Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
It's not hard to believe there wouldn't be a lot of stuff that could quickly and easily be set up as a barricade on a star ship. As for "Knowing they were coming" the star destroyer would have come out of hyperspace basically right on top of them.
And they were up against storm troopers, and for all the jokes about them they're actually insanely accurate. I can't find the video now but if you compare their missed shots (ignoring when they were ordered to let Luke & Leia get away in A New Hope) to ac
The Empire stormed the ship looking for something specific, but then decided it wasn't worth going after the escape pod that randomly ejected with a couple of droids on board.
The Empire stormed the ship looking for something specific, but then decided it wasn't worth going after the escape pod that randomly ejected with a couple of droids on board.
Except they didn't know there were droids on board, and then they did go after the pod...
The saw it, thought about blowing it up... But decided to save on their supply of lasers or something and let it go.
Soldier 2: Hold your fire, there's no lifeforms aboard. Terry: Hold your fire? What, are we paying by the laser now? Soldier 2: You don't do the budget Terry, I do.
Fun fact: George Lucas' model for the star destroyer was the battleship. As battleships only carried so many shells, and said shells represented a portion of wealth of the host culture, battleship commanders were indeed criticized and removed from command for firing on unsuitable targets, or spending too many main battery shells to destroy a target. The more you know!
Fun fact: George Lucas' model for the star destroyer was the battleship. As battleships only carried so many shells, and said shells represented a portion of wealth of the host culture, battleship commanders were indeed criticized and removed from command for firing on unsuitable targets, or spending too many main battery shells to destroy a target. The more you know!
Eh, I think it was more the fact that the barrels themselves were very expensive and the rifling wore down very fast . For instance, the main battery barrels for the Bismarck only had an expected lifespan of about 200-300 rounds before they would need to be replaced. So unless the battleship was fighting other capital ships the ship would rely on the secondary battery of 15 cm guns rather than the main battery. In fact, for gunnery practice battleships would use sub-caliber rounds that, while they would
Seriously, who cares? (Score:3, Insightful)
Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when
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The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
Because it was a diplomatic vessel (Score:3)
And they were up against storm troopers, and for all the jokes about them they're actually insanely accurate. I can't find the video now but if you compare their missed shots (ignoring when they were ordered to let Luke & Leia get away in A New Hope) to ac
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The Empire stormed the ship looking for something specific, but then decided it wasn't worth going after the escape pod that randomly ejected with a couple of droids on board.
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The Empire stormed the ship looking for something specific, but then decided it wasn't worth going after the escape pod that randomly ejected with a couple of droids on board.
Except they didn't know there were droids on board, and then they did go after the pod...
Re:Because it was a diplomatic vessel (Score:2)
The saw it, thought about blowing it up... But decided to save on their supply of lasers or something and let it go.
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The saw it, thought about blowing it up... But decided to save on their supply of lasers or something and let it go.
They let it go by going where it went. Wait, what?
Re:Because it was a diplomatic vessel (Score:5, Funny)
The saw it, thought about blowing it up... But decided to save on their supply of lasers or something and let it go.
Soldier 2: Hold your fire, there's no lifeforms aboard.
Terry: Hold your fire? What, are we paying by the laser now?
Soldier 2: You don't do the budget Terry, I do.
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Fun fact: George Lucas' model for the star destroyer was the battleship. As battleships only carried so many shells, and said shells represented a portion of wealth of the host culture, battleship commanders were indeed criticized and removed from command for firing on unsuitable targets, or spending too many main battery shells to destroy a target. The more you know!
Eh, I think it was more the fact that the barrels themselves were very expensive and the rifling wore down very fast . For instance, the main battery barrels for the Bismarck only had an expected lifespan of about 200-300 rounds before they would need to be replaced. So unless the battleship was fighting other capital ships the ship would rely on the secondary battery of 15 cm guns rather than the main battery. In fact, for gunnery practice battleships would use sub-caliber rounds that, while they would
My God you're right (Score:2)