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 Message 24,287 of 25,695 
 Sandman to Anybody 
 Re: fault in movies 
 30 Aug 08 18:13:25 
 
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From: mr@sandman.net

In article <290820080910017270%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>,
 Anybody  wrote:

> In article , Sandman
>  wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <2f3386f6-80b7-431f-a13d-bdf7ed3e715e@a2g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
> >  Duggy  wrote:
> >
> > > > and you're just jealous because *I* found a fault in it.
> > >
> > > No.  It's an old fault.  One of many that have been found (the more
> > > popular the film, the more faults are found.)
> > >
> > > As a big Star Wars fan and a regular on rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc I've
> > > heard that one many times before.
> > >
> > > The usual thoughts are, that the Death Star isn't rapid fire,
> > > something that big needs to recharge before firing again... therefore
> > > it is quicker to travel to a position to fire on Yavin then to destory
> > > the moon and wait to recharge.
> >
> > Isn't this "fault" usually described as "why didn't the Death Star
> > emerge from hyperspace on the right side of Yavin?" :)
>
> You have to follow specific routes in Hyperspace, you can't get just
> jump out whenever you want.

That would be (an) answer, yes. Note that I didn't ask the question,
however. Not that an answer was unwarranted, just wanted to make sure
that the answer was clear to me already.

And now over to something completely different - a Man with a death
star up his nose.


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