Rogue Leader said:
xhonzi said:
Rogue Leader said:
Incom T-47 speeders are not equiped with bombs. Thus I suggested the Rebel ground troops running towards the crash with a portable concussion missle launcher with a combined attacked from the snowspeeders.
Yeah, I'm afraid I don't really care what the minutia of the EU has to say about everything. The fact is that the movie, as filmed, shows snowspeeders using blasters to blow up armor that's "too strong for blasters." So, yes, you could shoot a completely new scene with ground troops running toward the thing with missile launchers (which probably are also new to the contintuity of the scene) or you could add a bomb or two to the snowspeeders and mostly keep the scene as is. As you said, the rebels modified the snowspeeders for use on Hoth... who's to say that they didn't add some heavier ordinance to them while they were at it. If Luke can carry an AT-AT destroying grenade on his belt, surely the light speeders can carry a couple bombs/missiles/grenades capable of the same feat.
Apparently Ady doesn't plan to do anything with the scene, but wouldn't a simple change to the ordinance fired by the snowspeeders be a lot more in line with the subtle changes than filming an entirely new scene?
If that's the case why not have some X-wings diverted from escort duty of the medium transports to slag the walkers with a couple of proton torps. <EU trivia> Or why not just reorient the angle of the <EU trivia> ion canon to fire at the AT-ATs, if it can take a ISD then walkers should be nothing... Oooo wait, why don't we actually have the Rebel win the battle of Hoth! XD
There's changes for the sake of improvement and then there are changes for nothing more than flash.
I don't mean to beat a dead horse here, and this will be my last comment on the subject, but...
I don't see how "changing lasers to a bomb to explain why the movie once said 'their armor is too strong for blasters' and then shows the same people blowing up said armor with said blasters" is change for change's sake or 'just to do something flashy'. I don't see how it's anywhere in the same league as filming additional material with soldiers or other spacecraft or canons or whatnot. It would probably be a change that no one would notice, unless they were in the camp of people (you know who you are) who consider it an onscreen contradiction. I'm not suggesting the speeders shoot rainbows, and I'm not suggesting that the Empire brings its mini death star along. The speeders blow up the AT-AT, I was simply trying to suggest a simple change to the scene that would make sense, but not be too big a departure from the scene today. Either in terms of pixel count or story effect.
You and Ady seem to agree that you don't think there is an onscreen contradiction, but you don't need to poo-poo the people that do.
You may not care about the EU and that's fine but there are many holes we can all poke in this battle and not everything needs to be explained...
This is true. It really is stupid to devise a walking tank that only shoots forward. It's even more stupid to attack that tank from the front. HigHurtenflurst is right, I guess it's best to just not overthink it.