DarthJarJar said:
I like the ATST in ESB, but judging by the changes in the new 16 minute clip ESB:R will be my version of choice. The new emperor scene and 'Bring my shuttle' more than make up for losing a brief glimpse of the ATST.
The ATST and the speeder bikes in Jedi do not make much sense but then you may as well ask:
Alright, I'm gonna bite just for fun :D
Why didn't the gunner on the star destroyer just shoot the escape pod "just to be sure"? (I bet he got force choked soon after!)
The gunner was ordered to hold his fire, now why did his superior give that order... Good question. Perhaps the guns were close from overheating after chasing the Tantive IV ?
Why do the stormtroopers ride giant lizards on Tatooine?
Why do policemen ride horses in some cities around the world? Aside from needing fuel, speeders' engines may not like the combination of sand and twin suns. Luke's XP-34 has no problem on flat rocky terrain but it might not fare that well on the Dune Sea...
When our heroes jump in the garbage chute, why don't the stormtroopers check out the station schematics and go and wait for them at the door?
Stormtroopers are morons, they are great to storm cities and ships and kill dozens of enemies who do nothing but stand against them and shoot back, but against a small group of evasing foes who use just a little bit of tactic they are totally lost.
Leia knew the falcon was being tracked so why didn't she ditch it on a neutral planet and take a different ship to Yavin
That would mean taking a detour to another planet and wasting time searching for another ship. But yeah I agree that's like inviting the wolves inside the sheep pen.
Why didn't the death star designer put some protection around the exhaust port?
They did put a ray-shield.
Why didn't the empire nuke hoth from orbit instead of sending a ground assault?
Already answered many times over : the rebels had an energy shield capable of deflecting any bombardment (sic). Besides Vader wanted Luke alive so nuking the whole place was out of the question.
Why didn't vader just break the falcon's hyperdrive rather than just having it switched off?
Dunno, breaking it might have been more difficult, or too obvious.
Why didn't the emperor have large shutters installed in those tubes the rebels fly through to get to the death star reactor?
It was still under construction, could be the engineers needed the space to transport large parts through those tunnels.
Why can't a crack legion of stormtroopers crush an insurgency comprised of teddy bears armed with sticks and stones?
Actually they could if you remember the battle, but they didn't count on the teddy bears AND the Wookie :D