How is the deflector shield above Scarif destroyed or temporarily disabled in the Rogue One novel? How are people able to pass through before the Death Star fires?
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According to the novelization of Rogue One, the destruction of the shield gate on Scarif was only temporary.  The TIE fighters would concentrate on his flagship once the Empire recognized his intent. But in truth, he didn’t need to hold out long. The shield gate would regenerate swiftly enough; Rogue One’s window of opportunity to transmit would be narrow, and if it closed there would be no other. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  However, in the film, it appears to have been quite thoroughly destroyed:  How would the gate have recovered from this massive damage and “regenerated”?
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When stormtroopers get into fire fights with the rebels, I noticed that a few are killed after a single shot to the chest. Is their armor not really armor or are the rebels guns just that powerful? In some of the books in Legends, it seems they can take more of a beating but in the original movies they can't seem to take as much. Do some stormtroopers have different grades of armor?
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In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, once the Starkiller Base has depleted the star it is drawing power from, is it supposed to travel to another star where it can draw more power? Or is it non-mobile and supposed to fire a few, limited shots only? Or can it somehow reuse the star it is drawing power from, even after it has been depleted?  Its name suggests that it will "kill" or completely deplete the star it is drawing power from, but I haven't noticed an indication in the film that the Starkiller Base can travel to other stars.
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I was recently watching Episode 3 and a few clone wars episodes, and I found myself thinking during the opening battle between the Republic and General Grievous' forces above Coruscant, on a planet so densely populated where potentially thousands of inhabitants can be killed from a drifting capital class ship with a decaying orbit during space battles what defenses are in place?  Is there any instances of some form of emergency services that tractor beam chunks of debris to safe landing places or repulsor towers that can slow or suspend it until it can be taken apart safely? Even disintegration lasers or emergency force field generators like the types deployed on Hoth as they must have the energy output capable of sustaining it. This IS the galactic capital so must have some advanced tech at its deposal. Even now in our own development humans have certain preventative measures for all types of threats and ways of tracking them, plus responses or fall back plans.
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A canon answer would be great, but not sure how likely that would be.  But what keeps lightsabers from simply going through or slicing through one another?
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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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The Storm Troopers are the main case here, they get killed easily by blasters and even the Ewok arrows go straight through their 'armour'.   The AT-ST and AT-AT use armour to repel blasters of different strengths so they don't pass through all materials. I understand though that the armour used on these is likely much heavier.   From the prequel trilogy we also have the , which have a shield when not moving. Does anyone other than these droids use this technology?   You may use any of the Scrapped EU, Current EU and the normal U to answer.
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Chirrut Îmwe is introduced in Rogue One as the last Guardian of the Whills.  The  taught Qui-Gon Jinn (and, thus indirectly taught Obi-Wan) the secret to remaining a Force Ghost after death.  Chirrut, the last Guardian, shows extreme skill and precognition consistent with Force sensitivity.  However, when      he dies his body does not disappear; indeed, despite him telling Baze that he would be with him, through the Force, it appears that the last Guardian of the Whills lacks the one ability his group was known for.   Is there any known explanation for this inconsistency?
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After the destruction the second Death Star the Rebel Alliance assumes a victory over the Empire at Endor; we see a big celebration on Endor (and across the galaxy in the "special" editions). But how is it they weren't crushed, Death Star or no Death Star?   After it is revealed that the Death Star II is operational, or at the very least can fire it's main gun, Lando suggests engaging the Star Destroyers at close range and Admiral Akbar states that they won't last long. This implies that the Rebel Fleet is significantly out matched.  While the loss of the Death Star would probably impose a large morale penalty on the Imperials, they still should have had the upper hand over the Rebel fleet. What then happened after the Death Star blew up that caused the Imperial forces, both at Endor and across the galaxy, to effectively give up all at once and allow the Empire to practically collapse in one big party?
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When entering, we see that Finn has the blaster that was given to him earlier:    However, when the fighting begins, Finn tells Maz that he needs a weapon and no longer has his blaster with him.  It seems unlikely to have been lost in the first shots, given how it is secured across his body.  Also, Han and Chewie didn't lose their weapons and they are arguably less secure.  Now, when the team gets to the Resistance base, Finn again has his blaster:    So where was this blaster during the battle?
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How could, and why would, the Fremen's jihad kill 61-Billion people and conquer the known universe?  Their leader Paul was already emperor.  What was left to conquer?  And how could they force this onto Paul when they had no relationship with the Spacing Guild except thru Paul?  If Paul didn't arrange for transportation then how would they get off Arrakis?  And how does a small population of hardened, rugged, but not technologically advanced people do that much conquering in that time?  Also, is there any explanation about how Ix, Tleilex planet and Bene Gesserit planets hold off the wave of jihad?
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In Rogue One,       Vader arrives at the battle and witnesses the escape of the Tantive IV into hyperspace.   At the beginning of A New Hope, we see Vader's ship chasing the Tantive IV, eventually overpowering it. How was Vader able to find the Tantive IV? Presumably through some method of tracking the ship through hyperspace, but this raises more questions:   If ships can be tracked through hyperspace, why do the Imperials need to place a tracking device on the Falcon? Why aren't Rebels chased through hyperspace more often? (E.g. after successfully destroying both Death Stars, or after practically any engagement in the SW:Rebels show) Does Vader himself use unconventional means to locate the Tantive IV?   So my question is thus: Can ships be tracked and chased through hyperspace without the use of a planted tracker or Force shenanigans?
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During the     attack on Starkiller Base,   Mon Calamari cruisers, Star Destroyers and all the other capital ships were conspicuously absent. In fact, the only spaceships I saw in that scene were X-wings and TIE fighters.  I understand that the Resistance is underfunded, but are they really so poor they can't afford a corvette or something? Or at least a few Y-wing bombers to     take out the oscillator?   For a major military installation,     Starkiller Base seems very poorly defended as well. Is the Finalizer the only star destroyer the First Order has left? If the Order can turn an entire planet into a weapons platform, they must be able to crank out something better than TIE fighters.   TFA fighters are significantly improved over their OT equivalents, but the lack of bomber cover, capital ships or light cruisers are highly unusual.  Does the novelization/other sources clarify this?
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In the movie The Rise of Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine dispatches the Xyston-class Star Destroyer Derriphan to the planet Kijimi to destroy it, and it does so using its axial superlaser.  I am curious to know if the Derriphan had immediately returned to the planet Exegol, participated in the Battle of Exegol, and was destroyed with the other Star Destroyers. If it did not return to Exegol, is it safe to assume that after the Battle of Exegol, it cruised around the galaxy and likely blew up other Resistance planets?  I've been researching Star Wars canon and websites, but I haven't found anything yet that sheds light on what happened to this Star Destroyer.
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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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So in Episode 1 they reveal that force sensitivity can be measured scientifically by counting midi-chlorian in your cells. Does anyone know the midi-chlorian counts of any of the main characters? The amount of detail in back stories in Star Wars is often so in depth that I wouldn't be surprised if the data were available somewhere.
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I'm only familiar with the movies, so in The Force Awakens I saw some use of the Force that was new to me.  Most notable were these two abilities:      freezing blaster bolts in mid-air, and directly reading someone's mind like he tried with Rey.   Have either of these happened before?