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1096615 No.1096615 [Reply] [Original]

Let's add science to the fiction shall we?

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In order for the Death Star to destroy Alderaan in the way depicted, it would have to put out energy roughly equivalent to that given off by earth's sun over the course of several minutes. In point of fact, a much smaller energy blast would have scalded the planet's surface into lava that would take decades to cool and solidify, which would have let the death star fire more quickly.

>> No.1096702

>>1096680
Perhaps it detonated all the planet's fissile material, deep within its interior.

>> No.1096714

>>1096680
why do it half-heartedly when you can blow that motherfucker to fuck?

>> No.1096728

>>1096680

perhaps he just wanted to blow up a fucking planet

>> No.1096745

>>1096702
That must have been a hell of a lot of "fissile material".

>> No.1096749

>>1096680
The Death Star was just to scare people. A gigantic explosion is much more impressive than just melting.

>> No.1096751

>>1096714
More rapid fire? Don't get me wrong, it was cool and it was just a movie, but it bugs me just a little.

>> No.1096759

>>1096745
A laser beam that powerful may have caused a fusion chain reaction to occur

>> No.1096779

>>1096749

who were they scaring? everyone on the planet died.... and anyone on another planet wouldn't have seen it for years (assuming the nearest life sustaining planet was light years away)

>> No.1096781

MOAR

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>> No.1096822

>>1096779
> anyone on another planet wouldn't have seen it for years
The people in Star Wars had some form of superluminal communication so your point is invalid.

>> No.1096844

>>1096822
>Implying homing space pigeons are supernatural

>> No.1096853

>>1096803
ignores relativity, but great nonetheless

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>>1096803
lol'd.