professa said:So that is not close enough for the Executor to lock onto them with a tractor beam? Really?
it's not in range because the sd's own mass is blocking the line of sight from the tractor beam emitter and the falcon - imagine trying to look under your own chin without a mirror
Impfighter said:
So would also agree along the lines of what professa said too.
I am dumbfounded. How can there be any argument here?!?! The Death Star tractor beam was more like a field, in that it caught the MF when it came into range. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can argue it's mass, spherical shape, etc but REGARDLESS... even if you are right professa, are you still telling me that the tractor beam is going to be in the tippity-tip of the Executor nose (where it would serve no use whatsoever for getting said tractored ship into the docking bay which is where on the ship? The nose? Or a few miles back? And yes, MILES) and even then, Piett and company aren't going to be ready so as soon as the MF clears the nose... BAM! Gotcha!
Nooooo! Instead, he's going to take his time, set the calibrations, ho hum... "ah, here we go... wait a minute.... dum de dum.... still charging....(again, X the Eliminator's death console charging up sounds)... okaaaaay, NOW.. uh, where did they go? Lord Vader is right behind me, isn't he?"
So the Executor is only going to have ONE tractor beam emitter and that is in the nose...nowhere near the hanger bays, nor the side bars where the Executor may actually dock to something with, nor the command tower where something may try to HIT it.
And et tu, ImpFighter? Really? Because the Executor could not have had the tractor beam already set to go, so when the TIEs herded the MF TO the Executor they couldn't have just stuck out the net to catch the fish, so to speak? Really? Because there was so much going on that no one on the Executor had the time to warm up the tractor beam, nor did anyone get the memo that Darth wanted to capture the MF... so what were we doing in that asteroid field again?
You know, here is a suggestion, Ady (not that you will do anything with it other than shoot it down):
have the Piett scene BEFORE the MF damn near lands on the Executor, maybe even before you see the distant shot of the MF closing in on the Executor (for pacing sake, you could have it right before the MF is in Bespin's orbit and the sun rises; that way that shot can immediately segway into the Executor in the distance shot). During some of Vader's close-ups, add some audio in the background that can barely be heard to the effect of "it's hard to lock on.. I don't know why.." ala ANH, with Vader's "The force is strong with this one"...
As in: Luke is the reason the Executor is having a hard time locking onto the MF, when the only other explanation is God-like incompetence. Yes, it's the Empire, but I thought we were supposed to take them seriously in this movie... even if its just a little more seriously... you know, a tiny bit more seriously (you know, before they get defeated by teddy bears)?
but yeah i agree most imperial stormtroopers couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat
WHAT?!?! Someone agrees with me on something?! And I don't have to add 10 links or images to back up my case to the millisecond?