For that matter since the weapons are laser beams, why dont they make the ships out of mirrors?
2006-08-24 10:45:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Let it go, its fiction, plus they win at the end....
2006-08-24 10:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking at later "techinical specifications" manuals for Star Wars, you may notice that they are called "Blasters" not "lasers." (Oh, yes, I just put "laser" in quotations - thank you for the excuse.) That said, my hunch is that they are more like particle projection weapons that use ultraheated plasma, which would mean that the weapon would project mass as well as heat.
As you may know, some deflective armor IS used, which is why the stormtrooper armor is white instead of something more camoflauged. The white on the spaceships is also supposed to be representing some use of reflective materials. On the other hand, if a death star is using a plasma weapon that amounts to an atomic beam weapon, reflective qualities may not have made any difference.
2006-08-24 19:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cheshire Cat has it right..a particle beam weapon has mass as well as energy, and holding a mirror up would have the same effect as holding a mirror in front of a shotgun blast...........and indeed, such a thing is being deployed........go searching for info on the US Air Forces' 747 with a laser mounted for ABM work....yes folks, what was so derisively labeled "Star Wars" during the Reagan years is up and running and ready to defend us.......
and I have to say I DO like the answer about Chewbaca!
2006-08-30 09:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several possible answers:
1. the death star is the same size as a small to medium moon, so the ray would be the diameter of like texas. it would be impossible to create a mirror that big.
2. laser guns should burn through mirrors. the lasers that bounce do not have enough heat or energy.
2006-08-25 07:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military Funding Cutbacks
2006-08-25 06:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by Perry N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The death star's lasers were designed so that they don't bounce off mirrors. Probably.
2006-08-24 18:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dawgface420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not lasers. The shots usually were visible as little packets, not beams like light. If they were plasmas like others have suggested then a strong magnetic shield might have worked.
2006-09-01 17:32:37 · answer #7 · answered by CB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to love questions like this...
Ok lets look at the star wars story for one.
THEIR REBELS.
so they dont have the better technology or weapons... as the movies clearly showed.
I did think one time if they ever wanted to remake SW as a comedy (trully remake), they could have fun with the Death star.
When it s about to blow up Alderan, instead of a laser coming out, it would shoot one of those "BANG" papers out. then from the planet would come "Oww"s and "damn that hurt" and such.
2006-08-24 17:49:53 · answer #8 · answered by clomtancy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The laser beam may theoretically (or science fictionly) be too compressed (i.e. the waves may be so tightly syncronized) to be stopped by conventional methods. Perhaps a deharmonizing device may be more suitable in this case.
2006-08-24 19:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by Mario G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's my simpleton's take on it: mirrors break too easily. A few rounds of pellet-based ammo would render the mirror-defense useless.
Cheshire Cat's answer, though, is brilliant.
2006-08-25 06:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by m.allen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chewbacca was using the mirror to have a shave
2006-08-29 16:32:57 · answer #11 · answered by ianjohnpaul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