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The Infamous "Stormtrooper Aim" Explained With Science — Page 2

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Akwat Kbrana said:

The "luring the Death Star into a trap" rationale works except for one small quibble: the Death Star plans had NOT been analyzed yet. Leia didn't know whether or not there was a weakness in the DS that they could exploit. Remember this?

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Dramatically and cinematically, it works. But it makes no logical sense whatsoever.

I disagree. Given that the Death Star was about to be the ULTIMATE POWER IN THE UNIVERSE and give the Empire unlimited authority through unimaginable fear, I think the Rebellion was going to have to fight it anyway, convienient weakness or not.

If they didn't, it was over for the Rebellion anyways.

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It always seemed to me Leia had made the decision they were going on the offensive either way, immediately. Before more star systems suffer the same fate as yadda yadda. (potentially, it fries a billion people a day while they wait around)

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generalfrevious said:

Wow. These plot holes do more damage to SW than the PT. We must be crazy to like this trilogy...

Or just follow Joel Robinson's advice and repeat to yourself it's just a show, you should really just relax.

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generalfrevious said:

I think it may be that no one ever heard Kane say rosebud.

 

We didn't see Kane's last conversations. He might have been mumbling Rosebud for days before he passed away.

As for Leia, I think we can assume the Alliance operated as a cell-structure. Leia was a key person in the Alderaanian cell, using her diplomatic cover to ferry communiques and materiel between "peaceful" Alderaan and its outposts on Yavin and Dantooine. After the destruction of Alderaan and the compromise of Dantooine, she may not have known any other safe place in the galaxy to hide from the Empire. Certainly she could not have directed the Falcon to any of the Core Worlds--the local Imperials would be waiting for them. That leaves the Outer Rim, where Imperial forces were scattered. I can't say flying to Yavin was the best possible decision, but given the finicky nature of FTL communications in Star Wars it may have been the only way to safely return to Alliance control.

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