Tovor
05-30-2006, 11:15 PM
Here is something to think about, a "what-if" hypothetical.
In this thread, this hypothetical may apply to either ANH or ROTJ.
What if, somehow, the rebels did not destroy the DS, but captured it instead. Luke led a covert party into the DS and they gained control of the control room. Luke announced that unless the soldiers surrendered, all life support would be turned off (except the control room, of course), or some other means was used to cement rebel control of the infiltrated battle station. How would the rebels then use the DS to win the war, without resorting to the same tactics as the empire in destroying planets?
And...after the war was won, with the imperial fleet captured/surrendered, the emperor and Vader dead, ect...What benefit would the DS be in peace time? Could its laser be modified for drill mining in large moons, planet surfaces, ect...?
Now, since somebody is bound to say something such as: "Well, you ask how could they use it to win the war? I would think that upon capturing it, they would've won the war already. They would have had to have gotten past the Emperor and Vader to pull that off anyway, don't you think?"
...I will answer such a response in advance.
Yes, but what about the rest of the fleet? according to the EU, though Im talking about the movies really, much of the fleet still belonged to renegade imperial commanders and the war continued. But I am not talking about the EU here at all, as I am talking about the movies in hypothetical. So lets say then that Vader and the emperor hadn't been on the DS when it was captured.
At that point you may add the following statement, a mere guess as to what you might say:
"Then that's different. and quite plausible as well, because neither Sith was on it before ROTJ anyway. If the rebels had learned of it a tad earlier than they actually had...."
According to the ROTS novel, something not at all explained in the film, the site on Mustafar was a vastly expensive, secure installation that was impenatrable to Republic forces. Anakin used a security password given to him by Sidious to go right in. Point being, lets say Obi-Wan had been up to the challenge like he had been when infiltrating Grievious' secure hideout or when he and Yoda stormed the Jedi temple, and had led Luke and Han to take control of the DS when they were there. Hell, they were already inside the damn thing. Let's say Vader had been captured. Why not? Both Anakin and Obi-Wan were captured in AOTC by non-Force wielders.
Or for more hypotheticals, lets say Vader hadn't even been on the DS when the Falcon got sucked in by tractor beam. Or lets say that Leia had been successful and had picked Obi-Wan up on Tatooine, and he had brought Luke, and they somehow got aboard the DS from that point. What would the Emperor had done if the rebels had shown up in the Coruscant system with a stolen Death Star, and could not only destroy any Imperial ship that approached, but could narrow down the beam to destroy individual targets on the surface instead of the whole planet? Other than soil his Sith robes, I mean.
Thank you to Gollafett for fueling my topic onward via IM, and giving me things to respond to. :cheers:
In this thread, this hypothetical may apply to either ANH or ROTJ.
What if, somehow, the rebels did not destroy the DS, but captured it instead. Luke led a covert party into the DS and they gained control of the control room. Luke announced that unless the soldiers surrendered, all life support would be turned off (except the control room, of course), or some other means was used to cement rebel control of the infiltrated battle station. How would the rebels then use the DS to win the war, without resorting to the same tactics as the empire in destroying planets?
And...after the war was won, with the imperial fleet captured/surrendered, the emperor and Vader dead, ect...What benefit would the DS be in peace time? Could its laser be modified for drill mining in large moons, planet surfaces, ect...?
Now, since somebody is bound to say something such as: "Well, you ask how could they use it to win the war? I would think that upon capturing it, they would've won the war already. They would have had to have gotten past the Emperor and Vader to pull that off anyway, don't you think?"
...I will answer such a response in advance.
Yes, but what about the rest of the fleet? according to the EU, though Im talking about the movies really, much of the fleet still belonged to renegade imperial commanders and the war continued. But I am not talking about the EU here at all, as I am talking about the movies in hypothetical. So lets say then that Vader and the emperor hadn't been on the DS when it was captured.
At that point you may add the following statement, a mere guess as to what you might say:
"Then that's different. and quite plausible as well, because neither Sith was on it before ROTJ anyway. If the rebels had learned of it a tad earlier than they actually had...."
According to the ROTS novel, something not at all explained in the film, the site on Mustafar was a vastly expensive, secure installation that was impenatrable to Republic forces. Anakin used a security password given to him by Sidious to go right in. Point being, lets say Obi-Wan had been up to the challenge like he had been when infiltrating Grievious' secure hideout or when he and Yoda stormed the Jedi temple, and had led Luke and Han to take control of the DS when they were there. Hell, they were already inside the damn thing. Let's say Vader had been captured. Why not? Both Anakin and Obi-Wan were captured in AOTC by non-Force wielders.
Or for more hypotheticals, lets say Vader hadn't even been on the DS when the Falcon got sucked in by tractor beam. Or lets say that Leia had been successful and had picked Obi-Wan up on Tatooine, and he had brought Luke, and they somehow got aboard the DS from that point. What would the Emperor had done if the rebels had shown up in the Coruscant system with a stolen Death Star, and could not only destroy any Imperial ship that approached, but could narrow down the beam to destroy individual targets on the surface instead of the whole planet? Other than soil his Sith robes, I mean.
Thank you to Gollafett for fueling my topic onward via IM, and giving me things to respond to. :cheers: