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Originally posted by: Asha
A 'groundless' nitpick? Then riddle me this: why was Kenobi able to defeat Maul when Maul was standing above a dangling Kenobi? Maul had "the high ground." It didn't hold Ben back, so why would Ben have believed that Anakin wasn't able to pull of his jump?
Because Maul doesn't use the high ground, he toys with Obi Wan, using the sparks from his saber. When Obi Wan leaps, Maul doesn't react, that's why the high ground was of no use to him. Maul had the advantage, he just got bitched anyways.
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And the attempts at explaining away the construction of the Death star don't work for me AT ALL. Sorry, but it just doesn't add up. Twenty years to construct one Death Star ... and six months to two years to construct a second? Not even Henry Ford could achieve that feat. Lucas was feebly trying to tie-in images from the original film to justify Revenge of the Sith in the face of all logic.
It seems to me that you're choosing to file plot holes YOU don't like as "nitpicks."
Twenty years to construct one Death Star is a problem for you? How long has it taken the World to build the ISS which is 1/1000th the size of a fully operational military base with a massive weapon inside? They were kind of designing it on the fly, I'm sure as no one had ever done something like this. Also, it had to be kept hidden from the Rebellion and the Senate, to keep them for suspecting. How long is the gap between AOTC and ROTS? Atleast 9 months, I know that. If that's the case, then it took them just 9 months to get like 5 pieces of a frame up for that final scene.