[Darth Player]

You know the scene where Han tries to blast the door open to the trash compactor and the shot ricochets like mad until an angry Luke says he already tried that and the area is magnetically sealed. interesting how a trash compactor of all things has a degree of protection afforded to it on the inside whereas the Death Star vent is a big open hole that invites torpedoes into it without so much as some mesh covering over it.

[diligent_d]

I think they mentioned during the briefing scene that the vent was indeed shielded from lasers. That is why they had to use torpedoes instead. I'll have to doublecheck though.

[barend]

what... and you think the pentagon puts its rubbish out on the street in plastic bins?

considering that they seem to throw genetic experiments in there as well, i'd be glad they magnetically seal it.


although some mesh over that vent would be nice... and maybe a little zig-zagging in the tube of the vent would have been a nice idea. so that torpedos don't fly straight down into the reactor...

oh well... live and learn.

[Darth Player]

Actually, since the station's filled with Commander Cody types and his clone bretheren, and he doesn't think his shit stinks, there would be little need for the magnetic seal because of the logic that one's farts don't stink but other's are poison. This could also explain that Tarkin, the Imperials at the meeting and the Imperial Navy commanders probably eat hardboiled eggs at every meal, hence the need for the magnetic seal.

How the creature got into the sealed trash compactor is beyond me. Maybe the guy Vader Force choked at the meeting dropped a serious load and lost his tape worm.

[barend]

territory, best left unexplored...

[Sailor Abbey]

wow that was really gross thank you

[barend]

Sailor Abbey... can i call you sabby?