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Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:09 pm
by Georgerx7di
I'm creating worthless threads today, this will be my second. Did Lando's plan to engage the Imperial star destroyers at close range really win the battle, or was morale just so poor in the Imperial navy that as soon as the old man croaked nobody wanted to fight anymore. More importantly, what was that little guy sitting next to lando. Was he a dwarf, wtf. Where did they find that guy. They must have posted a classified add for funny looking co-pilot, under 4 feet tall. Seriously, could they find someone taller.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:33 pm
by pimpdave
All of the Imperials were mindless Republicans, existing only to do the will of their nefarious leader.

Once the old man croaked, they did not know what to do, and began fighting amongst themselves over who was more patriotic and conservative, or who hated gays the most.

In the confusion, Lando's fool hardy charge towards the Death Star went relatively unchecked, as the Imperial Navy did not coordinate.

Also, I thought they went in closer to the Death Star so that the super laser gun couldn't blow up any more large Rebel ships without risking taking out a few Star Destroyers. As a plot device, it reflects back to the scene in Empire when Han goes into the asteroid field to evade the Imperials. Of course, it was far weaker as a device than in Empire, because Jedi kind of sucked big time.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:02 pm
by Greatwhite
Holy sht, did I just walk into a geek convention?

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:05 pm
by cicero
Moved from General Discussion to Chatter Box ...
Nothing Conquer Club related here unless I'm missing something ?

Cicero

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:09 pm
by InkL0sed
cicero wrote:Moved from General Discussion to Chatter Box ...
Nothing Conquer Club related here unless I'm missing something ?

Cicero


You clearly are. Move back to GD. :evil:

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:22 pm
by cicero
InkL0sed wrote:
cicero wrote:Moved from General Discussion to Chatter Box ...
Nothing Conquer Club related here unless I'm missing something ?

Cicero


You clearly are. Move back to GD. :evil:

Would you help me out and explain what it is I'm missing in thread ...

Thanks

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:24 pm
by InkL0sed
cicero wrote:
InkL0sed wrote:
cicero wrote:Moved from General Discussion to Chatter Box ...
Nothing Conquer Club related here unless I'm missing something ?

Cicero


You clearly are. Move back to GD. :evil:

Would you help me out and explain what it is I'm missing in thread ...

Thanks


You're missing the Deathstar super-laser-thing.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:07 pm
by cicero
Actually I'd like a pair of those.
Where can I get them on the net ?

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:45 pm
by mandalorian2298
Georgerx7di wrote:I'm creating worthless threads today, this will be my second. Did Lando's plan to engage the Imperial star destroyers at close range really win the battle, or was morale just so poor in the Imperial navy that as soon as the old man croaked nobody wanted to fight anymore. More importantly, what was that little guy sitting next to lando. Was he a dwarf, wtf. Where did they find that guy. They must have posted a classified add for funny looking co-pilot, under 4 feet tall. Seriously, could they find someone taller.


To answer your first question, anyone who side with the totalitarian regime against a band of freedom fighters isn't likely to be graced with the overabundance of intelligence. With no one telling them what to do, the were lost.

To answer your second question, you human chauvinist :evil: , Lando's navigator, Niev Numb, is a member of the Sallustan race. You know what the Sallustans are famous for? The fact that they are better at navigation then any mammal could ever hope to be! :P

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:46 pm
by shadowsteel9
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Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:28 pm
by muy_thaiguy
mandalorian2298 wrote:
Georgerx7di wrote:I'm creating worthless threads today, this will be my second. Did Lando's plan to engage the Imperial star destroyers at close range really win the battle, or was morale just so poor in the Imperial navy that as soon as the old man croaked nobody wanted to fight anymore. More importantly, what was that little guy sitting next to lando. Was he a dwarf, wtf. Where did they find that guy. They must have posted a classified add for funny looking co-pilot, under 4 feet tall. Seriously, could they find someone taller.


To answer your first question, anyone who side with the totalitarian regime against a band of freedom fighters isn't likely to be graced with the overabundance of intelligence. With no one telling them what to do, the were lost.

To answer your second question, you human chauvinist :evil: , Lando's navigator, Niev Numb, is a member of the Sallustan race. You know what the Sallustans are famous for? The fact that they are better at navigation then any mammal could ever hope to be! :P

Odd, in a book I read that took place afterwards, the remaining troops had regrouped and had begun rebuilding.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:29 am
by The Weird One
Georgerx7di wrote:I'm creating worthless threads today, this will be my second. Did Lando's plan to engage the Imperial star destroyers at close range really win the battle, or was morale just so poor in the Imperial navy that as soon as the old man croaked nobody wanted to fight anymore. More importantly, what was that little guy sitting next to lando. Was he a dwarf, wtf. Where did they find that guy. They must have posted a classified add for funny looking co-pilot, under 4 feet tall. Seriously, could they find someone taller.

