Question about the new shot with the rebel transports taking off.
I noticed that the ION Canon is animated in the background and I know this shot changed a bit from what you first showed us ages ago. It’s got my wondering why it is animated?
It got me thinking things like is the laser bolt missing and then I thought, nah perhaps too early to fire.
I’m not really saying it’s a mistake or anything but I am really curious about this it seems like you had something planned and changed your plans or something!
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The cannon is moving into position to provide cover fire for the last transports. It may have to shut down to recharge or maybe it puts the actual cannon away to camouflage itself from attack.
I noticed this too and thought it odd. We never see Ion Control, but by this point in the film the control room that had previously given the “fire” order was evacuated and the power generator had been destroyed. If the ion cannon was still operating under those conditions it must have had its own independent power source and been firing blind.
I’m not saying that it couldn’t happen, it just never occurred to me that it might.