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Wern't X-wings better than Tie fighters
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Er... yeah, that's what I said. The alliance fighters were better.
Tie Fighters don't even have shields.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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Sorry I thought you meant troops.Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Ah.
Apparently Stormtroopers are highly trained and very effective but I never saw them hit anything but a bunch of Jawas and Luke's aunt and uncle.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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The USS Enterprise D would have kicked Hoth's a**!
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Yea they always miss. The droids are much more effective at combat.Originally posted by MikeH
Ah.
Apparently Stormtroopers are highly trained and very effective but I never saw them hit anything but a bunch of Jawas and Luke's aunt and uncle."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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Considering they are all Jango fett clones, they could have done better although tehy kick rebel ass in the opeoning scence in Ep 4Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Ah, yes. Good point, I forgot that bit. They look a lot cooler as well, which is always very important.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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As long as you aren't posted any where near Han Solo or Luke skywalker I bet being a stormtooper would be a good laughSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Hard to go to the toilet in a hurry though with all that armour on.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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Re: Could Hoth's 4th panzer have accomplished its mission had it not been diverted?
An academic question. If it had not been diverted the attack on Moscow would have been slower. Stalingrad is a helluva lot further than 2 weeks advance.Originally posted by Lancer
Could Hoth's 4th panzer have accomplished its mission had it not been diverted?
No, IMHO.Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
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Even today's spacesuits have sanitary facilities. You'd think the SW equivalent was a bit more high tech.Originally posted by MikeH
Hard to go to the toilet in a hurry though with all that armour on.Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
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I doubt it. They were treated as disposable cannon-fodder. I suspect the Imperial policy on such matters was something along the lines of "If they go before combat, they'll be dead before they need to go again."Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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IIRC the calamari capital ships were adapted from their peacetime vessels - so they were naturally smaller and less powerful than a custom built Imperial alternative.
Storm Trooper strategy seemed to be keep throwing troops at the enemy until they run out of juice for their guns. No wonder they didnt have enough troops to control the whole empire at the end.
And why with a high-tech empire, could no-one make a gun that actually shot straight? the accuracy ratio in SW must be about 5% of all shots fired hitting their intended target - if that..Comment
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Two notes about Lucas' direction of SW movies:-
1) The spaceship explosions in the original trilogy were clearly not filmed in a vacuum. It makes me laugh to this day to see them.
2) The laser bolt effects he uses are very much like modren day tracer fire. They are certainly totally unlike laser beams, which travel at light speed (of course).
Are you guys still convinced about this space opera?Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
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