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The Science of Star Wars
anonymous lion writes "National Geographic has an interesting interview with a couple of scientists on the scientific reality of Star Wars. For example, related to the cohabitation of humans and Gungans on NabooSeth Shostak states, "So maybe it's possible to share, as long as neither species has the technology to obliterate, enslave, or merely cook and eat each other.""
did i miss something.. i ... i though starwars was about making money..
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
Since it had no visible engines and no solar sails, we can only surmise that they launched it from a giant baseball-pitching machine.
My favorite part was when they arrive at the rebel base and somebody says "Leia, thank God you're alive. When Alderan was destroyed, we feared the worst."
No, everythings fine, just a couple of billion people incinerated.
Faith: n. -- That human impulse that drives them to steal appliances when the power goes out
In a galaxy far, far away a long time ago.
You can't argue with history. noobs
Now why would you want to go and waste a perfectly good nuke on a pile of Gungans?
Instead, send Jarjar back there with a megaphone... instant mass suicide.
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"Fighters make sound in a vacuum."
Yeah, and an orchestra lead by John Williams follows everybody around. I can't believe how unrealistic incidental music makes a movie. Oh, and don't get me started on looping of dialog!! Those guys shouldn't be futzing around with the sound like that, it's not realistic! I'm a purist that demands that scifi movies be like somebody is carrying around a small camcorder around documenting everything so it's as real as possible! MOD ME UP!!
"Derp de derp."
No, don't be silly. They built the Death Star in orbit around Alderaan.
As for how they got to Yavin, it was conveniently the next planet out in the same solar system. Questionable planning by rebels, putting their secret base in the same system as the Death Star.
The rest of the galaxy, of course, was kept in line by knowing that they were at risk of being blown up in a few hundred thousand years if they didn't behave.