Han has to charge up the main guns on the Millennium Falcon, and that means their output is limited by the storage capacity and recharge rate of what ever Han is charging rather. This makes the Falcon's reactor output irrelevant when determining the Falcon's maximum firepower.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html wrote: INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CENTRAL HOLD AREA
Luke, saddened by the loss of Obi-Wan Kenobi, stares off blankly as the robots look on. Leia puts a blanket around him protectively, and Luke turns and looks up at her. She sits down beside him.
INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT
Solo spots approaching enemy ships.
HAN(to Chewie): We're coming up on the sentry ships. Hold 'em off! Angle the deflector shields while I charge up the main guns!
This type of setup is likely to be common, and is actually used in the real world.
If there is a primary ignition, then there must be more then one ignition, why, what do they do?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html wrote: INT. DEATH STAR - BLAST CHAMBER
VADER: Commence primary ignition.
A button is pressed which switches on a panel of lights. A hooded Imperial soldier reaches overhead and pulls a lever. Another lever is pulled. Vader reaches for still another lever and a bank of lights on a panel and wall light up. A huge beam of light emanates from within a cone-shaped area and converges into a single laser beam out toward Alderaan. The small green planet of Alderaan is blown into space dust.
Hatch doors on the Death Star were made of steel. Is steel stated to be used on any other parts of the Death Star in the novelization?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html wrote: Blasts from the stormtroopers' laser guns explode nearby reminding them of the oncoming danger. Luke fires back at the advancing troops. Leia reaches over and hits a switch that pops the hatch door shut with a resounding boom, leaving them precariously perched on a short piece of bridge overhang. Laserfire from the troopers continues to hit the steel door.
WTF, the tractor beam that dragged in the Falcon needs to be linked to the main reactor in 7 places to work! Doesn't kind of put a crimp in many firepower claims?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html wrote: Artoo punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the vast Imperial brain network comes to life, feeding information to the little robot. After a few moments, he beeps something.
THREEPIO: He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor.
The computer monitor flashes readouts.
THREEPIO: The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to leave.
If there is a main reactor there must be at least one other reactor powering it. This makes any calculation that assumes one reactor incorrect.
What is carrying away the waste heat? There must be a huge jet of matter in order to keep the main reactor cool.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html wrote: DODONNA: The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.
If nothing is coming out of the exhaust port then the main reactor can't be producing much waste heat, but then why have an open exhaust port?
Episode 5
Does not seem canon, but interesting none the less.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html wrote: INT. CLOUD CITY - DINING ROOM
The mighty doors to the dining room slide open and the group enters the dining room. At the far end of a huge banquet table sits Darth Vader. Standing at his side and slightly behind him is Boba Fett, the bounty hunter.
Faster than the wink of an eye, Han draws his blaster and pops off a couple of shots directly at Vader. The Dark Lord quickly raises his hand, deflecting the bolts into one of the side walls, where they explode harmlessly. Just as quickly, Han's weapon zips into Vader's hand. The evil presence calmly places the gun on the table in front of him.
This is interesting as it would imply that Vader was meant to simply deflected the blaster bolts with his hand rather then absorb the energy lt is assumed by some.
A thin metal door is suppose to contain a person armed with a lightsaber and a blaster, and yet the weapons can make large holes in the walls? Those walls must be rather fragile?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html wrote: INT. CLOUD CITY - CORRIDOR - DAY
As Luke and Artoo move carefully down a deserted corridor, they hear a group of people coming down a side hallway. Artoo lets out an excited series of beeps and whistles. Luke glares at the tiny droid, who stops in his tracks with a feeble squeak.
Boba Fett enters from a side hallway followed by two guards pushing the floating, encased body of Han Solo. Two stormtroopers, who follow, immediately spot Luke and open fire on him. The youth draws his weapon and blasts the two troopers before they can get off a second shot. The two guards whisk Han into another hallway as Fett lowers his arm and fires a deadly laser at Luke, which explodes to one side and tears up a huge chunk of wall.
Luke rushes to a side hallway, but by the time he reaches it, Fett, Han, and the guards are gone. A think metal door blocks the passage. Luke turns to see Leia, Chewie, Threepio, and Lando being herded down a second hallway by several other stormtroopers. Leia turns just in time to see Luke.
Why aren't ion cannons like this mounted on ships? You could basically take out any ship with 1 or 2 shots.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html wrote: EXT. REBEL BASE ICE CAVE - ION CANNON
The giant ball-shaped ion cannon rotates into position and blasts two red energy beams skyward.
EXT. SPACE - HOTH - REBEL TRANSPORT
The Rebel transport and its escort race away from the white planet, closely followed by the two red energy beams.
As the Rebel transport races toward the waiting Imperial Star Destroyer, it is overtaken by the two scarlet energy bolts. The Imperial Star Destroyer is hit in the conning tower by the powerful bolts, which set up fiery explosions on its metal hull.
The big Star Destroyer veers, then spins wildly out of control. As the Imperial ship careers into deep space, the Rebel transport races away to safety.
So the thing that Luke uses to recharge R2-D2 is a fusion reactor, but it seems kind of big to not have a function when the X-Wing is working. Perhaps it is the X-Wings reactor and fuel?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html wrote: EXT. DAGOBAH - BOG CLEARING - DUSK
The mist has dispersed a bit, but it is still a very gloomy-looking swamp.
