Which is still irrelevant, since defeating the ATAT's with Xwings wouldn't get them off planet any quicker. It was a rearguard action, they had to keep moving, not a holding action.Spetulhu wrote:Who knows? Aircraft have problems with ice, spacecraft entering atmospheres have trouble with heat. It might just be too much trouble to reconfigure starfighters for use in the frigid atmosphere of Hoth.scififanoftheearth wrote: Or would the upgrades have made it impossible for life support to function in space?Maybe giving upgrades to the X-wings and Y-wings would have made them slower and easier for the AT-ATs to hit them? I'm just pitching ideas around here!
How Did the Rebels Perform at Hoth?
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I just thought of something. Did Vader really intend to capture Luke at Hoth or just kill him?
1. After all, the original plan was to simply level the base with orbital bombardment. That would have undoubtedly killed everyone inside.
2. Then, the AT-ATs shot-to-kill at the Snowspeeders. Vader knew that Luke was a fighter pilot and would undoubtedly be leading the Rogues into battle, but Vader's forces still did everything they could to kill Luke.
I believe that Vader thought he wouldn't need to turn Luke to the Dark Side if he could simply crush the Rebellion at Hoth. It was only after the rebellion lived on that he sought to turn him.
1. After all, the original plan was to simply level the base with orbital bombardment. That would have undoubtedly killed everyone inside.
2. Then, the AT-ATs shot-to-kill at the Snowspeeders. Vader knew that Luke was a fighter pilot and would undoubtedly be leading the Rogues into battle, but Vader's forces still did everything they could to kill Luke.
I believe that Vader thought he wouldn't need to turn Luke to the Dark Side if he could simply crush the Rebellion at Hoth. It was only after the rebellion lived on that he sought to turn him.
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Vader wanted to capture Luke, because Vader needed Luke to overthrow Palpatine. Hunting down Luke wasn't just about the Rebellion, far from it. And IIRC the opening crawl to ESB has Vader hoping to capture Luke.Lord Sabre Ace wrote:I just thought of something. Did Vader really intend to capture Luke at Hoth or just kill him?
1. After all, the original plan was to simply level the base with orbital bombardment. That would have undoubtedly killed everyone inside.
2. Then, the AT-ATs shot-to-kill at the Snowspeeders. Vader knew that Luke was a fighter pilot and would undoubtedly be leading the Rogues into battle, but Vader's forces still did everything they could to kill Luke.
I believe that Vader thought he wouldn't need to turn Luke to the Dark Side if he could simply crush the Rebellion at Hoth. It was only after the rebellion lived on that he sought to turm him.
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