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From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Enterprise vs Death Star
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 03:21:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 22 03:21:15 1985
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>It's real hard to say.  After all, the Death Star in ROTJ only got off
>ONE shot.  Another klduge to help the good guys win...  We are
>confronted with the staggering concept of a now FULLY OPERATIONAL Death
>Star... which only fires one shot.  It should have creamed the entirety
>of the Rebel forces in no time flat.  Unless it had to sit around for a
>half an hour to recharge the gun ... which I doubt.

Whoa buddy!

Remember the PLOT?  All the Emperor cared about was turning Luke, the only
person in the galaxy who could stand in his way.  This was done by slowly
destroying the attacking force, thus building Luke's anger in a most
insidious way.  If he had destroyed them all at once, Luke would have 
probably given up.
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-  Sean Casey				UUCP:	{cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean
-  Department of Mathematics		ARPA:	ukma!sean@ANL-MCS.ARPA	
-  University of Kentucky