doubleofive said:
Darth Hade said:
The argument for it being Scarif is weak.
How is “this is where we left the DS yesterday” a weak argument, besides the fact that according to the newEU Scarif was it’s home base where it was completed?
Here is a not so weak argument.
It’s not yesterday. Not even close.
Events timeline
Day 1:
- Battle at Scarif
- The Princess’ escape - say about couple of hours at most, but surely Tatooine is not minutes from another planet.
- Robots land on Tatooine around noon. (Watch the shadow of Thripio when he walks away from Artoo)
- They walk about half a day, since Artoo is captured after nightfall
Day 2:
5. The droids are sold the in the afternoon. We know that, because of the diner scene, the sunset scene, and when Luke looks for Artoo, is already dark.
Day 3:
6. In the morning Luke and Thripio goes after Artoo, that might take 2-3 hours.
7. Ben’s hut. Say about an hour.
8. We see the Death Star for the first time.
9. They find the Sandcrawler, which is at least a couple of hours away from Ben’s hut, since the sandcrawler wreck is about two thirds of the way from Ben’s hut to Bestine.
10. Luke races home, by the time he arrives, we are well in the afternoon. He goes back, than they spend the night in Bestine.
These series of events occour in nearly 3 days, and more than 2 days pass before we see the Death Star for the first time.
So it is plenty of time for the Death Star to get back where it came from. Especially if that is closer to the core, than Scarif.
Day 4
1 Mos Eisley
Now, Im pretty sure that a Cantina is not open in the morning. And since this is a hot enviroment, I’d say it opens after Siesta.
It is crowded already when they enter so it must be late afternoon by that time.
2 They escape Tatooine.
Day 5-8
1 Hyperspace
Nobody knows for sure how long it takes to get to Alderaan, but Tatooine is in the Outer Rim while Alderaan is a core world.
There are multiple sites that have travel time info:
http://www.starwars-chronicles.com/Hyperspace_Travel_Time.htm
So it’s about 4 days.
Luke had plenty of time to practice.
Day 9
Death Star + Escape from Death Star
say about several hours
Day 9-12
Trip to Yavin from the core. Yavin is nearly as far from Alderaan as Tatooine.
The Battle of Yavin takes place about 2 weeks after the battle of Scarif.