As , I wonder what happens if the Death Star comes out of hyperspace in the middle of an asteroid field... Or in the middle of a space fleet? Would it be destroyed?  Edit: My main question purpose was originally to know what kind of hyperspace travel the Death Star performs, but since this was edited out, I created a . This secondary question is not a duplicate of the , it is in fact the opposite of it. So in order to clarify it better I will add this:  When the Death Star comes out of the hyperspace, if its entire mass occupies, for instance a group of ships spread around part or the entirity of its area, would they just be pushed out by it, or would they still remain in that area and probably overlapsed by the Death Star mass?
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So the Death Star is huge, right? Would it be possible to coordinate a hyperdrive to come out of hyperspace in the middle of the Death Star?   Maybe a small ship wouldn't be enough to destroy it,  but let's say it was something the size of the Home One?  Or maybe some sort of crazy explosive device inside a smaller ship.  As for the pilot, I'm thinking maybe it could be done by remote control? Or a kamikaze pilot willing to sacrifice himself to take out the Empire's worst weapon.  But I like remote control better.   Could this plan work?  And whether yes or no,  why?   To clarify, I may not be understanding hyperspace correctly, but I'm not talking about crashing into it from the outside. I am suggesting you  so that you appear in the middle of the Death Star.  Related:
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In The Empire Strikes Back as Han Solo leaves to look for Luke Skywalker a rebel worker says     Your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.   Han replies     Then I'll see you in hell!   Is there a concept of heaven and hell in the Star Wars mythology? If not, to what is he referring?
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Triggered by a  I was wondering what actually would happen to a ship (e.g. the Enterprise-D NCC-1701) that collides with a stationary object such as a) another ship of a similar configuration or b) a gigantic structure like a moon or even a planet.  We know the deflector is supposed to keep interstellar dust (not to be confused with ordinary dust, which is a different thing) from ripping large holes in the ship.  At first, one thinks "Obvious. ." But does it really? Would the deflector manage to actually deflect both masses? If not, where is the threshold of what a deflector can handle? Would the ship maybe tunnel right through the object, because of wibbly-wobbly space wobblification by the warp field? It does do some weird things to the space right in front and behind the vessel.  Important remark: We cannot approach this with what we know about physics at all. For all intents and purposes, both ships must measure the other ship travelling faster than light, resulting in it having infinite (or rather undefined) mass and by extension momentum. If we start with that reasoning any ship jumping to warp would suck in the entire universe (it takes a moment, but think about it). So, obviously we cannot apply our intuition (even our relativistic intuition) here.
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From the old canon but also non canon sources it always seemed to me that you can't get into hypserspace too near to a gravity well (canon it is with the interdictor class ship in rebels but also a few comments here and there in the films).   But now there was a hyperjump right into far within a gravity well.  Is there any explanation anywhere for this? Or was that just artistic freedom that it could work?      I'm talking about when Han solo hyperjumped into the atmosphere of the planet the starkiller base is located on. That is WAY within the planets gravity well I would dare say as he is almost at ground level there.
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Once the Rebel fleet showed at Endor there was no need for stealth operations.  Soon after arriving, the Rebels discover the stealth mission was not successful and begin a battle over the moon of Endor.  Why did the Rebels not use their ships to attack the shield generator?  Looking a the hologram displayed on Home One, the shield only covers Death Star II, not the moon. Furthermore, the shield generator's location on the Moon would not be hard to find as it had to be within the proximity of Death Star II and stood well above the tree line. It seems that even a few X-wings, B-wings or Y-Wings could have made short work of the Tower.  One possible answer is that the Tower was also protected by a shield. Okay, but they would not even attempt to bomb it?   Perhaps the location of the strike team was unclear and they did not want to risk the lives of the Strike team. If this was the case, why did they not target the tower or the dish to disable the shield projector unit?
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Near the end in amongst the battle, Kylo Ren lands next to his ship that Rey stole. I understand that at a stretch (or through the will of the Force) Kylo found a TIE Fighter in the wreck he was in, but to my understanding those TIEs would not have had hyperdrives, so how did he travel that far without a carrier ship? I suppose I'm guessing/assuming that he travelled on his own (Solo if you will), and not with his Star Destroyer, as the Knights who travelled with him on his Star Destroyer were already at the destination. But if the Force willed him to find the TIE Fighter, why not a shuttle with a hyperdrive? It would be iconic enough to use in the film, surely.  How did Kylo Ren travel to another system in a civil war era TIE Fighter with no hyperdrive or carrier ship?
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After watching (I'm sure quite too) many Star Trek episodes, I've noticed a number of occasions where the characters seem to step away or onto a more specific location to get transported, even if they are not anywhere near a transporter "pad."  Recently, I noticed this at the end of Deep Space Nine, Season 4, Episode 11, Paradise Lost - Part 2 where it's clear that Sisko steps slightly out of the way and closer to the group of other people to get transported, before he actually is ...   However, I've noticed this, to some extent in episodes of all 5 live-action TV series.  So, the question is ... is there there something inherent in transporter technology that requires people to be either:   Closer together in proximity or ... In a certain location before normal transportation is possible?   Note: I realize this is sci-fi and an easy answer is "well it's a bit of a plot device, it depends ..." That's kinda weak, I'm looking for a more well-rounded anwser.
