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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student  |
You know what I never understood about the entire Trilogy. According to the Expanded Universe Tarkin already proposes to build the Death Star to Sienar three years after the death of Qui-Gon. (Source: Rogue Planet, by Greg Bear) At the end of ROTS there is already a small part made of the Death Star (as seen in the last scene showing Darth Vader). 20 years later, the thing has just been finished. So about 32 years to create the Death Star. And yet, how many years are between ANH and ROTJ. Not even half, I thought. How did they create another one, with a better design (which also must have taken time) in that time? _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Buzz - Student 
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There was also the discussion that includes "This station is now the ultimate power in the galaxy..." so its likely it was just recently completed or there was some other incredibly powerful superweapon out there. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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Quote: And whos says they had just finished it in ep4? oh that's easy Right before the decision falls to destroy Alderaan, one of the Imperial dudes says to Tarkin: "Final check is complete. All systems are operational." _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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DarthMike - Student 
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Well, another thing, The first 12 years were just finding a spot for it and planning it, since they just started at the end of ROTS. So really it was only 20 years to build. BUT, who ever said that they had just finished the death star in ANH? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Ashyr - Student 
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Quote: You know what I never understood about the entire Trilogy. According to the Expanded Universe Tarkin already proposes to build the Death Star to Sienar three years after the death of Qui-Gon. (Source: Rogue Planet, by Greg Bear) At the end of ROTS there is already a small part made of the Death Star (as seen in the last scene showing Darth Vader). 20 years later, the thing has just been finished. So about 32 years to create the Death Star. And yet, how many years are between ANH and ROTJ. Not even half, I thought. How did they create another one, with a better design (which also must have taken time) in that time? That's what happens when you bring the expanded universe into account. They don't line up. Just stick with what the movies tell you. Quote: *edit* You know what I dont get, if it took them 32 years to build the Death Star then wouldnt it be intellegent to make it absoultly perfect with no possiable weakness what so ever, and yet they leave a hole open for someone to blow it up? You're forgetting that these are American movies, therefore the good side has to win somehow. Quote: And whos says they had just finished it in ep4? Because they hadn't used it yet. _______________ Top ten reasons to get a better computer...|My fan |
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Luke Skywalker - Student 
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Quote: size of planet, time between recharges of the main weapon, and the size of an enemy it will be able to repel. That, and also the fact that the second Death Star was to be designed without the flaws of the first, which the Rebels managed to exploit at the Battle of Yavin. Should it have been completed, no starfighter would have been able to penetrate it the same way. Sure there may have been another way to defeat it, but the Rebels would have a hard time finding a way. _______________  Luke Skywalker
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Buzz - Student 
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size of planet, time between recharges of the main weapon, and the size of an enemy it will be able to repel. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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DarthMike - Student
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more powerful? how can you get more powerful than blowing up planets? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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ozzcoz - Cosplay Nerd 
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Maybe it's like processors. In like 2 years they went from lousy 500MHz to pretty affordable 3GHz processors. Technology flies, Once you know how to build it, it takes less time to repeat the process. Just a thought. Remember though, Star Wars = (science?) fantasy NOT science fiction. GL does just make junk up. _______________ A wizard did it. |
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Quote: Clearly they used speedhacks. lol, I agree _______________ |
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DarthMike - Student 
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And whos says they had just finished it in ep4? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Buzz - Student
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And it was also larger, and more powerful, yet it takes them only 1/5 the time to finish it. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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DarthMike - Student
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the death star in ep6 was still being built. It had a chunk missing _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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SaZ - Student 
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h4x _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Jade Jedi - Retired 
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Yeah, thats the one I was talking about Buzz. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Buzz - Student
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The EU version of the Death Star creation is a convoluted twisting idea full of much more serious repercussions than what is shown in the movies. EU version, Tarkin takes a group of omwati children, blue skinned humanoids, and runs them through extreme testing in a star destroyer over their city. Anytime a child fails Tarkin would incinerate their city. The one child to pass was Qwi Xux. She was the designer of the Death Star. A young kid with no real concept of what she was doing, just solving scientific problems. Bevel Lemelisk was her overseer and perfected the design. All of this was done in the Maw Installation. A prototype deathstar was built there, in a state like the one you see in ROTS. This was all done under the Emperor's nose. Tarkin had aspirations to become emperor himself. The emperor found out and Tarkin needed to let him in on the plan. So Lemelisk is brought out of the maw to oversee the full construction of the actual death star. Qwi Xux remained at the maw and built the designs for the world devastators, and also the sun crusher. Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin Anderson. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. This comment was edited by Buzz on Jul 05 2005 06:52am. |
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Jade Jedi - Retired
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In an EU book I read (I forget which one)the death star you see in ANH is not the first just the first complete one, there was atleast one other that did not get much further than the one in ROTS. So the one in ANH was probably just a prototype out for a test run. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Sfire - Student 
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Better technology. _______________ |Sfire - Padawan to MOTREC, Gradius| |Owner of Motrec's and Gradius's 999th Comments! Also Smily's 5001 comment and 3th's 1903 comment! Also, cannot forget to mention the proud owner of Gradius' 3000th comment!| |
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Phantom - Student 
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Maybe it was like Halo they magicly find another Halo ring and theres a bunch more. Nah, they were proably building another one in secret just in case. I mean they had to have the precausion that Vaders son will come back from the dead to blow up the Siths greatest weopon of mass destruciton? *edit* You know what I dont get, if it took them 32 years to build the Death Star then wouldnt it be intellegent to make it absoultly perfect with no possiable weakness what so ever, and yet they leave a hole open for someone to blow it up? _______________ -Phantom Ex-Master to Threat. Proud owner of Sazabi's 1500th comment! And Threats 50th comment "Insanity: a perfect rational adjustment to an insane world" This comment was edited by Phantom on Jul 05 2005 01:23am. |
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Buzz - Student
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ANH is considered Year 0 in most timeline's you see. ROTJ is Year 4. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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xAnAtOs - Student |
Quote: And yet, how many years are between ANH and ROTJ. Not even half, I thought. Huh? I thought quite a few years had passed between ANH and ROTJ... _______________ Brother to Luke Skywalker and (SKX) Dark Blade
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
And according to another EU novel, the Death Star was invented in the Maw installation by some scientists. I've long since given up any hope of a consistant Death Star. |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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Clearly they used speedhacks. _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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Buzz - Student
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You're trying to make sense, that just won'ts fly. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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