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In Episode 2, at the end, when Palpatine and everyone are standing on the balcony overlooking the loading of the clone troopers into ships, are the ships Victory Star Destroyers? I remember reading somewhere that VicStars are capable of entering atmosphere
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Not real big on Star Wars are you?

Those are Acclamator class troop transports.
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They are Kuat Drive Yards Acclamator-class trans-galactic military transports.
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unfortunately, I love the OT, but something about Ep. 1 made me not too interested. However, Ep. 2 restored most of my faith
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Matt7 wrote:unfortunately, I love the OT, but something about Ep. 1 made me not too interested. However, Ep. 2 restored most of my faith
Ever read any of the books? If not, that will be a major area to work on. They're accepted as part of the Star Wars universe, without them I had no idea what people were talking about.
Try not to make any unsupportable claims during your catching-up period, and you should do fine.
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And buy a copy of A Guide To The Star Wars Universe. It'll sure help :P
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Wicked Pilot wrote:Somebody poke this guy, he's ripe!

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hey!
I have read most of the books, although the furthest I read (SW timeline-wise) was Specter of the Past/Vision of the Future
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Of course this would only be my personal opinion, but i could give you a list of what and what not to read - even with comments.

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yah, that would be cool
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Matt7 wrote:In Episode 2, at the end, when Palpatine and everyone are standing on the balcony overlooking the loading of the clone troopers into ships, are the ships Victory Star Destroyers? I remember reading somewhere that VicStars are capable of entering atmosphere
I thought it was interesting to see the similarities between the ISD and those transports.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:Somebody poke this guy, he's ripe!
Do I qualify for the right to poke :?:

I ask because even ough I have a pathetically low post count, I am one of the oldest members of the board :D
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Hethrir wrote:
Matt7 wrote:In Episode 2, at the end, when Palpatine and everyone are standing on the balcony overlooking the loading of the clone troopers into ships, are the ships Victory Star Destroyers? I remember reading somewhere that VicStars are capable of entering atmosphere
I thought it was interesting to see the similarities between the ISD and those transports.
Aside from the genral shape, which does nothing more than suggest design lineage, I see no other similarities between Acclamators and Imperators.

In fact, IMO, Acclamators are butt ugly compared to Imperators
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Supreme_Warlord wrote: Aside from the genral shape, which does nothing more than suggest design lineage, I see no other similarities between Acclamators and Imperators.
They have the wedge shape, the 'trench' connecting the dorsal and ventral sides, and the same visible armament layout- four quad guns on either side, in the same arrangement as the Imperator and Imperator II.
In fact, IMO, Acclamators are butt ugly compared to Imperators
Agreed. Differences include the engines, the lack of a discernable bridge tower or globes, and a reactor that doesn't protrude from the underside, nor any Imperator style hangar.

Still, it's ugly in a good way.
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Nice to know that military shipbuilding will evolve to such an art form, that the designers can't but help produce nice looking ships (ISD, ExSD).
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Supreme_Warlord wrote:In fact, IMO, Acclamators are butt ugly compared to Imperators
I actually like the Acclamators' appearance better than that of the Imperators. The only thing I don't like about their look is that they don't look like troops transports - they should be more bulky.
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I didn't say it was an Impstar or a Deuce, I said Victory-Class. The Victory-Classes were around in OR times (I think)
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Matt7 wrote:I didn't say it was an Impstar or a Deuce, I said Victory-Class. The Victory-Classes were around in OR times (I think)
Nobody said that you did...
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Matt7 wrote:I didn't say it was an Impstar or a Deuce, I said Victory-Class. The Victory-Classes were around in OR times (I think)


It isn't. It is clearly not a Victory class, nor an Imperator.
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sorry. it seemed to me that nobody mentioned Victory SD's, just Imperators....
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