The way I look at it, the Death Star's superlaser only works on rocky worlds, not gas giants. The laser dissipates when traveling through the dense atmosphere.
Hence, they can't blow up or shoot through Yavin - they have to go around it.
The way I look at it, the Death Star's superlaser only works on rocky worlds, not gas giants. The laser dissipates when traveling through the dense atmosphere.
Hence, they can't blow up or shoot through Yavin - they have to go around it.