]]>]]>X-Wing series, one X-Wing Squadron (And help from unmanned missile frigates, but still...) TAKING OUT AN SSD, ALL IT'S FIGHTER COMPLIMENT AND HAVING EVERYONE ON BOARD SURRENDER? WTF! Holds hundreds upon hundreds of fighters, thousands of troops and resources.
But yet, physical objects (missiles) go through shields. The sheer volume of missiles meant that an (IIRC) already damaged SSD could not shoot enough down to prevent critical damage. Maybe some of the crew had had family or friends on board the Executor and remembered that incident when a lone A-wing managed to strike a vital system.
TBH, the ISD/SSDs were more a means of striking fear through size than practical warships. They were formidable but with the glaring design flaws that happen when you have a sithlord leaning over your shoulder.
But sir, adding extra mass to the ship will only...
Bigger.
I understand that sir, but you must understand that these design parameters and considerations date back to the Sith empire. Simply making a larger ship won't increae the firepower by..
Big. Ger.
Sire, these main weapons are unable to fire forward due to the mass of the ship! A small ship, like a gallofree could easily avoid being hit by staying within the blindspots located here and he..
BIG- GER! (lightning noises)
]]>X-Wing series, one X-Wing Squadron (And help from unmanned missile frigates, but still...) TAKING OUT AN SSD, ALL IT'S FIGHTER COMPLIMENT AND HAVING EVERYONE ON BOARD SURRENDER? WTF! Holds hundreds upon hundreds of fighters, thousands of troops and resources.
Yeah, I'd like to see some of the older books rewritten - the base story being the same but fixing any plot holes, I just can't "fall" into them like I do with the newer novels.
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I generally consider only the movies and shows to be canon myself, but then you get this level of cross-pollination between the EU and the movies when George Lucas sees something he likes from the EU and puts it in the movies (the Outrider ship from Shadows of the Empire appearing in the ANH Special Edition, Aayla Secura from the Dark Horse Star Wars comics appearing in the prequels, not to mention her master Quinlan Vos being name checked by Obi Wan in Ep3) instantly heightening the canon level, so I guess if he considers EU material close enough to his vision to put in the movies, then they deserve to be seen as such. And when games such as The Force Unleashed come out which are so closely intertwined with the plots of the movies the line between canon Star Wars and the EU becomes a little blurred.
]]>with some of the newer more story driven games such as The Force Unleashed considered quite a bit higher, perhaps on par with the novels.
The higher-canon games also usually have an accompanying novel, which is the reason for their "upgrade". This is certainly the case for the Force Unleashed, IIRC, the novel was actually pretty good.
]]>Yeah, it's all very self-contradictory. Wookiepedia also says that the AT-AT was introduced in the clone-wars, but I've also played EaW, which said in one mission that you were testing a proto-type.
EaW isn't quite fully canon. Just look at the galactic map.
]]>I can't say yes or no to that mswf, but the downed AT-AT in the picture is not one of the prototypes. So it must be imperial era. I went on Wookieepedia and it just got me confused.
Can't recall where I found the EPIII comment, may have been Wookiepedia; I know I checked it at one point. 