LOL
I take it you've never been in a thread for a Nolan movie then
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How can there be a chunk of the Death Star on Endor despite the fact it exploded?
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I take it you've never been in a thread for a Nolan movie then
It sort of looks like it created that whole body of water or did major damage to the land though. But I don't think of that stuff too much.
Thats a little different though. If we're talking interstellar. It's pretty realistic overall, but eventually you have to turn the logic off in your brain at the end. Lol
I mean compare it to something like the MCU. Nobody nitpicks anything in those movies. Which is the way it should be. It's a real life comic book.
Is it even Endor? I don't see any trees.
Anyway, it still makes more sense than exploding planets in a different solar system being visible from Takodana in Force Awakens.
Anyway, it still makes more sense than exploding planets in a different solar system being visible from Takodana in Force Awakens.
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Did the TFA novelizations or whatever explain how Starkiller base was supposed to work after it drained its star in four shots? Was is supposed to be able to travel in hyperspace or something somehow and drain more stars?
The old explosion effect doesn't make much sense to begin with and was limited by the technology of the day. Stop fucking overthinking shit like this, it's outright embarrassing.
Agreed.
For me it is not just that though. I hate watching older entries in a franchise with the knowledge of newer ones reusing certain bits and pieces and then instead of enjoying the old scenes, being concious of the fact that somewhere down the line in EpIX or Genisys or whatever they messed that bit up. So instead of enjoying the boom from DS2 and the victory, Han awkwardly kissing Leia and starting their relationship I'm now reminded of the inconsistency coming from Episode IX. Why were they not mortally afraid of the giant 50km piece hurling towards them at explosive speeds?
Ah well, not that anything can ever top Han and Leia's sweet start of their marriage now also foreshadowing asshole brat Vader fanboy's rule and murdering of his father..
Good, now that you've done all this important work, get cracking on how they fly faster than the speed of light and how their laser swords work.
The world needs your devotion to the serious topics brought up in these space documentaries from a long-dead civilization.
When Star Trek: Enterprise debuted it was met with an angry nerd brigade that was all up in arms with "If it takes place BEFORE TOS then why does it look MORE HIGH TECH?"
Because TOS was made in the '60s, with crude toggle switches and paper maché?
Goddamn, 90s Star Wars EU is so ugly.
I spent like three hours shading the upper lip
It explains why so many of the book covers were just done from movie reference photos.
Doesn't explain why Chewbacca looks like a hairy Davy Jones from pirates of the Caribbean.
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I think either:
Yes it can travel (like the Death Stars could)
or
No it can't travel and it doesn't need to (because they already destroyed the New Republic with four shots all according to their plan)
Just imagine that the fire and gases of the explosion expanded much faster than the gargantuan chunks could travel. They were engulfed by the explosion. Smaller pieces got launched faster. It's fine. Everything will be okay.
Also just because it may be interesting to some, the relevant piece is a little different than that image. Though we can't say how much exists under the surface of the water. It is roughly this portion of the DS2:
There were lots of posts complaining about one single line that Rhodey said in some recent footage released LOL
Alternatively, make a Civil War thread right now.
One and done. If you want to rationalize it a bit more then the visuals weren't up to snuff back in the day to make it clear pieces shattered off instead of being vaporized.
I don't think it's Endor either way..because that's no forest moon.
I've seen them all for the MCU.
- Thanos infinite resources
- Caps shield always comes back
- ironmans nanomachines
- wakanda charging head on
+ dozens more.
The nitpicking still isn't even close to ST. And you'll see a lot of the same posters complaining about SW while defending the MCU. It's weird. They should be judged as the same type of movie and not taking them too serious. Do people feel SW is supposed to be somewhat sci-fi or something?
And what recent footage? Lol
What's with the Abrams hate all of a sudden in particular with Star Wars? The Force Awakens was a fantastic return for the series and at least gave a glimpse of the prior trilogy and some world building and now we are seeing it again with remains from the OT. Seeing stuff like parts of the Death Star and broken ships is exactly what we should have been seeing in the last Jedi too, but no, we saw literally nothing but the inside of ships and a casino.
This thread is just one example of why I can't take the fan communities of many sci-fi movies/shows seriously. I really hate the idea that what we see on the screen is treated as some kind of documentary film and not perhaps a limitation of budget and technology of the time the movie was made. Maybe they didn't show debris because they felt that doing debris during that scene wasn't worth it or something. Instead it gets treated as proof that there couldn't possibly be any debris of such and such size.
I agree the the idea behind this, but go venture into a Star Trek thread from time to time. Star Wars is hardly alone and if we include TV series then oh boy.
I agree the the idea behind this, but go venture into a Star Trek thread from time to time. Star Wars is hardly alone and if we include TV series then oh boy.
