ray_afraid said:

adywan said:

ray_afraid said:

This is why I suggested cutting the explosion scene completely. It just doesn't add up. And all of the explanations take waay to much thought for such a quick scene. Having the walker fall over and then cutting to the rebel troops charging the battlefield is, in my opinion, the best option.

This would make no sense whatsoever. This is the rebels first little victory. They begin to think they can actually win this battle and then WHAM... they get their asses kicked. Take out the explosion and the scene falls flat.

But knocking the walker over is just as big a vicotry as blowing it up. It can no longer continue to advance and it can no longer fire it's weapons. That alone would be reason enough for the rebels to think they could pull off a win. I know you aren't gonna remove it and that's perfectly fine by me, but to say it would "make no sense whatsoever" is... well, wrong.

But how is it as big a victory than fully destroying it? So its tripped up and the rebels just leave it alone so it can deploy all the surviving troops that could possibly cut the cables and the AT-AT could get back on it's feet and rejoin the battle (which surely the AT-AT would be capable of in it's design). And i was saying that your reasoning why the scene should be cut because "all of the explanations take waay too much thought for such a quick scene" didn't make much sense. I've never had to over think that scene ever since i first saw it in 1980 when i was 13, nor did any of my mates and i haven't really seen anyone have a problem with this shot until this discussion started. . I've always seen it as the neck was damaged in the fall and they exploited the weak spot. Ending the scene with the walker falling is a bit of a damp squib compared to blowing the thing up. But don't forget, this is just a movie.