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Subject: Star Wars A New Hope sucked
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People constantly whine about the prequels but this movie was just as bad. There are so many plot holes! inb4 nerds just rage rather than address my following points:

Androids are important. They can convey information, fight in battles, etc. Two of our main characters are androids, and (if you account for prequels just a teensy bit) androids formed the rank and file military forces before the clone stormtroopers were developed. Vader himself is mostly cybernetic at this point. So why on God's green Alderaan did an Imperial idiot let an escape pod go because there were "no life signs" on it, and why did a second Imperial idiot find that order even the slightest bit reasonable? That pod's escape leads to the Death Star's destruction, and one laser blast would have prevented it.

At the end of the film, the Empire sends the Death Star to the Yavin system to destroy the no-longer-secret Rebel base. The Rebellion has 10 minutes to scramble their fighters and exploit the station's only weakness.But here's the catch: the only reason the Rebellion had those 10 precious minutes was because the Death Star had to orbit Yavin to get into position. Think about that one for a minute. The Death Star had to delay destroying the moon because there was a planet in the way. The whole purpose of the Death Star--indeed the only purpose that gets drilled into our heads from the start of the movie--is to destroy planets. But the giant planet destroyer had to wait 10 minutes because there was a planet in the way. WTF George ?

wasn't the existence and identity of Vader's children supposed to be a secret? Why, then, was Luke allowed to retain the surname Skywalker, and why did everyone know that Leia was a Princess (a title she must have inherited from her mother, or else it is the most conspicuous cover identity imaginable)? You don't need Force-powers to put two and two together here....



  • 12.25.2012 8:27 PM PDT

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Seen each Star Wars movies once and was "meh" about them. Never seen them again. They're meh. Sue me.

  • 12.25.2012 8:28 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 8:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
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So why on God's green Alderaan did an Imperial idiot let an escape pod go because there were "no life signs" on it, Saving ammo, man. Imperial budget cuts.

[Edited on 12.25.2012 8:28 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2012 8:28 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 8:29 PM PDT

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Blowing up Yavin would've probably destroyed the Death Star.

But why couldn't they just exit hyperspace right next to the rebel base?

  • 12.25.2012 8:29 PM PDT
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Why So Serious?

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-Charlie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

I actually agree that A New Hope is one of the weaker Star Wars movies now. It's a cinema classic, but I'd rather watch any other barring Attack of the Clones.

  • 12.25.2012 8:30 PM PDT

Blowing up a moon point blank is far less risky than blowing up a planet point blank.

  • 12.25.2012 8:31 PM PDT

Subject: If you saw a meteor coming toward Earth, what would you do?Posted by: juniorbandit96
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1: They did end up following it.
2: Death Star can only fire x shots per period of time
3: No clue

  • 12.25.2012 8:32 PM PDT

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Didn't the Death Star 1 have to wait 24 hours to recharge? If so, then 10 minutes seems like the better choice.

  • 12.25.2012 8:33 PM PDT
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  • 12.25.2012 8:34 PM PDT
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The death star takes one day to recharge. If they had destroyed Yavin, the rebels would still have time to destroy the death star and evacuate the planet.

  • 12.25.2012 8:34 PM PDT
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I can't believe nobody has said this, you can't blow up yavin.

It's a giant ball of gas. If you shoot a laser through a giant ball of gas it will just go through.

  • 12.25.2012 8:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xvise66
I can't believe nobody has said this, you can't blow up yavin.

It's a giant ball of gas. If you shoot a laser through a giant ball of gas it will just go through.


Wait, then could they have just fired through Yavin and hit the base?

  • 12.25.2012 8:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xvise66
I can't believe nobody has said this, you can't blow up yavin.

It's a giant ball of gas. If you shoot a laser through a giant ball of gas it will just go through.
Shoot laser through yavin. Hit moon.

  • 12.25.2012 8:38 PM PDT

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While I still believe its a great movie, you missed the biggest one: Leia admits the ship is being tracked, and still sets course for the super secret base.

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  • 12.25.2012 8:39 PM PDT

So what!
Quit being so serious and use your imagination! Lighten up, have some fun.

  • 12.25.2012 8:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xvise66
I can't believe nobody has said this, you can't blow up yavin.

It's a giant ball of gas. If you shoot a laser through a giant ball of gas it will just go through.
Shoot laser through yavin. Hit moon.
I knew this would come up. But yeah you guys are right. You should be able to theoretically to shoot through and crush the rebellion but that's just bad cinema.

  • 12.25.2012 8:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: iTWi2Tid
So what!
Quit being so serious and use your imagination! Lighten up, have some fun.


Movies can still be fun and make sense

  • 12.25.2012 8:44 PM PDT

All movies have flaws. I don't judge a movie by how may flaws or plot holes it has but how well it sucks me into the universe. Star Wars has its' flaws but I don't care I'm so sucked into the story and characters that I'm too enthralled to notice any plot holes, or flaws.

  • 12.25.2012 8:44 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 8:46 PM PDT

So it begins.

  • 12.25.2012 8:52 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 9:02 PM PDT

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