Posted on 10/31/2015 10:39:33 AM PDT by C19fan
There are no shortage of ways in which a person could take issue with the war machines in the Star Wars universe. But instead of the illogical design of the lightsaber or the TIE fighter, we want to focus on the armored vehicles. Even in a universe of magical space samurai and moon-sized space stations, tanks are ever-present as alpha predators of ground battle. Yet the way the filmmakers imagined them violates many tenets of common sense weapons design.
(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
Yes they would and that would have been a very short movie.
Popular Mechanics sure ain’t what is used to be.
This is entertainment, folks.
Right from the beginning, space ships don’t make sounds in space. Laser cannons do not have recoil, etc., etc.
But who cares?
Silly magazine. Everyone knows that the design specs of every Imperial weapons platform call for it to have a single point, catastrophic vulnerability. Especially if said weapon is large, complex and expensive.
Wow! These guys who wrote this would be super fun to have at parties. NOT!
Yes, for some reason everyone long, long ago in the galaxy far, far away standardized on weaponry based on static plasma beams (lightsabres) and throwing plasma bolts (blasters), leaving more conventional weapons forgotten or undeveloped.
Back when the original movie came out my old high school wargaming and D&D buddies tried to come up with a role-playing game set in the Star Wars mythos. We decided that the Empire had a rigid military doctrine that explained some of the irrationalities. It wasn’t a satisfactory solution, but it’s what we came up with.
A lot of the article assumes conditions similar to warfare of our own place and time, and our own science. Someone in a galaxy far, far away might have some different knowledge of how things work. For example, our laser technology requires a high amount of energy, and theirs obviously does not- the scientists of the Star Wars milieu may have discovered a way to project energy that does create a light effect- possibly a side effect of a compact and useful weapon. Also, in a world of projected energy weapons, the design of armored vehicles would not be the same as one where weapons are powered largely by chemical reactions that create concussive force. Flat sides could exist because there would be no need for sloped/reactive armor, for example. The article may have some good points about rolling vs. walking, though.
Light sabers are like Samurai swords. It would be extremely dishonorable to discard one for a sneaky pistol.
I’m pretty sure the sound is there; we just can’t hear it because sound doesn’t transmit in a vacuum.
...would of been a very short movie.
that was one of the funniest @#$@$ing posts i’ve read in a long time!!! lol
not one, but TWO death stars with Incredible vulnerability.
I dont know what to compare it to today, because i dont know military equipment too well, but i bet someone could come up with one!
Star Wars is entertainment, not science.
More than likely, the next 3 Star Wars movies will also have Death Stars in them.
Also, what's the point of head-to-toe armor which doesn't even stop handgun blasts?
The people writing the screenplay wanted weapons that looked cool when filmed. I doubt anybody did any research beyond design specs.
lol. With no advanced radar to detect incoming fighters until they’re on top of it, no advance destroyers ahead of it, and that damned hole that goes straight to the generator and blows the whole thing up. :)
oh, and in Star Wars, no way of detecting if living beings are on a small captured ship, except sending a handful of men with huge scanner equipment in no security team.
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