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Tracking Imposters on the Invisible Hand...

Discussion in 'Archive: Revenge of the Sith' started by ChewieHadBotox, Dec 18, 2005.

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  1. DarkSyder

    DarkSyder Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Shields in Star Wars are visible when interacting with the atmosphere but not outside of an atmosphere.

    In TPM, Anakin's fighter exhibited a shield effect inside the Trade Fed ship when the droids shot at him, but the same fighters in space (and the Queen's ship) didn't show any shield glowing. These are the same shields but look different depending on where they are.

    Various ships shown in space do not have shield glow when they get hit, except for some Trade Fed ships in ROTS, which had a sort of blueish shield effect near the beginning. But this battle does take place in the upper levels of Coruscant's atmosphere (DVD commentary).
     
  2. dude4c

    dude4c Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Darksyder, the queens ship in TPM got shot and the "sheild generator" was hit. that is why you didn't see it. by the time R2 repaired it they were on their way past the blockade.
     
  3. JMN77

    JMN77 Jedi Youngling star 3

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    [face_laugh]
     
  4. qui-gon-kim

    qui-gon-kim Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    So Grievous and his crew were able to track the Jedi on the Invisible Hand and they knew what corridors they were in and stuff. Was this a lost technology in the OT? Why couldn't the Empire track Luke and the gang and trap them in ray shields on the Death Star? Was the technology lost when the Invisible Hand was destroyed?

    The DS is a much larger vessel than the Invisible Hand (the size of a small moon, after all) so it stands to reason that it would be much more difficult to track an intruder.
     
  5. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    What exactly are ray shields anyway? Do they only block energy weapons? And what was the point of putting them on the Death Star exhaust port if lasers are only line-of-sight weapons?
     
  6. darth-sinister

    darth-sinister Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    They might not have had ray shields aboard the Death Star, since they never figured that any Rebel would be daring enough to sneak aboard. Much less a Corellian smuggler, his Wookiee co-pilot/bodyguard, two droids, a Jedi Master and his Padawan Learner. Tarkin didn't know that there were others with Obi-wan, until after the Stormtroopers reported that they escaped the Detention Center. Artoo also probably messed with the tracking systems, to keep them from being pin pointed with a great degree of accuracy.
     
  7. TheCRZA

    TheCRZA Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I read the ultimate visual guide last night.
    According to it, ray shields only block energy
    while particle shields block matter.
    Thus, Anakin, Obi Wan and Palpatine should have
    been able to walk right thru the ray shields.
     
  8. JediCouncilMaster

    JediCouncilMaster Jedi Youngling star 6

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    Remember the Galactic Empire didn't use the "Confenderacy of Independent Systems'" technology. It was adopted by the half-dying corpse of the Republic.
     
  9. TheCRZA

    TheCRZA Jedi Padawan star 4

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    The Death Star exhaust port is ray shielded.
    Perhaps some tech is universal, such as blaster rifles,
    hydrospanners, ray shields, etc.
    Not exclusive to one side or the other.
    Vinyl siding is vinyl siding.

    [face_thinking]
     
  10. Ceethreepio

    Ceethreepio Jedi Knight star 5

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    Death Star really big, hard to track Invisible Hand really small easy to track. Simple as that.
     
  11. Bmore007

    Bmore007 Jedi Youngling star 1

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    They were on a ship full of driods and besides Dooku, Palps Anakin and Obi were the only life forms on there. They prolly had a heat sensor or somethin and could track them easy.
     
  12. Carnage04

    Carnage04 Jedi Knight star 5

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    Imperial arrogance. The CIS knew that they were likely to be boarded because they were fighting a larger army that along with the clones, consisted of hundreds of Jedi. They had to take precautions. I dont think the empire was afraid of ANYONE getting on the DS.

    Carnage
     
  13. kecen

    kecen Jedi Master star 4

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    I'm with you on this one.
    And the "Grievous is smarter" theory X3
     
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