It's a movie. Don't look too far into it.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:26 am
by Jenos Ridan
muy_thaiguy wrote:
mandalorian2298 wrote:To answer your first question, anyone who side with the totalitarian regime against a band of freedom fighters isn't likely to be graced with the overabundance of intelligence. With no one telling them what to do, the were lost.

To answer your second question, you human chauvinist :evil: , Lando's navigator, Niev Numb, is a member of the Sallustan race. You know what the Sallustans are famous for? The fact that they are better at navigation then any mammal could ever hope to be! :P

Odd, in a book I read that took place afterwards, the remaining troops had regrouped and had begun rebuilding.


MTG: the book is called Truce At Bakura. One of the better EU novels out there.

Mandy: It is spelled Sullustian.

OP: It worked, for the most part, by taking advantage of the fact that the DS2 would probably have to shoot through Imperial ships to hit the Rebel craft.

Although I disagree with the man philosophically,
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Michael Wongs Site]www.stardestroyer.net
is quite good and will answer alot of questions.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:58 am
by CrazyAnglican
mandalorian2298 wrote:Lando's navigator, Niev Numb, is a member of the Sallustan race. You know what the Sallustans are famous for? The fact that they are better at navigation then any mammal could ever hope to be! :P


Not sure if it's true, but I heard something back when the movie came out about that character. He is supposedly actually speaking an African language. As a result that scene was really funny in that part of the world because he's saying things like "That's a really nice bicycle" to Lando.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:10 am
by pimpdave
CrazyAnglican wrote:
mandalorian2298 wrote:Lando's navigator, Niev Numb, is a member of the Sallustan race. You know what the Sallustans are famous for? The fact that they are better at navigation then any mammal could ever hope to be! :P


Not sure if it's true, but I heard something back when the movie came out about that character. He is supposedly actually speaking an African language. As a result that scene was really funny in that part of the world because he's saying things like "That's a really nice bicycle" to Lando.


So wait, are you suggesting that Africa was colonized by Sullustians, a long time ago, coming from a galaxy far, far away, and that's how Africans now know the Sullustian language? Or are you saying that Africans colonized Sullust, and their language remained as a permanent change to the culture of that planet?

(I always knew the pyramids had something to do with Star Wars)

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:29 am
by CrazyAnglican
pimpdave wrote: (I always knew the pyramids had something to do with Star Wars)


Sure, but I thought that was obvious:

Step 1 Lay Pyramid out and sand the sides down until it's very skinny.
Step 2 Attach really big impressive engines to the base
Step 3 Liberally sprinkle with guns
Step 4 Add imperial pricks

And now we have a Star Destroyer.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:30 am
by InkL0sed
CrazyAnglican wrote:
pimpdave wrote: (I always knew the pyramids had something to do with Star Wars)


Sure, but I thought that was obvious:

Step 1 Lay Pyramid out and sand the sides down until it's very skinny.
Step 2 Attach really big impressive engines to the base
Step 3 Liberally sprinkle with guns
Step 4 Add imperial pricks

And now we have a Star Destroyer.


Are you saying that the Pyramids were made by doing this process in reverse??? :shock:

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:32 am
by CrazyAnglican
Nah, They just crashed. Haven't you ever seen someone gain weight after an accident?

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:01 pm
by Georgerx7di
lol, these are the kind of responses we need.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:21 pm
by bbqpenguin
on a less interesting but significantly nerdier note, i believe the rebel victory could be attributed to the confusion caused by the emporer's death. the rebel's were outnumbered, I think, 9:1, so even with tricks and tactics and such i don't think they stood much of a chance. the emperor was controlling his fleet through a force power called battle meditation, which let him control and communicate directly with his entire armada. upon his death, the link was broken, confusing everyone and letting the rebels have their way with the imperial fleet

/end geek babble

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:54 am
by pimpdave
bbqpenguin wrote:on a less interesting but significantly nerdier note, i believe the rebel victory could be attributed to the confusion caused by the emporer's death. the rebel's were outnumbered, I think, 9:1, so even with tricks and tactics and such i don't think they stood much of a chance. the emperor was controlling his fleet through a force power called battle meditation, which let him control and communicate directly with his entire armada. upon his death, the link was broken, confusing everyone and letting the rebels have their way with the imperial fleet

/end geek babble



Or maybe they just had the same dice generator CC has.

Re: Did Lando's plan work, or was Imperial morale just very low

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:23 am
by Jenos Ridan
The ROTJ Novel sheds some little on how much this "battle-meditation" actually effected the battle and how much was just good tactical decisions (works out to be roughly even).

Anyone read the Legacy Comic Series? I've all but sworn off reading anything after and including the NJO series. And don't get me started on the works of Karen Traviss.