Talk:Admiral Piett
We need to get Piett's picture.-B-101
Try to get a photo of Piett. And also, who keeps turning "super star destroyer" into "star dreadnought"? The Executor is a super-star destroyer, not a star dreadnought.- B-101 11:29, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The entire rebel fleet didn't take down the Executor. The domes that are on the bridge towers are the shield generators. Some think they are sensor domes, but they protect the ship. It is said in the "Illustrated Guide to Weapons and Technology". The two A-wings disabled the shields which allowed that guy to plow into the bridge.- B-101 11:36, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
A-wings and Star Dreadnoughts
Admiral Ackbar ordered the fleet to "Concentrate all fire on that Super Star Destroyer." The rebel fleet then quickly brought down the Exector's shields. The 2 A-wings took advantage of the shield failure to strafe the sensor globe. Destroying the sensor globe reduced the accuracy of the Executor's weapons, which allowed the kamikaze A-wing to ram the bridge before the crew could get the shields back up.
The claims of poorly researched books like the "Illustrated Guide to Weapons and Technology" are irrelevant. There are 8 globes clearly visible near the bridge on the model, so even if they were shield generators, only losing one wouldn't do much anyway.
"Super Star Destroyer" is at best a slang term. Star Dreadnought is the proper designation for ships of the Executor's size as explicitly established in "Inside the Worlds of the Star Wars Trilogy", published on August 1, 2004. - Vermilion 04:58, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Is there any particular reason to consider "Inside the Worlds ..." more canonical than "Illustrated Guide ...", or indeed, the various and several SW computer games (which I play far more often than I watch the films), which clearly establish both that it's a Super Star Destroyer and that the globes are shield generators. Does it have some sort of "this is official truth and the rest of all that expanded universe stuff is a pack of lies" foreword from that nice Mr Lucas or something? Bth (Can't quite believe I'm getting involved in this, but never mind.)
- Generally, more recent books override older books when there's a contradiction. Most SW books and games just mindlessly repeat obviously incorrect information from WEG's RPG. The two series of books recently published by DK ("Incredible Cross Sections" and "Inside the Worlds"), are correcting many of the old WEG mistakes such as the length of the Executor and the sizes of the Death Stars.
- The overall stories of the games are canon but the games themselves are not canon. For example, in TIE Fighter, it would be canon that Grand Admiral Zarin developed the TIE Defender and tried to take over the Empire, but the exact events shown in each mission would not be canon. As another example, in X-wing Alliance, the Azzameen family joining the Rebellion would be canon, but obviously Ace Azzameen did not pilot the Falcon at Endor. - Vermilion 05:25, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Shield globes
Maybe the globes on the bridge tower are designated for shield duties, like the one the A-wings blew up. Maybe the ones that are seen throughout the model are the sensor globes.
And also, even if the sensors weren't down, it would still be hard for the Executor's turbolasers to hit an A-wing. Those things are pretty darn fast.- B-101 13:36, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
New book
I honestly didn't know they had a new book about the original trilogy.- B-101 14:47, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I went out and bought a copy of the new book. It really clears up what you were saying.- B-101 22:09, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Shields again
The new guide to weapons and technology says that the domes are the shield generators. I would like to change it again.- B-101 00:23, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- It would be better to call them shield projectors, rather than generators. Vermilion 19:33, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- So, would it be okay to change that the statement that the Rebels fleet took down the shields to the two A-wings that blew up the domes?- B-101 23:53, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Edit whatever you want, you don't need to ask permisson for anything. I mainly take issue with saying the A-wings alone brought down the shield. The domes themselves would be protected by the shield, so it would have to be taken down first for the A-wings to be able to hit them. That's what the fleet did. Vermilion 20:25, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- So, would it be okay to change that the statement that the Rebels fleet took down the shields to the two A-wings that blew up the domes?- B-101 23:53, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hopefully, this is the last time I have to ask this. Get Piett's picture, please.- B-101 22:03, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)