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The Battle of Hoth: Vader the Invader

Posted by Soulskill on from the attack-them-with-giant-metal-camels dept.

JustOK writes "Darth Vader did a lot of bad things and did a lot of things badly; the Battle of Hoth was of both types. The Empire's attempt to capture Echo Base, while successful, was still a horrible failure. Sure, the Empire overran the ground defenses and captured the base, but most of the Rebels escaped. Luke, Leia and Han all got away. The Rebels had a poorly-laid-out ground defense, and a planetary shield that can't keep an invader out while complicating their own escape. This article at Wired takes us through all the missteps in the battle."

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  1. Re:A Serious Fan Could Apologize This All Away by elfprince13 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Star Wars universe makes a clear distinction between ray shields and particle shields. This is also the case with the shielding over exhaust port on the Death Star.

  2. Re:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Informative

    "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."

    nuff said

    It was a kids movie. Lucas even said so. This is like dissecting a Gumby show.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  3. Ignorant Journalist by Fieryphoenix · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even an incompetent reporter should know that a planetary shield protects against orbital bombardment from capital ships and is not a kinetic barrier to ship movement. It's exactly this lack of diligence in reporting that we were protected from by the previous regime, and I for one, miss the grav-trains running on time.