Death Star 2 and Endor

[Zoraxe7]

I was thinking lately, In Star Wars, A huge reactor powered death station the size moon exploded near the 3rd moon of Endor, shouldn't that have caused a nuclear holocaust for the Ewoks or some sort of global calamity? Global warming at least.

[lavalampa]

No, that would be logical and possibly destroy 30 minutes of needless bullshit in the Star Wars series.
That and whats with the C3 movie? Damn, could they make that chicks lips any bigger?!

[pHuXxXB0xX]

At 1/12/09 10:47 PM, Zoraxe7 wrote: I was thinking lately, In Star Wars, A huge reactor powered death station the size moon exploded near the 3rd moon of Endor, shouldn't that have caused a nuclear holocaust for the Ewoks or some sort of global calamity? Global warming at least.

i was actually wondering, what would happen if captain kirk and captain picard were to have a wrestling mathc to determine the better captain...

[Dangan]

At 1/12/09 10:47 PM, Zoraxe7 wrote: I was thinking lately..

There's your problem, thinking a little bit too much.

Put down Hitlers guide to genocide in all realms of fiction and non-fiction.

[Ben]

Space is a vacuum so I'm guessing.. no.

Plus where do you get the idea its a nuclear reactor from?

[Tovi-Noname]

Well... actually, since there's no oxygen in space, the thing probably shouldn't have been able to actually explode at all.

Then again, I know nothing about science, so I'm probably completely wrong.

[xBloodxFacex]

wow, you just got a "geek" symbal to whoever reads this, I honestly wouldn't take offense, but im just sayin

[Phobotech]

Presumably, I would've just worried about a small spectrum of debris getting caught by the gravitational pull, pelting the surface of the moon.

The explosion's heat could have died off before it reached the moon, but it could've propelled large chunks of metal to or around it.

[MushookieMan]

There doesn't need to be an atmosphere for radiation to travel, so Endor would have got completely irradiated by fucking tons of radiation and can you say "dead ewoks"?

[Ben]

At 1/12/09 10:56 PM, MushookieMan wrote: There doesn't need to be an atmosphere for radiation to travel, so Endor would have got completely irradiated by fucking tons of radiation and can you say "dead ewoks"?

The space around earth is full of radiation. So is the moon.

It's our atmosphere that stops our world from being completely irradiated. They have an atmosphere aswell so I'm guessing it would protect them from most, if not all of the fallout.

[Dalario]

At 1/12/09 10:50 PM, Tovi-Noname wrote: Well... actually, since there's no oxygen in space, the thing probably shouldn't have been able to actually explode at all.

Then again, I know nothing about science, so I'm probably completely wrong.

Well, there is air inside it, so it would explode, then probably be vacuumed into space at high speed, sending debris in all directions.

[MushookieMan]

Nope. Physical chunks of radioactive material would explode in their atmosphere. Not to mention it's smaller than earth and would be more radiation than normally comes from the sun.

[Phobotech]

At 1/12/09 10:56 PM, MushookieMan wrote: There doesn't need to be an atmosphere for radiation to travel, so Endor would have got completely irradiated by fucking tons of radiation and can you say "dead ewoks"?

Ahh, but how long would it take the radiation from the blown up Death Star to reach the moon?

The surviving Rebels would've taken off with the Imperial prisoners, and in a few days, NO MORE EWOKS! Everyone's happy!

...except for everyone that died, of course...

[TheSouthernTower]

it should have, but get this, ITS A MOVIE. i am so tired of hearing people complain about that. just watch the movie and be happy.

[Phobotech]

At 1/12/09 11:03 PM, TheSouthernTower wrote: it should have, but get this, ITS A MOVIE. i am so tired of hearing people complain about that. just watch the movie and be happy.

This is a totally hypothetical debate that stimulates our nerdy imaginations. Who said anything about complaining?

[Ben]

At 1/12/09 11:03 PM, TheSouthernTower wrote: it should have, but get this, ITS A MOVIE. i am so tired of hearing people complain about that. just watch the movie and be happy.

What was the internet created for if not to argue about completely meaningless and insignificant things?

[TheSouthernTower]

This is a totally hypothetical debate that stimulates our nerdy imaginations. Who said anything about complaining?

me. do not try and debate science in a movie with Ewoks in it.

[MushookieMan]

At 1/12/09 11:02 PM, Phobotech wrote: Ahh, but how long would it take the radiation from the blown up Death Star to reach the moon?

The surviving Rebels would've taken off with the Imperial prisoners, and in a few days, NO MORE EWOKS! Everyone's happy!

...except for everyone that died, of course...

