Ryan McAvoy said:
Bingowings said:
an inexplicably placed hole in the floor
You bring this up all the time. It's there because it looks impressive (Both within the film's logic and from a moviegoing perspective). This is a real-life building in China...
^ That inside space could have been used to fit in more offices (Or cellblocks and garbage-mashers) but for some reason they left it empty? Maybe the architect designed it in the hope that somebody would use it for the same purpose that Vader did ;-)
It has long been a concept in Science Fiction, (and those who think about the real life implications of living in space) that you need such large open areas for air circulation, heat dissipation, and so people don't go crazy from living in small enclosed spaces for long periods of time.