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Originally posted by: Bossk
I just have one question on the whole Death Star issue... when do they actually say it is complete? I know Tarkin makes reference to this "fully functional battle station" which could imply that it was just completed (or was that Palpy in ROTJ who says that?). But why do we assume that it took what would actually be 18 years as Luke and Leia are born in ROTS and are 18 in ANH? Maybe it's been done for some time and has been floating about biding its time to make its first appearance. Or maybe they've been adding on or refining it before actually using it? Just some ideas to ponder.
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that line was the Emperor in Jedi. Tarkin made some comment along the lines of a 'ribbon cutting event' when they first used it on Alderaan.
bossk, ive also thought of this possibiliy, but from the movie, it also seems that Palpatine was waiting to dissolve the senate until after he had the death star to use as that fear factor to control the people.
as far as the plans of the death star, that would have worked, but i think the problem there was they jumped the gun by already showing those in AOTC. Also, I think part of the scene at the end was meant to show Tarkin in a 'position of power' over the death star. not that this explains the time delay.
I think there is too much focus on the wording of "High Ground" rather than a more general strategic meaning of the term. Maybe it would have been better if Ben said he had the "Upper Hand" or something along those lines, but the point is still the same.
I just thought of something though, Ben's line in ANH 'You cant win Darth, if you strike me down i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine' He's basically telling him the same thing in that battle that he did in the Episode III battle, that Anakin cant win the fight. (also intersting in terms of Ben's convo with Yoda at the end of ROTS)
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ohh, good call on the metaphor MeBe
-Darth Simon