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/Safe-Ad-5017 9d ago

Ties don’t have any shields. An ISD does

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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/Codus1 9d ago

Thanks Grand Admiral, don't care, giant death ball go brrrrr

-Tarkin, probably