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This is really bugging me. When you look up some educational text about stars life, this is what you find out:   Gravity creates the temperature and pressure to start fusion reactions. The fusion proceeds to heavier and heavier cores ending with iron, which remains in the centre of the star. One moment, all light cores are depleted and the gravity wins over the power of the fusion reactions, now absent. The core of the star collapses into high density object, which may vary depending on the star mass. And the top layers of the star explode.   And I just cannot find clear explanation why. According to what I imagine, the top layers of the star should just fall into the collapsing core.  Is that because of the 3rd Newtons rule?  Or do the stars have some need to end with a cool boom?
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I'm wondering whether this was a movie sin but his body position seemed to stay the same? Also why didn't he stop using Force Lightning? He continued to use it even as he was falling down.   I'm also wondering whether Palpatine meant to electrocute Vader or was it just a coincidence (because he kept firing Force Lightning) .  It makes no sense as he just stood there allowing Vader to throw him.
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In :     Artoo butts the golden droid over the edge and steps off himself, tumbling toward the sand.   But in :     ARTOO uses his rocket jets to fly up and into the factory.   Why didn't R2-D2 use his jets in RotJ instead of ending feet up in the sand?  Update: I am looking for an in-universe explanation.
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TK-421 was the call number of the Stormtrooper that was sent on the Millenium Falcon to investigate it once it was captured in the Death Star 1's tractor beam following their jump to the Alderaan system.  TK-421 and another Trooper entered the Falcon, were ambushed, and Han and Luke emerged wearing their armor.    So, clearly their bodies would not be dragged off the ship because that would draw attention.  So we can assume that their bodies (alive or dead) left the Death Star with the Rebels and brought (assuming they weren't jettisoned into deep space) to Yavin 4...  Is there any evidence (Legends or Canon) that details his fate or that deals with the whereabouts of these Stormtroopers?   EDIT:  Also includes the scanning crew... are they amongst the dead stormtroopers?
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I am looking for help to point me out at a very old novel (likely from the '60s) about two empires at interstellar war. When it comes to starships, one is technologically very advanced, and the other has very low and inefficient technology.  The highly advanced empire has apparently strong chances to win the war, in particular considering a new technology they were developing. I remember the technology to work like this: consider the space as a flat surface, and on this surface, a disk around the spaceship. When the technology was turned on, this disk was stretched out, as made of rubber, so that it produced a cone, with the tip being the spaceship. The spaceship was therefore teleported 10 parsec away (if I remember correctly), but retained all the connections to the original position. If the spaceship moved, the cone moved as well. This allowed to move in position among enemy ships completely unnoticed, by stretching while afar, then moving in the proper position 10 parsecs away, then destretching.  Despite this technology, the empire lost the war because of delays. It's a perfect example of how having a disruptive technology does not guarantee to win against the competitors.  I am trying to find out the author and name of this novel, hopefully with the date of publication and in which journal/magazine.
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As the       Resistance ships are running away and the transports are being picked off one by one   the shots fired travel in what appears to be a parabolic trajectory, arcing “up”, then back “down” to hit their targets. But since in space there’s no up and down defined by a main gravitational force, why would the projectiles not simply travel in a straight line?  Cinematically the visual effect seems to be derived from something like a catapult or trebuchet. But why in the Star Wars world would a weapon behave like that? In-universe answers only, please.
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In this questions answer its stated that Kylo Ren freezes the blaster bolt in midair with telekinesis:       Because he is extremely skilled in Force telekinesis, Kylo Ren is able   to freeze not just objects but even blaster bolts in midair.   But as a commenter already pointed out, this seems nonsense (even in star wars force physics). The blaster bolt is, as far as I know, a cloud of plasma. If it is stopped by telekinesis, why should it continue its old path with its old speed after it is released? Wasn't it more a completely new force ablility like "time freeze"? While I admit in a case of time freeze the bolt should not have flickered all the time. Also the plasma should have expanded and vanished or simply cooled down releasing its energy to the surrounding air.  So when it was force telekinesis Kylo must have done the following:   Stop every atom in the plasma cloud Keep the cloud compressed and in form and shape. Isolate it to prevent the heat flow or keep it on temperature (is this still telekinesis?) Not just releasing it but accelerate it again exactly on its old path and speed.   This would be indeed a greate never seen mastery of telekinesis. And very ineffective. And if he wanted to be cool, wouldn't it be even cooler to change the path after the "release" so that it hits one of his enemies?  So what was going on there? Pure telekinesis or something else? Did the writers intend this? Or did they just not thinking it to the end?
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The Death Star is the size of a small moon. Endor being a moon (not sure if it's small or not) has a rich atmosphere.  Could the Death Star hold a nitrogen/oxygen based atmosphere with its gravity?  (Now re-reading my question, I suppose this sounds a lot like the plot of SpaceBalls... that was not my intention)
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I'm just playing my first round of FTL and I'm wondering what can affect the speed of the rebel fleet that is pursuing me.   Does the time I spend in realtime in each system matter, or is only the number of jumps important?  What ways are there to slow down the fleet?
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I am wondering if a Star Destroyer has actually destroyed a sun/star before?   If so, then why was the Death Stars made so big to destroy planets if The Empire already had ships that destroy suns?  Is not then why are they named Star Destroyers if they haven't/can't destroy Suns?