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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 8/16 9:31pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	DarthBoba posted: I almost forgot: Luke steered the torpedoes with the Force. He turned off his targeting computer, remember? I don't think he actually steered the torpedoes. It seemed to be more of the Force letting him know exactly where to shoot. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One http://swfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_-_The_Chosen_One Production blog: http://alternativesaga.wordpress.com/
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 8/16 11:43pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	The EU answered that one, too: Pretty good explanation : "Hundreds of years before the Clone Wars, the Jedi Minch battled and killed a powerful Bpfasshi Dark Jedi, and his energies absorbed into its surroundings, first tainting the passage with the Dark Side. " "During the Great Jedi Purge, Yoda realized that proximity to the Dark Side cave could help neutralize his strong Light Side Force signature and took up residence near the cave and lived there for the next two decades, through the reign of the Galactic Empire. " But how would "Bpfasshi" be pronounced without spitting on anyone ? -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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TaunTaunHerder Registered: Oct '07	Date Posted: 8/17 10:44am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Perhaps the proton torpedoes are heat-seaking torpedoes.
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DarthJohnkenobi Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 8/17 11:37am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	I'd like to know who's in the Y-Wing flying away with Luke & Han just before the DS blows up in ANH. In the battle between Vader & Luke in ESB, from the Carbonite chamber all the way down to that antenna thing, what was that anyway, Vader manages to get ahead of Luke. How does he do that? Why are all the Rodian's on Tatooine wearing the same outfit in ANH? How do troops get in and out of the AT-ST? -----signature----- Lover of Yellow lightsabers, Eater of Ewoks, Shaver of Wookies and Lover of Twi'lek women
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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 8/17 12:57pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	DarthJohnkenobi posted: I'd like to know who's in the Y-Wing flying away with Luke & Han just before the DS blows up in ANH. His name was Keyan Farlander. You can find out more here. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One http://swfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_-_The_Chosen_One Production blog: http://alternativesaga.wordpress.com/
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erock311 Registered: May '09	Date Posted: 8/18 3:40pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT? - Date Edited: 8/18 3:42pm (1 edits total) Edited By: erock311
	DarthJohnkenobi posted: I'd like to know who's in the Y-Wing flying away with Luke & Han just before the DS blows up in ANH. In the battle between Vader & Luke in ESB, from the Carbonite chamber all the way down to that antenna thing, what was that anyway, Vader manages to get ahead of Luke. How does he do that? Why are all the Rodian's on Tatooine wearing the same outfit in ANH? How do troops get in and out of the AT-ST? I'm not sure but I'm gonna have to guess they come out of the top, because (I think) in Jedi Chewie or Han comes out of the top of a stolen one to show where he is.
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UCLAJediMaster Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 8/20 8:13am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	voodoopuuduu posted: Sure looks weird that they seem to get "sucked in". Yeah, and you would think that, even after flying in the trench to avoid defenses, they would fly up and then down to get a better angle on that shot into the pipe at the end of the run. In other words, more of a dive bomber type run. I could buy the theory that the bombs were heavy and that the Death Stars gravity was pulling them in. yeah, this has always bugged me. The trench sequence is amazing but logistically it doesn't make sense. You are in a spacecraft capable of EXTREME speeds. Why fly in a trench around the equator of a "planet." They could easily just plot a course to go directly to the exhaust port. The counter argument is the usual "death star defenses were too great for a direct approach." But really, this isn't an answer. The fighters are fast enough to "avoid the turbine lasers" so really, what's wrong with a direct approach at the exhaust port? Also, when Luke gets out his targeting computer, we see the distance countdown as he approaches. Why did the rebels start SO far down the trench? Why didn't they plot their hyperspace courses to come out closer to the port? -----signature----- Alpha-7 Captain, EUDF "But... it was so artistically done." -Grand Admiral Thrawn "I get by." -Cosmo Kramer Have you seen the Bridge? "Who's scruffy looking?"
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MagicSpork Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 8/20 10:42am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	What exactly was the point of the helmet blast shield that Luke used he was fighting that remote in ANH? If you can't see through it, then why would a pilot need it? A piece of cloth would have blindfolded luke just as well... -----signature----- Hey...who's scruffy looking?!
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UCLAJediMaster Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 8/20 10:50am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	would it be to protect your eyes from the intense FLASH of an explosion. Like you drop your bombs and then flip the blast visor down to save your retinas. -----signature----- Alpha-7 Captain, EUDF "But... it was so artistically done." -Grand Admiral Thrawn "I get by." -Cosmo Kramer Have you seen the Bridge? "Who's scruffy looking?"