Luke pulls an equipment box from the shore to the clearing. He ignites a little fusion furnace and warms his hands before it. Taking a power cable, he plugs it into Artoo's noselike socket.
LUKE: Ready for some power? Okay. Let's see now. Put that in there. There you go.
The droid whistles his appreciation. Luke then opens a container of processed food and sits before the thermal heater.
LUKE(sighs): Now all I have to do is find this Yoda... if he even exists.
Episode 6
So the Death Star 2 was half finished.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html wrote: 131 EXT DEATH STAR
The Millennium Falcon leads a swerving bomb run through the immense superstructure of the half-built Death Star. The Rebel Star Cruisers outside continually bombard the huge station. And each direct hit is answered by resonating, chain-reaction explosions within the station itself.
If the Falcon is firing on the main reactor and it is dangerously close how much does the Falcon get hit with?http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html wrote: The X-wing heads for the top of the huge reactor and fires several proton torpedoes at the power regulator, causing a series of small explosions.
The Falcon heads for the main reactor, and when it is dangerously close, Lando fires the missiles, which shoot out of the Falcon with a powerful roar, and hit directly at the center of the main reactor.
He maneuvers the Falcon out of the winding superstructure just ahead of the continuing chain of explosions.
I'm sure that some of this is a lie, but most of it fits with what we see.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html wrote:
51 EXT DAGOBAH SWAMP - X-WING
Luke wanders back to where his ship is sitting. Artoo beeps a greeting, but is ignored by his depressed master. Luke kneels down, begins to help Artoo with the ship, then stops and shakes his head dejectedly.
LUKE: I can't do it, Artoo. I can't go on alone.
BEN (OS): Yoda will always be with you.
Luke looks up to see the shimmering image of BEN KENOBI.
LUKE: Obi-Wan! Why didn't you tell me?
The ghost of Ben Kenobi approaches him through the swamp.
LUKE: You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father.
BEN: You father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view.
LUKE (turning away, derisive)
A certain point of view!
BEN: Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
Luke is unresponsive. Ben studies him in silence for a moment.
BEN: I don't blame you for being angry. If I was wrong in what I did, it certainly wouldn't have been for the first time. You see, what happened to your father was my fault.
Ben pauses sadly.
BEN: Anakin was a good friend.
Luke turns with interest at this. As Ben speaks, Luke settles on a stump, mesmerized. Artoo comes over to offer his comforting presence.
BEN: When I first knew him, your father was already a great pilot. But I was amazed how strongly the Force was with him. I took it upon myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong. My pride has had terrible consequences for the galaxy.
Luke is entranced.
LUKE: There's still good in him.
BEN: I also thought he could be turned back to the good side. It couldn't be done. He is more machine now than man. Twisted and evil.
LUKE: I can't do it, Ben.
BEN: You cannot escape your destiny.
LUKE: I tried to stop him once. I couldn't do it.
BEN: Vader humbled you when first you met him, Luke... but that experience was part of your training. It taught you, among other things, the value of patience. Had you not been so impatient to defeat Vader then, you could have finished your training here with Yoda. You would have been prepared.
LUKE: But I had to help my friends.
BEN (grinning at Luke's indignation)
And did you help them? It was they who had to save you. You achieved little by rushing back prematurely, I fear.
LUKE (with sadness)
I found out Darth Vader was my father.
BEN: To be a Jedi, Luke, you must confront and then go beyond the dark side - the side your father couldn't get past. Impatience is the easiest door - for you, like your father. Only, your father was seduced by what he found on the other side of the door, and you have held firm. You're no longer so reckless now, Luke. You are strong and patient. And now, you must face Darth Vader again!
LUKE: I can't kill my own father.
BEN: Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope.
LUKE: Yoda spoke of another.
BEN: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.
LUKE: But I have no sister.
BEN: Hmm. To protect you both from the Emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, if Anakin were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. That is the reason why your sister remains safely anonymous.
LUKE: Leia! Leia's my sister.
BEN: Your insight serves you well. Bury your feelings deep down, Luke. They do you credit. But they could be made to serve the Emperor.
Luke looks into the distance, trying to comprehend all this.
BEN (continuing his narrative)
When your father left, he didn't know your mother was pregnant. Your mother and I knew he would find out eventually, but we wanted to keep you both as safe as possible, for as long as possible. So I took you to live with my brother Owen on Tatooine... and your mother took Leia to live as the daughter of Senator Organa, on Alderaan.
Luke turns, and settles near Ben to hear the tale.
BEN (attempting to give solace with his words)
The Organa household was high-born and politically quite powerful in that system. Leia became a princess by virtue of lineage... no one knew she'd been adopted, of course. But it was a title without real power, since Alderaan had long been a democracy. Even so, the family continued to be politically powerful, and Leia, following in her foster father's path, became a senator as well. That's not all she became, of course... she became the leader of her cell in the Alliance against the corrupt Empire. And because she had diplomatic immunity, she was a vital link for getting information to the Rebel cause. That's what she was doing when her path crossed yours... for her foster parents had always told her to contact me on Tatooine, if her troubles became desperate.
Luke is overwhelmed by the truth, and is suddenly protective of his sister.
How would Bail hide the fact that Leia was adopted from everyone?
So there are sevral power sources in the Death Star 2 just like the Death Star 1.http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html wrote: LANDO: Now lock onto the strongest power source. It should be the power generator.