shanerjedi said:

vaderios said:

I like the extra detail of the new one.

-Angel

Sometimes extra detail makes things look less realistic, especially if you're trying to convince audiences they're looking at something large and set back in the frame with distance between the viewer and the object.

Plus an Ion Cannon (even a shiney one) would be dulled up by the harsh cold and the snow. The shiney one does look great and I would support seeing one in the space battle in ROTJ on one of the ships. But for Hoth I would say leave the Ion Cannon alone.