Uncomfortable Questions about the Death Star Attack
Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had the capability of destroying an entire planet and the defenses to ward off several fleets of battle ships?
Why did Grand Moff Tarkin refuse to deploy the station?s large fleet of TIE Fighters until it was too late? Was he acting on orders from somebody to not shoot down the rebel attack force? If so, who, and why?
Why was the rebel pilot who supposedly destroyed the Death Star reported to be on the Death Star days, maybe hours, prior to its destruction? Why was he allowed to escape, and why were several individuals dressed in Stormtrooper uniforms seen helping him?
Why has there not been an investigation into allegations that Darth Vader, the second-ranking member of the Imperial Government, is in fact the father of the pilot who allegedly destroyed the Death Star?
Why did Lord Vader decide to break all protocols and personally pilot a lightly armored TIE Fighter? Conveniently, this placed Lord Vader outside of the Death Star when it was destroyed, where he was also conveniently able to escape from a large-sized rebel fleet that had just routed the Imperial forces. Why would Lord Vader, one of the highest ranking members of the Imperial Government, suddenly decide to fly away from the Death Star in the middle of a battle? Did he know something that the rest of the Imperial Navy didn?t?
[quote]Juan Blanco wrote:
Uncomfortable Questions about the Death Star Attack
Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had the capability of destroying an entire planet and the defenses to ward off several fleets of battle ships?[/quote]
Because the defenses of the battle station were not geared towards small fighters. The big turbolasers were meant to target larger vessels, not a little fighter. And the huge super laser is fixed, and hardly useful for trying to shoot at a fighter.
Because he was operating under the assumption that the death start was invulnerable. When they found out that the attack could exploit a potential weakness, the sent out tie fighters. Keep in my the space constraints, sending out squads of tie fighters to fly down a small canyon would be ineffective. Also, keep in mind that TIEs are more manuverable than X or Y-wings, so a few should be able to take care of the small fleet of rebel fighters. No orders to not attack, just plain ignorance on Grand Moff Tarkin’s part.
Because he happened to run into it and got pulled in. The escaped by Tarkin let them. Why? to find the rebel base! they put a tracking device on the ship. Obviously a ship full of storm troopers could have easily stopped them, they were allowed to escape. Keep in mind that even now Tarkin was operating under the assumption of an invulnerable battle station, so it make sense he would feel confident in showing up and knocking the rebel’s door.
Does it matter? Vader gave up his ties with anything else in the world when he went to the dark side, he serves only his master and the empire. At the time of the attack Vader probably didn’t know that it was Luke in the fighter, only that he was strong in the force.
First, Vader’s TIE is not lightly armored. It’s a modified vehicle with a hyperdrive and shields, two things that normal TIEs lack.
Second, the rebel fleet was a group of fighers. Jumping to hyperspace would have conveniently made him untrackable and certainly uncatchable. Third, why would a rebel fleet bother looking for a tie fighter? not only that, but with all the debris in the area, how could they?
Finally, vader didn’t pull away. Han Solo showed up the Falcon and took out the two tie fighters that were his wingmen. He was bumped into and sent spinning off into space. He is not stupid, and, like you said, is the second highest ranking member of the im perial goverment. He needs and wants to be around for a while. It’s not unreasonable that when he saw odds not in his favor, he decided to leave.
If I showed you a broom stick, bowling ball, light bulb socket, tape dispenser, and a vagina would you be able to pick out the vagina?
We, the T-men, do not lift huge volumes of heavy weights, eat enormous amounts of food, and take all kinds of supplements to look good in a Storm Trooper uniform.
We do not breathe so deeply between sets that we are mistaken for Darth Vader so that we can wear a cool cape and helmet and swing a light saber.
No, we do these things so that we can see as many breasts and vaginas as our limited time on this Earth allows.
So you can become assimilated to the ways of the Testosterone, or you can go to www.iwishicouldseeavaginabutiamluke.com and post your questions on their boards.
[quote]Arms Afire wrote:
Have you ever seen a vagina?
If I showed you a broom stick, bowling ball, light bulb socket, tape dispenser, and a vagina would you be able to pick out the vagina?
We, the T-men, do not lift huge volumes of heavy weights, eat enormous amounts of food, and take all kinds of supplements to look good in a Storm Trooper uniform.
We do not breathe so deeply between sets that we are mistaken for Darth Vader so that we can wear a cool cape and helmet and swing a light saber.
No, we do these things so that we can see as many breasts and vaginas as our limited time on this Earth allows.
So you can become assimilated to the ways of the Testosterone, or you can go to www.iwishicouldseeavaginabutiamluke.com and post your questions on their boards.[/quote]
I could be mistaken, but I believe that some of you may be missing the dry reference to certain recent conspiracy claims in the “media.” That’s why I’d have posted it anyways…
[quote]Grimnuruk wrote:
I could be mistaken, but I believe that some of you may be missing the dry reference to certain recent conspiracy claims in the “media.” That’s why I’d have posted it anyways…[/quote]
Reaaaaallllyyyyyy???
Wow, I feel like I’ve just seen the sun for the first time…
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Grimnuruk wrote:
I could be mistaken, but I believe that some of you may be missing the dry reference to certain recent conspiracy claims in the “media.” That’s why I’d have posted it anyways…
Reaaaaallllyyyyyy???
Wow, I feel like I’ve just seen the sun for the first time…[/quote]
Glad I could clear that up for you. For my next trick I will be blotting the moon with a blood red stain Saturday night on the East Coast.
I don’t know if anyone has seen this before but it’s a discussion of how the destruction of the second death star would have led to a massive holocaust of the ewoks due to orbital debris, in addition to their short lived freedom. The best intentions often lead to unintended consequences.
I think we can draw a good lesson from the destruction of the twin deathstars and the resulting fall of the empire. In this case, the terrorist rebels won. Thier faith in the Force and the hokey religion of Jediism made them enemies of the “civilized world”.
The rebels unwaivering determination to convert the galaxy to Jediisim on the point of a lightsaber was stronger than the Empire’s willingness to fight to defend the religious and personal freedoms of its citizens.
It is important for us to learn from the past, no matter how long, long ago or far, far away.
[quote]Grimnuruk wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
Grimnuruk wrote:
I could be mistaken, but I believe that some of you may be missing the dry reference to certain recent conspiracy claims in the “media.” That’s why I’d have posted it anyways…
Reaaaaallllyyyyyy???
Wow, I feel like I’ve just seen the sun for the first time…
Glad I could clear that up for you. For my next trick I will be blotting the moon with a blood red stain Saturday night on the East Coast.
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[quote]BH6 wrote:
I think we can draw a good lesson from the destruction of the twin deathstars and the resulting fall of the empire. In this case, the terrorist rebels won. Thier faith in the Force and the hokey religion of Jediism made them enemies of the “civilized world”.
The rebels unwaivering determination to convert the galaxy to Jediisim on the point of a lightsaber was stronger than the Empire’s willingness to fight to defend the religious and personal freedoms of its citizens.
It is important for us to learn from the past, no matter how long, long ago or far, far away.[/quote]
I think it should be clear by now that the Empire was willing to spend gazillions on a limited piece of equipment with very little practical use, while not being able to have enough boots on the ground to defend its shield generator.
There are without any doubts defense contractors swimming in money after having built not one but two of these “Death Stars”, which makes me wonder why they were built in the first place.
