What if YOU had been in command at the Battle Of Endor?

[Mr. B]

Once the Rebel fleet had come out of hyperspace I would have trapped the fleet just like was done. But, I would have had the fleet immediatly attack and engage as many rebel ships as possible. Between the Death Star and the Imperial Fleet the rebels would have had no chance. Then I would send more ground troops to crush those over-animated teddy bears. As for Luke Skywalker, I think the Emperor should have been left alone without Vader around to see his son die. But then I would have taken some of Slywalkers DNA and cloned him as a replacement for Vader.

What would you have done?

[Mr Bean]

First Vent the Atmosphere for the Emperor's personal Chamers, No matter how much of a Jedi you are, You can't breath Vaclume
Now the idiots and the Pschyopath are out of the way I'd move to the main battle
First unlike the Emperor who target, What First?
Oh Yes the HOSPITAL Ship, Home 1 Would be my First Target, With Ackbar out of the way the going is much easier. Second I'd move the Imperal SD towards the Rebel Fleet instead of having them stand off as they did.
Bring the fighters up to defend the Death-Star the Ships can look after themsleves,

[Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi]

I'd send more of the ISDs to engage Rebel capships, and then have an ISD eploy it's troops to the planet, and order all rebel prisoners on the surface to be executed, or knocked out for interrogation. I was thinking that some Rebel Capships could have deployed more fighters during the battle, so if they were, and a ship was destroyed while some fighter were in it, that would be a plus, but it seems unlikely, and if there were fighters in the ships, they were probably deployed when informed of the ambush.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

I have 10 shield generators built into the DS when the arrive.

[Mr Bean]

That too
I have the Emperor and Vadar Killed
Oh and I move the Death-Star to Courscant to finish construction

Heh another way to go about it

[Master of Ossus]

I would have had my ground troops burn back the forest from the Endor moon to prevent guerilla actions against Imperial ground forces. I would have cleared several kilometers from around the bunker, and would have had TIEs ready to launch airstrikes on rebel insurgents. Then I would have moved some of the TIEs from the Star Destroyers to protect the DSII, and had the Imperator class Star Destroyers prevent the rebels from escaping like they did in the movie, but I would have held the TIEs to protect the Star Destroyers instead of engaging the rebels when they had the only capital ship support.

[Mr Bean]

Imperal not Imperator
Thats not a ship
The Imperius is but thats a 20KM Superlaser Equiped one,, Did not see THAT in the movie

Just a minor point

[Executor]

Imperal not Imperator
Thats not a ship
The Imperius is but thats a 20KM Superlaser Equiped one,, Did not see THAT in the movie

Just a minor point

There Imperator-class Star Destroyers, named after the first of the class.

Never heard of this Imperius before, wheres this from?

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Imperal not Imperator
Thats not a ship
The Imperius is but thats a 20KM Superlaser Equiped one,, Did not see THAT in the movie

Just a minor point

There Imperator-class Star Destroyers, named after the first of the class.

Never heard of this Imperius before, wheres this from?

Fan ship.

[Executor]

Imperal not Imperator
Thats not a ship
The Imperius is but thats a 20KM Superlaser Equiped one,, Did not see THAT in the movie

Just a minor point

There Imperator-class Star Destroyers, named after the first of the class.

Never heard of this Imperius before, wheres this from?

Fan ship.

Ok cheers.

[Mr Bean]

Its kick ass at that

Bascily a Scalled UP version of the Eclispe which I think is an EU ship or was it Comic ?

[David]

Neither, just another one of your delusions

[IRG CommandoJoe]

Screw that one ISD bullshit. lol I'd have all of the ISDs and the Executor deploy every single ground weapon they had on Endor, because it's all worth jack shit in space. If it was possible, I'd have had the Death Star's mini-superlasers independently target the major Rebel capital ships and then fire all at once so that they never knew what hit them as soon as they came out of hyperspace. If not, I'd just blow up the Home One and have my ISD fleet hyperspace into the system very close to the Rebels, have them engage them, and give orders to only fire on capital ships. This way no Rebel starfighters would draw away firepower that could be used to quickly eliminate capital ships. I'd deploy every single TIE on all Star Destroyers, the Executor, and the Death Star and give orders to only fire on Rebel starfighters. I would have the Executor quickly ram into all of the Rebel capital ships so that they wouldn't have time to turn and hyperspace out. Oh yeah, of course, I would have had Interdictors in that ISD fleet....if you consider that canon. If not, then that's just one thing I couldn't do. lol And once all of the Rebel starfighters were destroyed (plus the Millenium Falcon), I'd pull a BDZ on the entire area around the shield generator bunker where the Rebel commandos were, even if my own troops were there. This is to ensure that there is no way any Rebels would survive. I would do this after the Rebel starfighters were destroyed because they are the only threat to the Death Star once the shields are down, and the BDZ operation might bring down the shields. Capital ships wouldn't be a problem though. They couldn't blow up the Death Star, even if they tried to hyperspace into it. Too massive. Anyway, the single most important decision I would make is not to be present on the Death Star or the Executor to ensure my safety. I would just give these fool-proof orders from my ultra-secure palace on Coruscant. I would have a bunch of HoloNet connections open the whole time with all of the commanders to be constantly updated on the battle. I wouldn't bring Luke into my presence because there is always the risk that I would die. This way, Darth Vader isn't tied up with the whole, "Kill your father take his place beside me." thing, and could try to turn Luke to the Dark Side. I don't know what would happen if this took place though....I wouldn't have him on the Death Star. I'd have him on the Executor. So maybe he would have taken him up to the Executor, then he would have tried to convert him to the Dark Side there. If Vader didn't convert him there....I guess he'd probably kill (or try to kill) Luke. One thing is that I would make sure that Luke dies or turns to the Dark Side. Actually...Luke is the wild card in this situation, because if he turned Vader to the Light Side somehow, he could make Vader defect to the Rebel Alliance and then he would order all of the ships to stand down.....hmm.....this is an odd situation...maybe I should be there anyway...but then the entire lightsaber battle takes place and then I die. LOL I guess there really isn't any way to safely convert Luke to the Dark Side, so I guess I would order Vader not to convert him to the Dark Side, stay with me on Coruscant, and then I would have him BDZ'd on Endor. I'm not really this evil, but it's just common sense to do what I said. lol

