ESB questions

Like said in another thread here's the questions:

1-Luke needs a survival course:why the hell did he run away from the wampa?He could kill the wampa,after all the wampa was just screaming,and then spend the night in the cave before getting out.Besides,he starts wandering in the middle of a storm,not knowing where we has.

2-In the main battle,after Luke gets shot down,he uses a harpoon to single-handedly,destroy an AT-AT.If Luke(a pilot)could do that,why didn't General Riekan used some special forces to do exactly that?It was better than the stand-off.

3-After an AT-AT hits the ground,a Snow Speeder hits it in the "neck".Why didn't all the Snow Speeders did the same thing?Or was the armor "destoyed" just because the AT-AT was down?

4-Luke needs to interrupt the training to save Han and Leia.Couln't he warn the Alliance of what was happening and then resume that trainig,without confronting Vader?


Tomorrow I will post my ROTJ questions.

 

1-Luke needs a survival course: why the hell did he run away from the wampa? He could kill the wampa, after all the wampa was just screaming, and then spend the night in the cave before getting out. Besides,he starts wandering in the middle of a storm, not knowing where we has.

Because other wampas might have been living in the cave. Plus, Luke panicked.

2-In the main battle, after Luke gets shot down,he uses a harpoon to single-handedly destroy an AT-AT. If Luke (a pilot) could do that,why didn't General Riekan used some special forces to do exactly that? It was better than the stand-off.

The standoff was merely to buy time for the transports to escape. And not every Rebel soldier had a lightsaber.

3-After an AT-AT hits the ground, a Snow Speeder hits it in the "neck". Why didn't all the Snow Speeders did the same thing? Or was the armor "destoyed" just because the AT-AT was down?

The snowspeeders couldn't reach the proper angle to attack the neck while the AT-ATs were upright.

4-Luke needs to interrupt the training to save Han and Leia. Couldn't he warn the Alliance of what was happening and then resume that training, without confronting Vader?

Luke knew he had to do it alone.

 

The standoff was merely to buy time for the transports to escape. And not every Rebel soldier had a lightsaber.

Yes,but at least the rebels wouldn't loose soldiers.And a lightsaber wasn't required,a blaster would do the trick.I watched tha scene a few hours ago,and we can see that Luke doesn´t do any effort in cutting through the AT-AT(it's not like Qui-Gon in TPM).A blaster would work.

The snowspeeders couldn't reach the proper angle to attack the neck while the AT-ATs were upright

Then the Rebels could have used X-Wings that weren't being used to protect the transports.

 

Then the Rebels could have used X-Wings that weren't being used to protect the transports.

All available X-wings were being used to escort the transports out.

 

1-Luke needs a survival course:why the hell did he run away from the wampa?He could kill the wampa,after all the wampa was just screaming,and then spend the night in the cave before getting out.Besides,he starts wandering in the middle of a storm,not knowing where we has.
he was freaked out, panicky.

2-In the main battle,after Luke gets shot down,he uses a harpoon to single-handedly,destroy an AT-AT.If Luke(a pilot)could do that,why didn't General Riekan used some special forces to do exactly that?It was better than the stand-off.
not everybody had lightsabers. the others would have to use a lunky cutting tool. also, their main goal was to hold off the imperials from the reactor so they could get their ships and people off the ice rock. the close they were to the base, the easier they could retreat to a transport

3-After an AT-AT hits the ground,a Snow Speeder hits it in the "neck".Why didn't all the Snow Speeders did the same thing?Or was the armor "destoyed" just because the AT-AT was down?
i think all systems failed when the walker fell.

4-Luke needs to interrupt the training to save Han and Leia.Couln't he warn the Alliance of what was happening and then resume that trainig,without confronting Vader?
hmm...possibly the fleet was scattered, and i think dagobah is close to bespin. plus, luke felt it his duty to save his friends.

 

Plus, Luke was reckless and over confident and thought he could do it on his own, even though yoda said he couldn't.

 

How can you possibly say that a blaster would work when laser cannons, etc. could not breach their armor? Come on, a hand gun does very little damage compared to a cannon!

"That armor's too strong for blasters!"

There's your answer.

 

In the time Luke took to contact the alliance, Han and Leia might already have been dead.

 

Plus, the Imperials might have intercepted the transmission.

 

"And a lightsaber wasn't required,a blaster would do the trick"

"That armor's too strong for blasters!" - Luke Skywalker

I think if high-powered cannons on the snowspeeders couldn't punch through the armor, then I doubt a handheld blaster would do anymore than put some carbon scoring on the AT-AT.

 

"1-Luke needs a survival course:why the hell did he run away from the wampa?He could kill the wampa,after all the wampa was just screaming,and then spend the night in the cave before getting out.Besides,he starts wandering in the middle of a storm,not knowing where we has."

