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Question: Why are the turbo lasers on a star destroyer only on one side of the ship? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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Doesn't that create a huge vulnerability in that the enemy can just go under the ship and shoot up? Seems like they could have at least put 1 or 2 on the underside.

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[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right! The really really big ones. I though they were the turbos and the smaller ones werd just turrets of some sort. My bad!

No worries, the normal turbo laser turrets are relatively small compared to the Quads and especially to the size of an ISD.

Right, but the shielding is the key word. I wasn't saying it was weak in that it couldn't have an inventive use. I meant weak in that it had less offensive capabilities for a line fight like at the start of III. I mean, you could eventually cut someone in half with individual sheets of paper doing paper cuts over and over. But using a saw would be more practical.

That's true, though in that case you move away. Unless both ships have the exact same speed and heading, they'd diverge relatively quickly. Line fighting usually involves constant movement. So unloading a broadside or two probably doesn't do that much.

Oh, and I just had a quick look at the fight. So apparently the Venators have a big death laser around the lower hangar section. At minute 2:50 it is used to blast a Munificent apart. It might very well be, that it is the same type of weapon used by the Empire for Planetary Bombardments, or purpose built for the Clone Wars.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So apparently the Venators have a big death laser around the lower hangar section. At minute 2:50 it is used to blast a Munificent apart.

The only time I remember seeing a giant gun out the bottom of the capital ship was in the sequels where a Sith Star Destroyer had a miniature Death Star cannon that was used to destroy a plannet. So, forgive me for asking, but what episode are you talking about that 2:50 mark?

[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Episode 3, during the Space Battle over Coruscant

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh Right! Its right at the 1:00 mark (film footage time, not including introductory text).

Well, it was more just a weird laser beam (didn't actually see a cannon barrel), but I'll give it to you.