Originally posted by: shanep
But how would you explain Luke watching the space battle, and the Emperor in command of the Death Star?
Luke would still be watching the space battle from the throne room, only he would be watching it from Coruscant. Palps would still be in command of the DS. The DS would be in Coruscant's orbit, blowing rebel ships away.
Picture that "Luke obsererves the space battle" scene with little shapes and small flashes. Now imagine that with a distant DS2 in the same shot.
You really wouldn't have to edit much at all, just add the DS in a few shots and Coruscant in a few.
But how would you explain Luke watching the space battle, and the Emperor in command of the Death Star?
Luke would still be watching the space battle from the throne room, only he would be watching it from Coruscant. Palps would still be in command of the DS. The DS would be in Coruscant's orbit, blowing rebel ships away.
Picture that "Luke obsererves the space battle" scene with little shapes and small flashes. Now imagine that with a distant DS2 in the same shot.
You really wouldn't have to edit much at all, just add the DS in a few shots and Coruscant in a few.
I think this might be a bit of a stetch. In ANH, Luke had to use his macrobinoculars to see a battle in orbit over tatooine. Now in ROTJ he's supposed to look out a window and see ships in orbit around a moon of coruscant?
Think of how small our moon looks in the sky. Now imagine a little Death Star next to it. Now imagine a bunch of little ships around the Death Star. At night, the only things you would be able to see are the moon and the Death Star.
I think it would be easier to have the emperor's throne room be on the DSII, as it is in ROTJ. Remember, he is part of the bait for the rebellion. The attack is in part an assasination attempt.