Wow. You're dumb. Radiation travels at the speed of light.

[pHuXxXB0xX]

At 1/12/09 11:05 PM, MushookieMan wrote: Wow. You're dumb. Radiation travels at the speed of light.

maybe he confused radiation for debris.

also, someone else mentioned that most atmospheres block out the radiation from space.

hence, if the planet could supprt life prior to nuke, it can post.

scooter - aiii shot the dj

[Phobotech]

At 1/12/09 11:05 PM, TheSouthernTower wrote:
me. do not try and debate science in a movie with Ewoks in it.

Well don't spoil our fun, SouthernTower...if anything I'm fantasizing how the Ewoks met a gruesome fate at the end of the movie.

At 1/12/09 11:05 PM, MushookieMan wrote:
Wow. You're dumb. Radiation travels at the speed of light.

Cite your proof, Sir Trolls-A-Lot.

[pHuXxXB0xX]

At 1/12/09 11:09 PM, Phobotech wrote: Cite your proof, Sir Trolls-A-Lot.

when you goto this thing called "school", you will learn that LIGHT ITSELF is RADIATION.

ops.

mindfuck.

therion - pandemonic outbreak

[TheSouthernTower]

Well don't spoil our fun, SouthernTower...if anything I'm fantasizing how the Ewoks met a gruesome fate at the end of the movie.

i don't care how lame they were, the rebels would have been boned without them on Endor.

[Phobotech]

At 1/13/09 12:43 AM, TheSouthernTower wrote:

Well don't spoil our fun, SouthernTower...if anything I'm fantasizing how the Ewoks met a gruesome fate at the end of the movie.

i don't care how lame they were, the rebels would have been boned without them on Endor.

For all we know, they might've been boned later anyway.

I mean, yeah, the Emperor is dead and all, that's peachy "whoo rebels" Empire just waisted a shit-ton of money and resources on a fresh battle-station-the-size-of-a-small-moon, but what about the rest of the Empire? There's a chain of command.

And if anything, the assassination would just focus the efforts of the Empire. The Emperor was old, and it's possible the only reason the Rebellion progressed as far as it did was because he was incompetent as a leader to a degree. Whoever was next in line probably had a better, more devastating plan for the Empire, pointing it in a direction it should have been traveling years ago in their time line.

For all we know, that was the last shining moment of the Rebel Alliance before they were savagely crushed under a new accumulated force.

And I'm sure somehow...someway...Jar Jar only contributed to their demise.

[Zoraxe7]

At 1/13/09 12:51 AM, Phobotech wrote: And I'm sure somehow...someway...Jar Jar only contributed to their demise.

Surly, JarJar would be dead by then.

[Rosenrot-I]

Nuclear? Since when? I imagine they'd have something better by then. And space is a vaccuum, nothing can burn in it so no, the only thing might have been the shockwave but that wouldn't blow a planet apart, or a moon.

[AapoJoki]

ITT: Star Wars nitpicking.

Does anyone else find it funny that the Emperor of the GALACTIC Empire gloats that "an entire legion" of his best troops are protecting the shield generator on Endor, and it turns out to be less than 100 incompetent stormtroopers easily taken down by a tribe of wood dwelling midget fur apes?

Seriously, that's the size of a "legion" in a Galactic empire? And those were the BEST he could find in the entire galaxy?

[CanadianSnowman]

My question is since there is no oxygen in space, how is there an explosion?

Try to think about that and watch Star Wars again.

Oh and while I'm at it...

You are now blinking manually.

[juansolous]

At 1/12/09 10:47 PM, Zoraxe7 wrote: I was thinking lately, In Star Wars, A huge reactor powered death station the size moon exploded near the 3rd moon of Endor, shouldn't that have caused a nuclear holocaust for the Ewoks or some sort of global calamity? Global warming at least.

maybe? then again its just a movie, your making me think about it.

[jedi-master]

At 1/12/09 10:47 PM, Zoraxe7 wrote: I was thinking lately, In Star Wars, A huge reactor powered death station the size moon exploded near the 3rd moon of Endor, shouldn't that have caused a nuclear holocaust for the Ewoks or some sort of global calamity? Global warming at least.

As my username suggests, I know everything about Star wars like the nerd I am.

No nuclear explosion. ;)

[AntiangelicAngel]

At 1/12/09 10:50 PM, Ben wrote: Space is a vacuum so I'm guessing.. no.

Plus where do you get the idea its a nuclear reactor from?

The vacuum has jack to do with it.

I'm not sure if the reactor was nuclear.

Lastly, if they've developed the ability to travel at light speed, you'd think they developed the ability to have a safe, meltdown-proof reactor.