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CaptainYossarian Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 8/20 12:40pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT? - Date Edited: 8/20 1:42pm (3 edits total) Edited By: CaptainYossarian
	You are in a spacecraft capable of EXTREME speeds. Why fly in a trench around the equator of a "planet." They could easily just plot a course to go directly to the exhaust port. The trench with the exhaust port isn't actually on the equator, but rather in the nothern hemisphere. The counter argument is the usual "death star defenses were too great for a direct approach." But really, this isn't an answer. The fighters are fast enough to "avoid the turbine lasers" so really, what's wrong with a direct approach at the exhaust port? Also, when Luke gets out his targeting computer, we see the distance countdown as he approaches. Why did the rebels start SO far down the trench? Why didn't they plot their hyperspace courses to come out closer to the port? Flying in the trench rather than approaching from above did indeed keep the rebel fighters out of range of a lot of the DS's guns. They were small and fast enough to avoid the turbolasers but they couldn't do that indefinitely. The ones making the run dropped in the trench to avoid heavy fire whilst the rest kept the other guns busy. The rebels had to fly a great distance down the trench in order to give the targeting computer time to lock on. If they'd made a fast run from a short distance away, or straight from above then they would likely have missed and needed to make more attempts. They didn't have enough time or fighters to do that whilst being constantly shot at because they couldn't cover each other, since it would have meant the rebels all congregating round the exhaust port both to make bombing attempts and cover each other, which would have given the Imperials much more opportunity to hit them. The rebels' tactics were rather to made a few precise runs at the trench since they knew the difficulty of pulling off such a shot, compounded by the lack of time. So they tried to balance out the factors of needing to be precise and quick but also keeping enough fighters in reserve to make multiple attempts if necessary. What exactly was the point of the helmet blast shield that Luke used he was fighting that remote in ANH? If you can't see through it, then why would a pilot need it? A piece of cloth would have blindfolded luke just as well... The helmet looked like a pilot's helmet but it seems that such a shield would not be necessary for general use so maybe it's a modification or a specialised type of helmet. Perhaps it can somehow detect hazards like an explosion or if the pilot crashes and flips down automatically to protect the wearer. Perhaps it's less for flying in a fighter and more like something with an open cockpit, or something like a swoop. In the battle between Vader & Luke in ESB, from the Carbonite chamber all the way down to that antenna thing, what was that anyway, Vader manages to get ahead of Luke. How does he do that? The place where the duel ends is a gas processing vane. I assume Vader got ahead of Luke because he was knocked off the platform first, then he scuttled off to lay in wait. Vader would have been calmer than Luke, and able to sense where Luke was so he had lots of opportunity to get into a good position to get ahead of Luke and surprise him. It may even be possible that Vader familiarised himself with some of the layout of Cloud City before arriving there, if he had that info available. He may have anticipated that he would have to hunt Luke down if he escaped there and so wanted to be ready. Why are all the Rodian's on Tatooine wearing the same outfit in ANH? Those Rodians all have similar occupations - three are henchmen accompanying Jabba, then there's the bounty hunters Greedo and Thuku. So I suppose that outfit must be practical for that work, and maybe something of a tradition for certain Rodians. Or it may just have been the in thing at the time. How do troops get in and out of the AT-ST? When they're at a base the troops can probably get in from a raised platform but otherwise perhaps it just lowers itself so the head is nearer the ground, enabling the men to climb in or out. -----signature----- "Orr would be crazy to fly any more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
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CaptainYossarian Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 8/20 1:46pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	The AT-ST may therefore kneel like an AT-AT does to allow people to get in or out. -----signature----- "Orr would be crazy to fly any more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
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Darthbane2007 Registered: Oct '07	Date Posted: 8/20 4:56pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	MagicSpork posted: What exactly was the point of the helmet blast shield that Luke used he was fighting that remote in ANH? If you can't see through it, then why would a pilot need it? A piece of cloth would have blindfolded luke just as well... So that Obi-Wan can kick him in the nuts..
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oreotragus Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 8/20 8:33pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Ok, I have a question: I'm currently reading Book 1 of the X-Wing Series, and in this book it's clear that shields deflect not only lasers but solid matter as well - i.e., ships. So, I was thinking back on ROTJ's Endor space battle, and I recall (forgive me if I have this wrong, it's been a while since I've seen the movie) a Star Destroyer having its shield generators blown up by an A-Wing. Ok, but if the shields were up to begin with, how did the A-Wing get through? I know, just a little fluke, but it was bugging me. -----signature----- There isn't a mome rath born who can outgrabe me! Watch out for the Hovering Bat-Dog and the Long-haired Wolfcat
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 8/20 8:49pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	The book is wrong. There's two types of shields in the films-particle and ray. Plus things with their own shields can generally move through shields anyhow. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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TwiLekJedi Title: Classic Trilogy Manager Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/21 8:16am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	However, in the RotJ novel (and I believe an early script, not sure) a starfighter flies into the Death Star's shield and goes kaboom, though I forgot if that's before the Rebels knew the shield was still up (ie tipping them off thusly) or afterwards when they turned away from the DS. And since you brought up the X-Wing novels, they also have shields weakening in spots rather than overall, so they might have been gunning for the generators for a while and only got through when the movie cuts to it. -----signature----- We do what we must Because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead
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