Timeline for What damage did Red Leader's torpedoes cause to the Death Star?
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| Jun 26, 2017 at 15:39 | comment | added | Arthur Dent | @Spencer OP didn't state whether the question was meant to be answered in-universe or out of universe. Regardless of if "arming runs" were thought of while making the movie, this answer makes sense and offers a reasonable explanation in lieu of concrete evidence. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 22:16 | comment | added | Spencer | My point is that there has to be something in your answer to support that assertion. I rather think if they'd thought of "arming runs" while making the movie, it would have been in the script because it would have sounded cool. You might look for a military consultant in the credits and edit it in. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 14:29 | comment | added | PhasedOut | No, @Spencer, I do not (I did try to find something stated about it though) - however, it is called a "proton torpedo", and all real life versions of a "torpedo" have this function. Cinematically, it was probably more important to indicate that "previous shots missed" rather than deeply discussing why and how the miss happened. Looking at the above GIF, the under the splotch on the death star surface, the seams of armor plating are still visible, so it appears to me that the warheads did not detonate. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 16:53 | comment | added | Spencer | Do you have a quote from George Lucas or some other member of the production team to make us think they considered this? | |
| Jun 7, 2016 at 17:36 | history | answered | PhasedOut | CC BY-SA 3.0 |