06 10:04am
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Dark Lady Mara posted:
Highly massive objects will pull ships out of hyperspace.
Is that from the EU?
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Jaden-Skywalker
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It's physics. Gravity pulls a ship from hyperspace.
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anidanami124
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6/18/06 6:18pm
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Well it would have to or it would take them a really long time to get to Yaivn 4. By then the rebels would have just left.
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KILLER-CLONE
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The was a scene cut from ANH that featured the Death Star moving from one point in the galaxy to another by use of a 'Death Cue Ball'. The 'Death Cue Ball' would ram the Death Star and the amount of spin or angle of impact would determine where the Death Star would end up. Here is an early prototype that never made it to a final model:
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Kyle Katarn
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6/19/06 2:10am
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Nah, it just rolled through space. Everyone on board had to strap themselves to the walls and the chasm that Obi Wan goes over to shut down the shields was the pit for all the vomit.
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Alpha-Red
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6/19/06 12:57pm
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Pizza-the-Hutt posted:
Why was there the countdown to getting close to the Yavin moon then? If they had hyperdrive why didn't they use that to get up close enough to fire?
It only took them thirty minutes to get within firing range. That's far too close to use a hyperdrive. Even if the gas giant weren't in the way, the Death Star would've rammed straight through Yavin IV. It's true that probably would've accomplished their goal of destroying the Rebel base, but I don't think Tarkin had a suicide mission in mind =P
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WitchKing66
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6/19/06 10:59pm
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another plothole in the OT
why didnt the DS didnt directly fire at the gas giant at which Yavin is orbiting
i can assure blowing away Jupitar will takes care of its moon in a most destrutive possible way, it wont be sandstorm ... trust me
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Clone_Commander169
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6/19/06 11:15pm
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it must have.. seeing as its was last seen aound the destroyed plantet.. then it arive ate yavin.
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Alpha-Red
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6/20/06 3:19am
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WitchKing66 posted:
another plothole in the OT
why didnt the DS didnt directly fire at the gas giant at which Yavin is orbiting
i can assure blowing away Jupitar will takes care of its moon in a most destrutive possible way, it wont be sandstorm ... trust me
Well it's either blow away the gas giant (and who knows if the superlaser can even destroy gas giants), and spend the next day waiting for it to recharge and watching Rebel transports escaping from under your nose, or spend half an hour going around and getting the job done ASAP.
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The2ndQuest
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6/21/06 12:25am
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>> why didnt the DS didnt directly fire at the gas giant at which Yavin is orbiting<<
When this was asked in the past, I believe the offical response was something along the lines that the Death Star would be incapable of shattering a gas giant's small solid core due to the tremendous pressures present.
I would think the greater distance the laser would have to penetrate through the atmosphere would also dillute the weapon to further render it inadequate.
In other words- popping a small blue rock is easier than a big gas giant
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Nichtganz
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it would require so much energy does to move such a large ship that you would have to have either lots of fuel or some sort of powerful engine that charges for that sort of thing.
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