Kurgan Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Interesting. I thought the "Tales from Jabba's Palace" and "Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina" were retconned as just being the kind of wild stories you'd hear some old drunken spacers tell around the glow lamp, considering some of the stuff is contradicted by the Special Edition changes. I don't own that particular book so I can't say that I've read the particular story in question. Can you quote any relevant passages? I also am less than familiar with SWGB, not having really checked it out since the demo... though that would be nice supporting source, even if it is a game. I'm sure the device would exist, the question is, is it what was really used on the Lars homestead...
Darth_Malak02 Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 ok...this is a quote from the book...Davin Felth's commander issues these orders...(davin felth is a stomrtrooper) "'Floating fortress, this house needs to be left as a reminder of what happens when quarter is given to the rebels. fire when ready." it doesn't exactly say that it is an artillery, I suppose it could be some sort of atmospheric battleship, I just assumed it was a hover artillery...
Fate's Decision Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 !! Perhaps there is much more to the Star Wars series than meets the eye...could this be the only clue Lucas left behind as to how Star Wars really went down? Maybe he tried to get the audience to concentrate on the petty things so they would miss the big picture...
Kurgan Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 Why would the Stormtroopers want to make an "example" of the Lars? And how did they "give quarter" to the Rebels (I thought "give quarter" meant to spare their lives by taking them prisoner, but in this case it sounds like they're using the term "quarter" as in "quartering troops in your home")? Luke wasn't a part of the Rebellion at this point, nor was Owen, or Obi-Wan that we know of. The Stormtroopers went out of their way to make their slaughter of the Jawas look like the work of the Tusken Raiders. Plus, with what they left behind, how would anyone know that this is what happens to Rebel "quarter-givers"? What evidence would they have that this had to be the work of the Empire? And why would an aerial (orbital?) weapon be so weak? This story is fishy...
TSR Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 oh no! old peopel! call in the artillery! they'll kill us all! they smell of wee and death! burn them!!!!!
TSR Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 oh no! old peopel! call in the artillery! they'll kill us all! they smell of wee and death! burn them!!!!!
PoiuyWired Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 what kind of sadistic stormtrooper would sit there for hours shooting a human corpse until it turned into a smoldering skeleton haha Its fun to be Evil! And being a Sadist is tons of fun. Either that, or the stormies are out of rations. I mean, those bones are picked clean, and charboiled... you don't get that skeletal look from a burning body out in the (relatively) open.
St. Jimmy Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 Cannible Stormtroopers that didn't get to finish their meal?
Davinq Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Yeah, um, there were some Rebels defending the Lars' as the Stormtroopers attacked, a Bothan struck with an incinerator and missed - sort of.
Nedak Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Didn't they just burn the place after they'd shot 'em? What would be the point of burning the place anyways?
TK-8252 Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 What would be the point of burning the place anyways? To hide the evidence?
Nedak Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Yea that’s true. So then what would have happened is the Troopers stormed the building most likely, interrogated Uncle, and Aunt Owen, Searched the place, killed them and put their bodies right next to each other outside and burned them to make it look like an accident.
PoiuyWired Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Come to think of it, it might be some kind of high powered microwave gun... either that or a really friggin huge oven. (Think, a easy-bake oven and a hamster, only in a larger scale)
Davinq Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 They were interrogated Daala style (muscle dystrophy) and dragged outside, where they were... *insert burn theory here*
PoiuyWired Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 I think the only logical reason would be them getting roasted INSIDE the house, then dragged out. kinda like what you do after your food in the oven is overdone. Otherwise its hard to have that damage done outdoors. Either that or dewbacks actually spout fire like dragons.
MachineCult Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 I always thought it looked like they had been trying to run away.
St. Jimmy Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 The Stormies could have been going to move the bodies and then recieved new orders or just couldn't be bothered anymore... so left them were they had already got them to... Just another possibility.
PoiuyWired Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Maybe they expact the Wamp Rats (or other critters) to come and eat the roasted bodies, but Luke & Crew arrives too early.
Great Scott! Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 R5 unit technically This R2 unit has a bad motivator, look!I think Luke knows a little more about droids.
coupes. Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 I think Luke knows a little more about droids. Yet, his name is R5-D4.
Great Scott! Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 I know, but in some way "R2 unit" must make sense if Luke is going to call it that...
PoiuyWired Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Yet, his name is R5-D4. I thought he is called skippy the Jedi Droid or something XD
Dagobahn Eagle Posted August 12, 2006 Posted August 12, 2006 They just burned the place and them down. Plain and simple. Although I like Troops' theory:D. Well, even if SW.com somehow was canon we can still speculate on what they shot them with and what they burned the place with!Right. Starwars.com is as inaccurate as they get. I know, but in some way "R2 unit" must make sense if Luke is going to call it that...Luke is wrong. Plain and simple.
Great Scott! Posted August 12, 2006 Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah, I thought he might just be wrong, but I think he should've been R2-D4 or something just so it would've been right. But whatever.
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