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MasterMonkey13

by: usetheforce19

date posted: Apr 17, 2008 6:36 PM | updated: Apr 17, 2008 6:42 PM

"We Look Stupid!"

"We look stupid!" That's something Palpatine must have said at least once as the Death Star rolled through space. Wait, it didn't roll, it hovered. Well, how could it move?

One has to admit that the Death Star...errrr, flying through space must have been an odd sight to behold. We get a short shot of it...errrr, rolling through space in Episode IV.

The fact is, it doesn't look like it should move. It looks like a moon; moons don't move without a gravitational force or something to get it started, so if a=b and b=c then a must equal c ...right? Right?! Someone tell me! WRONG! Bwah-ha-ha! The Death Star has the power to defy logic!

I'm sure that you're all thinking that I came up with this brilliant observation on my own...thanks, but I didn't. May I direct your attention here. Don't ask me how I came across this blog, I just did. I thought that it proposed a very difficult question. Your honor, my I point out the statements made by Rando1138? Also look at Son of a Bith's comment. Aye, poor Porkins. redhawk23 brings up an odd solution, but it seems to fit. And, sorry SWidiotRM, there is no Spaceballs 2 being made.

Interesting? I also found it interesting that only two of the bloggers who commented still have a blog.

Got some ideas?

In honor of sharing blogs I'd like to point of this blogger who is in the middle of a series. Also, don't forget to help the Flaming Mole Rat in this blog.

MTFBWY! God bless!

http://blogs.starwars.com/huo2459iuS/105

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	FAN4YRS A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Apr 17, 2008 6:42 PM Well, in "Jedi" it was basically a moon of the moon of Endor (as odd as that sounds). It was revolving around Endor (at least, that's what I've always thought). Still, how would it travel to Alderaan to blow it up (or any other planet for that matter)? I suppose that what makes "Star Wars" a group of movies and not reality.

	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Apr 17, 2008 9:09 PM Hey - thanks for the blug. You will also be spared...

JawaJoey
Return of the Jawa

date Posted: Apr 17, 2008 11:08 PM

Yeah, and then you realize this it's supposedly a "space station." Space stations don't move. They remain in orbit around something, or sit in space somewhere. If it has engines, it's a space "ship."

So the armored space "station" is really an armored space SHIP, even though it doesn't appear to have engines, but somehow moves around.

Heck, maybe it does roll.

	usetheforce19 MasterMonkey13
date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 5:19 AM I suppose that what makes "Star Wars" a group of movies and not reality. It's not real? You will also be spared... Space stations don't move. They remain in orbit around something, or sit in space somewhere. If it has engines, it's a space "ship." Exactly. Good points you bring up.

shoppingMaul61

date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 6:51 AM

Defying gravity is a simple science in the Star Wars universe ie Landspeeders, carbonite blocks etc etc. The Death Star would use a larger-scale version of such technology to create it's own ecliptic, which it would follow using huge bursts of basic drive propulsion, including hyperdrive for vast distances. Short bursts would do the trick in the vaccuum of space, since huge manoeuvrability is not required. The engines would probably be housed around the rim (invisible from space).

	shoppingMaul61
date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 6:53 AM How about this for a scale problem... How the hell does the ionic cannon laser-beam, which would have to be several miles thick at least, appear to be 'ship-sized' when it destroys rebel ships in ROTJ?

	zach starwalker
date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 9:19 AM Well, in "Jedi" it was basically a moon of the moon of Endor Theoretically impossible but I'll let it slip. Also there are several large engines I remember reading about. Continued

zach starwalker

date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 9:19 AM

Straight from wookieepedia

Facilitating the Death Star's realspace propulsion were a network of powerful ion engines that transformed reactor power into needed thrust. In order for the Death Star to be a deadly threat, it needed to be mobile. Using linked banks of 123 hyperdrive field generators tied into a single navigational matrix, the Death Star could travel across the Galaxy at superluminal velocities. The incredible energies harnessed by the station combined with its great mass gave the Death Star magnetic and artificial gravitational fields equal to those found on orbital bodies many times greater in size.

usetheforce19
MasterMonkey13

date Posted: Apr 18, 2008 5:46 PM

Defying gravity is a simple science in the Star Wars universe ie Landspeeders, carbonite blocks etc etc.

The ability to defy gravity is a powerful technique.

How the hell does the ionic cannon laser-beam, which would have to be several miles thick at least, appear to be 'ship-sized' when it destroys rebel ships in ROTJ?

Magic.

Straight from wookieepedia

Now we know it's true!

Great ideas guys.

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