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There is no evidence to suggest that the Executor was incapable of destroying Echo Base. You're ignoring the fact that Vader did NOT want to destroy the base, he wanted it intact so that he could capture Luke. Nuking Echo Base from orbit would have rather obviously been counterproductive to that go...

This post, as mentioned in my previous post, will address the OP's assertions concerning solition waves and the Death Star shields. -Soliton waves: The reference episode is TNG "New Ground." The soliton wave was generated as part of an experiment in inducing artificial warp-speed travel in...

If I may take on a few of these and ask questions. If I make any references to EU, they'll be clearly labelled to be used or ignored as you will. :) I'm curious about this. It seems that yes, the ships of the Empire are faster than those of the Federation, but from what we've seen on-screen, that se...

Suspension of Disbelief: either these people really are speaking English, or the film was dubbed (and digitally doctored) to make it look and sound as if they are speaking English. This is one case where the scientific technique arguably produces a klunkier explanation than the literary method, but...