These threads should answer most of your ESB and ROTJ questions...

CT- Luke's fleeing the wampa cave was idiotic.

CT- Luke does what?!

CT- Hey wait a minute, a Jedi doing force choking???

"2-In the main battle,after Luke gets shot down,he uses a harpoon to single-handedly,destroy an AT-AT.If Luke(a pilot)could do that,why didn't General Riekan used some special forces to do exactly that?It was better than the stand-off."

It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. The troops in the AT-AT probably thought Luke was dead. I'm sure troops would have been spilling out of them if they saw commandoes coming to bring down the AT-ATs. Don't forget there was an AT-ST patrolling nearby as well.

"4-Luke needs to interrupt the training to save Han and Leia.Couln't he warn the Alliance of what was happening and then resume that trainig,without confronting Vader?"

The "Alliance" probably wouldn't have gotten there in time, and Luke was determined to save his friends. Besides, he thought he would return anyways. Considering his newly discovered skills, he thought he could accomplih anything.

"Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."

"I know what you mean."

"Then the Rebels could have used X-Wings that weren't being used to protect the transports."

The rebels weren't trying to have a full-on war. They succeed only with hit-and-run tactics against the Imperial fleet. The snowspeeders were simply a stalling tactic, so that everyone else could get off Hoth.

 

Another question-why is Leia so pissed off by Han having to go to pay the debt to Jabba?He just goes to Tatooine,pays and gets back.What's the problem in that?

 

Because she's afraid that if he leaves he may never return.

sg

 

"2-In the main battle,after Luke gets shot down,he uses a harpoon to single-handedly,destroy an AT-AT.If Luke(a pilot)could do that,why didn't General Riekan used some special forces to do exactly that?It was better than the stand-off."

Luke is simply lucky no AT-AT/ST spotted him. A group of Rebel soldiers would be wiped out quite quickly. Besides, that's a long walk from their defensive position to one of the walkers. They'd be dead within four seconds of their attack.

 

Another question-why is Leia so pissed off by Han having to go to pay the debt to Jabba?He just goes to Tatooine,pays and gets back.What's the problem in that?

Leia thought Han wouldn't be coming back.

 

^^^^^^^^

I don't accept the answer.Leia knew that Han loved her,she knew that Han would come back for her.

 

Why don't you accept it? It's the correct answer.

Besides, if you ask a question, that means you don't know the answer, and therefore, you must accept whatever answers are given to you.

 

she didn't know he loved her at that point, they were doing that love-hate flirting type thing. It seemed clear that she had feelings for him but was too proud to admit it, and he just acted like a "scoundrel" half the time so it was unclear to her if he just liked her for her credits or if he was in love with her too.

And I for one don't blame her. I didn't actually start liking Han until that moment in ROTJ when he thought that Leia loved Luke and basically was willing to let her go, if that's what she truly wanted.

sg

 

Besides, if you ask a question, that means you don't know the answer, and therefore, you must accept whatever answers are given to you.

That's terrible logic. If I were to ask who was the first king of England and you said George Bush, I don't have to accept it. Though I do agree with your answer about Leia being afraid that Han wouldn't come back.

 

I don't accept the answer.Leia knew that Han loved her,she knew that Han would come back for her

No she didn't. At that point they were still playing games. She was in love, but it wasn't until he was frozen that she could admit it. At that point she was still denying it to herself. She was afraid of losing him and afraid to admit the truth. He knew it, but rather than admit it, went along and played her game. He was trying to get her to admit it, but she wasn't ready yet. Like her mother, she was not able to face her true feelings until faced with death.

He had been making statements about leaving for some time, and she was definately afraid he would't come back, she just couldn't admit that that was the case..

'Then you're as good as gone, aren't you

 

Bib,

"3-After an AT-AT hits the ground, a Snow Speeder hits it in the "neck". Why didn't all the Snow Speeders did the same thing? Or was the armor "destoyed" just because the AT-AT was down?

The snowspeeders couldn't reach the proper angle to attack the neck while the AT-ATs were upright. "

Actually, the necks were more open to attack while the AT-AT was upright with the head extended. When it falls it's head is pushed up and back, causing the top portion of the neck to be less visible and open to attack. However, this is precisly where Rouge ?? hits the walker.


"Why don't you accept it? It's the correct answer.

Besides, if you ask a question, that means you don't know the answer, and therefore, you must accept whatever answers are given to you. "


Um, no he doesn't. That kind of mentality made it easy for the Nazi's to take hold of Germany.

You happen to be partially correct in your answer, in that Leia didn't think he was coming back but she thought that because he wasn't.