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Star Wars: Rogue One
SubaruStephen:
They'll want you alive, no disintegrations.
BenRG:
There is a bit of a debate going on around the Internet at the moment about precisely what Cassian and Jyn are escaping from towards the end of the trailer when their U-Wing jumps to hyperspace from inside what likes like an apocalyptic sandstorm. Some speculation is that Director Krennic will, in response to increasing successes by Saw's rebel faction, order the Death Star to destroy the planet Jedah. Others have responded that this is not possible as it is established that Alderaan was the first planet totally destroyed by the Death Star.
Well, there is a way around that. Ever heard of a 'Base Delta Zero'? That what the Star Wars RPG source book called the process of rendering a planet's surface uninhabitable using conventional weapons such as heavy turbolasers and proton rockets. Even if the Death Star's superlaser is not yet functioning, its 15,000 heavy turbolaser turrets could have liquefied the surface around Jedah City in a matter of seconds and gone on to devastate the rest of the planet in a matter of hours (depending on its orbital altitude and inclination). Although Jedah as a celestial body would still exist, its' surface would look more like Mustafar after a BDZ.
At the very least, that is what our plucky heroes are trying to escape. Several hundred turbolaser detonations (each blast is rated in the megatonne TNT equivalent range), all occurring in a matter of a few seconds at most, would be like a large meteorite strike, flash-heating the atmosphere and creating a 'wall' of hypersonic explosively displaced atmosphere and regolith. You can definitely see that in the trailer. So, I feel fairly confident in predicting that we are going to see what it was that Han Solo said it would take a thousand starships to do.
Blue Kitty:
Tova:
Well, duh. :roll: :mrgreen:
BenRG:
So, Disney have issued some official art for Rogue One. One picture caught my eye:
Team Line-Up
This is purely me but the presence of a Y-Wing in the array of fighters flying overhead simply reinforces my theory that Jyn is going to turn out to be the one pilot from Gold Squadron who survived the attack on the first Death Star. :wink:
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