What if the Emperor blew up Endor

I'm mean sure, hed lose the shild generator, but all of Lukes friends and lots of innocent people die, that would have been a sure fire way to turn Luke to the Dark Side

 

Then the Battle of Endor would've been a draw.

 

The superlaser was being used to decimate the Rebel Fleet attacking the Death Star II. It would be a waste to use the superlaser on Endor. Yes they would be killing a Rebel Commando Team, but compare that to the entire garrison of Imperials that would be lost. Plus the superlasr would have to recharge and it would give the Rebels an opening to attack.

 

In the book, JerJerrod orders the Death Star laser to be turned on Endor after he hears that there is a huge fight between Vader and the Emperor going on in the throne room. The Death Star is turning to fire at Endor, right when Lando blows it up.

 

I love Kahn's novel best of the OT ones.

But Jejerrod does that because he knows the Rebs are winning and he's sulking.

 

But wasnt the whole point of ROTJ was for the emperor to turn Luke to the dark side. Losing his friends surely would have been the trick, as Luke was still implusive

 

It ties directly into Sids overconfidenece. Sids thought he would simply have to threaten Luke's friends. Which did work until Vader intervened. He wasn't anticipating actually having to kill them because he didn't think Luke was strong enough to resist the Dark Side. Plus I don't know if Sids wanted to sacrifice that many of his own men.

 

Yes, Luke may have turned, but his friends were blowing the Death Star up with or without him on it. I don't think Lando or Wedge was aware that Luke was on the Death Star.

 

Well Leia and Han knew, so I don't see any reason why they couldn't radio Lando or Wedge.

 

The Deathstar was too close to Endor to blow it up. If they did, the chunks of the planet would destroy the Deathstar too.

 

now that is interesting. endor was a huge planet.

 

The shield would have been lowered(since destroying the moon would destroy the shield generator) and the Rebel fleet would destroy the Death Star.

 

It wouldn't make much of a difference. Sure another innocent planet would be lost, but by blowing it up they'd be blowing up the shield generator leaving the DSII vulnerable. I'd be like doing the job for the rebels, but a bunch of them sacrificing themselves as targets so the Empire would screw themselves over.

Either way, the death star would be destroyed. The lazer was focused on the attacking rebel fleet which was the better idea so as to kill the attackers, not just the harmless specks of rebels on the planet who either way aren't attacking the death star directly.

 

Put yourself in the Emp's position just before the battle. This is going through his head:

Suppose that the Death Star were to destroy most of the capital rebel ships, and the TIE fighters were taking out almost every rebel fighter. Even if the rebel team blows up the shield generator, it would not matter because there would be so few rebels left that they could not possibly destroy the Death Star.

The point here is: Why waste a shot at Endor? If the Emp and his DS and TIE fighters can take down the rebel ships, the shield generator would not be a necessity. He had every intention of crushing the rebel fleet. Also, the shield generator had significant defenses. The chances of the rebel team succeeding on Endor were very slim. From the Emp's point of view, the rebel fleet was the direct threat, while the rebel team would most likely die or not succeed in time.

 

it makes no point to destroy the rebels and a legion of your best troops just to ensure that the rebels won't knock out the shield generator...which you just did for them by blowing up the planet

(and I agree, much too close to the planet to try and blow it up)

 

I really think that judging by the size of Endor vs. the size of the Death Star and it's close proximity, it wouldn't be a very bright idea. The Death Star wasn't even completed and was only protected by the shield generator on the planet (or moon that's planet has gone missing).

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Sure it might turn Luke to the Dark Side, but only for a moment before the Emperor's tower was ripped away with Vader, Luke and the Emperor inside.

 

A winner is you.

 

BINGO!

 

No my friend, a winner is you for saying that! I actually played Pro Wrestling the other day and it was great!

 

I often thought of this; exploding Ewoks, now that could be fun.

 

Touche. Though Jerjerrod's idea to turn the laser on Endor when he realized both the planet and the station were about to be lost to the Rebels was a decent last ditch effort, I think. I wonder if the Death Star had enough escape pods to evacuate down to a skeleton crew. Or would it be only Palpatine whose evacuation would be considered worthwhile?

 

The Death Star was taking out some of the large Rebel ships, so it could defend itself somewhat. Since the smaller fighters didn't pose much of a threat, why couldn't the Death Star move away from Endor and blast away?

When Alderaan was destroyed, there wasn't much left of it. The Millennium Falcon through right into the debris field and didn't encounter anything that large. I doubt the Death Star would have been in much danger.

But I like that the Rebels won, so never mind!

 

All the Ewoks would be dead

 

Alderaan's chunks weren't flying outwards at escape velocity when the Falcon came by. what's more dangerous, a large rock lying on the ground, or a large rock hurtling at you at several dozen kilometers a second?

Anyway, the crew was evacuating in the ROTJ novel while Jerjjerod was about to blow up Endor.

 

Because the maximum speed of the DS is three miles per hour? We all know the first one couldn't have hyperspaced to Yavin if the crew hadn't attached a rope to the Falcon.