Darth Venal said:

Monroville:

(sigh)

Because explosions are pretty instantaneous. Haven't you seen Mythbusters? Regardless, that was a ROTJ Wishlist item thought up to possibly explain how the Falcon could have the time to escape the DS2 even in a semi-realistic fashion, as short of the DS2 being made out of flammable material or the Emperor putting gasoline over everything to torch his bad investment and get the insurance money, the only thing blowing the DS up is the reactor...which we see blow up behind the Falcon... while they're still inside the DS2.

No offence, but that's nonsense. There's no point (sighing) when you're logic is wrong. Nothing is instantaneous. The explosion begins at the reactor core and spreads outwards consuming the Death Star, which is approximately 900km across. Now, you show me an explosion that starts at a central point like that and quote "instantaneously" fills a 900km space without having to spread to fill it first, and I'll concede the argument. And Mythbusters? You have got to be kidding. You seem to be mistaking the difference between ignition and shockwave/wavefront. Obviously ignition is pretty instantaneous, but no shockwave is. Fast, yes. Instantaneous, no. And again, the Death Star II is 900km in diameter, it is not a silly Mythbusters demo on an airfield.

I find your point of view slightly absurd. The Falcon already has time to escape because the explosion needs to engulf the Death Star.

Weird.

Darth, you're really being a dick about this. The "instantaneous" I refer to is how "instantaneous" an explosion is to mere humans such as ourselves. When something is moving at 20,000 miles per second, it may as well be "instantaneous" to us, or a spaceship like the Falcon which has to fly much slower than 20,000 miles per second flying through DS2 construction.

Your logic is trying to say a really fast hot-rodded car can outrun a nuclear blast AT THE SOURCE. Yes, nothing is instant - everything takes a few milliseconds at least for a reaction. But to HUMANS it may as well be, and the DS2 is not powered by hamsters on a treadmill.

Besides, this is a WISHLIST!!!!!!! As in, a suggestion for others to read, scratch their chin (or other hairy body parts) and think: "hmm, that could be a good idea!" or "hmm, that's just plain silly!"

You want to make an argument about logic? The whole point of the MYTHBUSTERS example is to show real explosions. Yes, they are ignited, much like how the Falcon ignited the reactor - it just didn't blow up on its own. Yes, explosions are not "instantaneous", but something happening within milliseconds is a hell of lot different than taking a leisurely walk through the woods. Shit man, ever hear of SUPERNOVAS?

You know, I'm tired of this. Or as Tyler Durdan would say: "This conversation is OVER"