clonetrooper09 Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 "Shoot him down!" says Anakin. "We're out of rockets, sir!" We're out of rockets. This might have been brought up but still it should be pointed out. The LAAT has other weapons rather than the rockets. It has laser cannons, two laser beams, and a laser beam type of thing(don't know name) on it. Why the clone pilot didn't use his laser cannons to shoot down Dooku is beyond me. Anyone else a little stumped as to why they didn't do this?
MachineCult Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 They probably only use the rockets for air to air targets in situations like that. I thought it was a little weird as well, though.
Canderous_ordo1 Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 well from what i know from my many battles rockets are only long range wepons but the thing that stumped me . was why did they even use rockets in the frist place they probley had something like a plasma cannon to be tactical it would be better to use the laser to shoot it down .
MachineCult Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 ^^^Many battles? Okay then guy whatever you say. Also, I don't think that the LAAT's have "plasma cannons".
PoiuyWired Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Well, I am pretty darn sure the is enough lascannon to be used on any flyers. Optical weapons would work fairly well even against flyers. I guess this proves that most non-pilot oriented clones are weak at air battles, as said.
boinga1 Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 Well, the real reason for this line is because George wanted Obi and Ani to follow Dooku but not kill him in the air, and George probably couldn't think of an excuse for the lasers not to work. However, it is possible that the flyer's lasers were damaged, or that the gunner(s) had been KIA. Perhaps the swoop was simply out of range for lasers.
Emperor Devon Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 The gunship's blasters don't look to be very fast, and Dooku was small and agile target. I think that the rockets lock onto what they're fired at, since they changed direction slightly when shot at the Techno Union ships.
PoiuyWired Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Well, them "not trying" to hit Dooku is just cheese... I think it would look much better if there is a short 2 second scene of blaster shots missing Dooku's ride. It makes more sense that way, and Dooku will look cooler.
clonetrooper09 Posted October 22, 2006 Author Posted October 22, 2006 Yeah, at least make an attempt. And also, that gun in the back of the LAAT, should of been able to shoot down those starfighters.
Kurgan Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Obviously the plot sequence demanded that they not simply shoot him down, but it was weak, I agree. Plus, (it's been awhile but anyone with the DVD handy can check) apparently if you watch the scene right before it you can clearly see they have plenty of rockets left, so whoever was modelling that scene forgot to at least give the appearance that what the pilot said was reasonable! gaffe). I once thought perhaps Dooku mind tricked the pilot to just give fake information to the Jedi onboard. That would mean they were incredibly gullible though, but who knows! Quote ^^^Many battles? I take it he was referring to some game experience. Though I'd point out that the games always play fast and loose with the mechanics of Star Wars tech, for the sake of balance and gameplay, so the games aren't a very reliable guide for how the movie stuff is supposed to work.
PoiuyWired Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 Whatever it is, they should have done the scene better. And its not too farfetched if Dooku can dodge attacks from a couple of LAAT anyways.
McCusto Posted October 25, 2006 Posted October 25, 2006 Just to let you know, you probably don't have to put (spoilers) after the title, considering Episode II came out 4 years ago.
clonetrooper09 Posted October 25, 2006 Author Posted October 25, 2006 Someone might not have seen Episode II yet.
Sabretooth Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 It was all part of Palpatine's evil scheme.
Jan Gaarni Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 And with that in mind, the clone troopers are the property of Palpatine. They may have been instructed deep in their unconscious minds not to harm certain individuals. I believe this isn't all too far fetched. After all, look what happens in Ep. III.
clonetrooper09 Posted October 26, 2006 Author Posted October 26, 2006 Some clones didn't follow Order 66, I think. Then they were eventually killed.
RC-1162 Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 those were the Clone Commandos, and they were the only ones who had sense. the pilot was a pure clone troop, tho
Sabretooth Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 RC-1162 said: those were the Clone Commandos, and they were the only ones who had sense. The Clone Commandos did not have mental freedom, they were just mentally and physically enhanced. It was the Advanced Reconnaissance Commandos who were able to think freely and had some sense. But isn't this thread slowly, but surely veering way off-topic?
TSR Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Surely he could have just gone faster and rammed him off? :|
RC-1162 Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Sabretooth said: The Clone Commandos did not have mental freedom, they were just mentally and physically enhanced. yeah, thats what i meant
PoiuyWired Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 TheSuperRodian said: Surely he could have just gone faster and rammed him off? :| Yeah, its like trying to ram a F16 with a Biplane... But yeah, Its the ARC Troopers that are trained with the greatest amount of free will, whatever that means. Though I think the whole scene have nothing to do with free will of the clones, but rather "free will of the script writers"
Shane_1990 Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Count dokou was not meant to die in episode II, becuase in episode III anakin kills him and turns him even more to the DARK SIDE!
Shane_1990 Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Count dokou was not meant to die in episode II, becuase in episode III anakin kills him and turns him even more to the DARK SIDE!
Pho3nix Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Shane_1990 said: Count dokou was not meant to die in episode II, becuase in episode III anakin kills him and turns him even more to the DARK SIDE! Indeed.
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.