OP, you're bringing logic into a film directed by JJ Abrams and written by the man who gave us Batman v Superman.
...Don't.
...Don't.
Pretty much. One of my favorite scenes from the movie is when they are going though that gauntlet o death and they ask "why would you design this" and the answer is because it was in the show and no more thought was given to it by the aliens.
Contrary to popular belief, "But space wizards" is not an end all excuse for everything dumb that happens in Star Wars. Fantasy can still be consistent within its own framework. The most recognizable part of the Death Star conveniently landing on whats possibly a familar moon isnt the most questionable thing in the series, but its still pretty stupid.
ie. The scene in TPM with Anakin finding a tiny helmet and accidentally fucking shit up in the Naboo ship is excessively stupid and makes the stakes feel completely empty (especially with how serious the movie tries to go at the end). No amount of "but space wizards" makes that shit any better.
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A lot of new stuff introduced in the series has contradicted other movies, some more annoying than others.
I was just rewatching ESB, and Vader never uses powers that we see him use in the prequels/Rogue One (like force-push/force-throw-dude-into ceiling) even when it would be extremely useful for him to do so. So instead of trying to manipulate Luke into the carbonite chamber, Vader could have just force-lifted him off the ground and placed him there. Or when Luke threw himself off the bridge, Vader could have force-levitated him to capture him.
And conversely, stuff introduced in the OT could mess with future films, like the whole "size matters not" philosophy. It was fine with Luke because he never became really good at using the force. But size should not be an issue with any capable Jedi we meet in the future.
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I don't think Vader was really trying both those times.
So, I'm waiting for Netflix to cancel Mystery Science Theater 3000. I love that show more than anything, but I know it's coming. Fans had to literally pay to bring it back. It'll likely be the last time I ever get new MST3K. Two shots (three if you count Sci-Fi picking it up in the original run) That's it. Do I like every episode? Is the return as good as the original? No. But I knew it never would be. Because I grew up loving it as a kid. Now as an adult with a crushed spirit, so few new experiences bring me joy like the return of a fictional show that meant so much to me growing up and hoping that starry-eyed kids today would love it just as much as I did.
Then you have Star Wars. A franchise with entries out the ass and more on the way for all eternity. Movies. Spinoffs. Shows. Books. Merchandise. Theme parks. It's all there for you. Everything you could ever want.
And here we are complaining about the fucking size of Death Star debris.
Fans as joyless as this deserve absolutely nothing.
Then you have Star Wars. A franchise with entries out the ass and more on the way for all eternity. Movies. Spinoffs. Shows. Books. Merchandise. Theme parks. It's all there for you. Everything you could ever want.
And here we are complaining about the fucking size of Death Star debris.
Fans as joyless as this deserve absolutely nothing.
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Now you know how i feel when people bring up One More Day.
I always kind of assumed that it was built that way out of necessity (to avoid attention somehow) and that it was so incredibly destructive that they weren't going to need more shots.
because it looks cool.
We joked about it in the Rise of Skywalker trailer thread. Personally, I think it's ok since, it looks cool :p
Also I want Palpatine to meld with Endor.
That's right, Palpatine is now a planet.
We joked about it in the Rise of Skywalker trailer thread. Personally, I think it's ok since, it looks cool :p
Also I want Palpatine to meld with Endor.
That's right, Palpatine is now a planet.
That's actually a pretty good point.
But in addition it actually has been confirmed that it can travel. Though I'm not aware of any further elaboration that has been provided on its mobile capabilities.
Exclusive sneak peek of the next death star
it was obviously made of DURASTEEL and blessed with SITH ALCHEMY
I never said I hate him. I like him as a director.
But you only have to look at the destruction of Vulcan or the Hosnian system to see that he's perfectly happy to ignore the logic of physics when it's inconvenient for a beautiful scene.
The metal is obviously very strong, as a structure of that size has to deal with:
1) It's own gravitational pull as a consequence of its mass (something the films never touch on)
2) If it is ever propelled anywhere, it must be able to resist the stresses on its joints during acceleration and deceleration and I'm not an engineer so I can't tell you how bad it'd be but it's probably big
The better question is, if they have this amazing material, why do they not use it in construction of TIE fighters? And if they do, how strong are rival aerial weaponry that they can punch through this armor, though they clearly don't even make a dent on the Death Star?
If Star Destroyers can crash on Jakku and maintain structural integrity, it's not much of a reach that a piece of Death Star could too.
The chunk shown in the OP looks nowhere near half the size of the Death Star? Like, at all.
Because it looks good, that is all.
I guess people will complain though. We'll have to have a ROTJ special special special edition where we see that piece of the death star intact.
I guess people will complain though. We'll have to have a ROTJ special special special edition where we see that piece of the death star intact.