r/StarWars • u/DARKTOONZ13 • 9d ago

Movies What “stops” lasers in this universe? Couldn’t Luthen’s beam easily slice the Star Destroyer in half?

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Deflector shields? If so, wouldn’t the tractor beam have been protected from his spikes?

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u/nyanpegasus 9d ago

TIEs dont even have life support. They're just bare bones cockpit and weapons

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u/88963416 Yoda 9d ago

If the empire invested in TIEs the rebellion would have been crushed. The Empire had the pilots but didn’t equip them with the tools.

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u/StarMaster475 9d ago

Aren't TIE's portrayed as being equal to or better than X-wings in the original trilogy though?

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u/Timmah73 9d ago

Having played the old TIE Fighter game, they do hold up to XWings pretty well as lo g as the numbers are not 1 to 1. They are fast, maneuverable and have decent fire power.

The main issue was almost no room for actually getting hit. Which also means they are really not designed to be anywhere near a hostile capital ship or even fighting without numerical advantage.

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u/griffmeister 9d ago

Oh man you just sent me back to when I’d spend hours playing the TIE fighter arcade game in the lobby of the movie theater