[Cpt_Frank]

I'd order the commander of the bunker on Endor not to open the entrances under any circumstances. The protection of the DS is the most important thing.

[Grand Admiral Mango]

Well, if i was in command at the battle of Endor, as soon as the Imperial Fleet had come out of hyperspace, trapping the rebels, the Death Star would power up its superlaser and begin systomatically destroying the rebel ships. First Home One (Ackbar's ship), then the medical frigate. ALL of the star destroyers, the Executor and the Death Star would launch every fighter they had. The fleet would include Interdictor cruisers, to stop the rebels from escaping. Also, rather than just the ISD Avenger carrying jamming equipment to stop the rebels from telling whether the shield was up, every ship would carry jamming equipment. That way, the rebels would never be able to tell when the shield went down unless they destroyed every Star Destroyer, or if they sent ships straight at the shield to tell if it was up. Down on Endor, if any rebels managed to penetrate the bunker, they would be shot. The troops would have orders to stay close to the bunker to avoid being dispersed. The AT-ST's would remain on patrol around the bunker. On the Death Star, Vader would lead Skywalker into the Emperor's Throne Room, but he would not be in there. A trooper in robes would be. luke would be shoved in and the doors locked. Poisonous gas would be pumped in. Not even a Jedi can survive without oxygen. The trooper would survive because of the breathing apparatus in his suit.

The rebel fleet would be destroyed, Luke, Han, Leia etc. would be shot and that would be the end of the rebellion. Long live the Empire.[/list][/i]

[Kuja]

I wouldn't have allowed the battle to take place. I would never have allowed the plans for DS2 to fall into the hands of Bothan spies, and I'd have killed Xitor the instant he told me he'd let such a thing happen. I would never trust the Suprosa, a single freighter, to carry the plans. I'd have had them on an ISD; the more muscle, the better.

Why set a trap for the Rebels using DS2? Finish the damn thing, then wipe out the Rebels, which is what it was intended for!

As for the battle itself, I'd have used the superlaser once, just once, to show that it was operational. Then, I'd have the fleet launch an all-out assault, using everything they had.

As for Skywalker, leave his cuffs on and start a came of "Catch the Activated Lightsaber!"

[Typhonis 1]

First clear out a kill zone around the bunker and make sure they have plenty of nerve gas to use.Second have the Sds transport there GFs to Endor .third tell the bunker commander not to oepn up.Fourth have the fleet attack the rebekls as a whole none of this fighters first crap.Fifth make sure the Ds turbolasers were also working

[ArchAngel]

Had I been in command at Endor, I would have allowed the Emperor all of his idiot plan, all the Rebels luck would have occured. The only difference, had I been in command; that one, single little hole into the reactor...now has several dozen metres of metal where it was.

[Howedar]

Create a good kill zone around the entire bunker and shield generator. Engage the Rebel Fleet with ISDs. Take over once the Emperor and Vader are dead.

[irishmick79]

I definitely would have waited for Death Star 2 to be more complete. I would have kept the Imperial Fleet in close to the DS2, trying to allow for the DS2's surface batteries to come into play with the rebel starships more directly. I would have tried to set up a protective screen around the ISD's with secondary ships and starfighter squads to prevent rebel starfighters from wreaking havoc with them, and once the enemy starfighters were neutralized begin to pound on what's left of the rebel fleet. Basically, I would have used the imperial fleet to provide as much protection to DS2 from the rebel starfighters, and let the rebels try and break through the screen. The combined point-blank firepower from DS2 and the imperial fleet would have been a difficult guantlet to run.

The surface battle would have been a completely different affair. I agree that clearing the woods around the bunker and the main base would have been absolutely necessary. I would have increased scouting around the bunker, and patrolled the immediate parimeter much much better. The ewoks were amazingly successful at setting up relatively complex traps for the scout walkers much too close to the bunker. I can't think of a single reason how they could have suceeded without involving gross incompetence at the hands of the imperial command staff.

Given the shield generator in place, the rebels would have been hard pressed to get anything more than the strike team they fielded onto the planet. The commander could have expected only limited resistance if any, and the firepower at his disposal should have been sufficient if properly handled. Therefore, air support would be not necessary, and TIE squadrons would be held in space for use in action against the rebel fleet.

[Aaron2]

You'd only have to do one thing. Order your troops not to take prisoners. If they had killed the rebels when they first saw them, the shield would have been perfectly safe.

Wipe them out. All of them.

[General G]

Would it have been that hard for the imperials to wipe out the ewoks when they first set up the bunker. I guess the ewoks were not considered a threat.

[Mr. B]

Would it have been that hard for the imperials to wipe out the ewoks when they first set up the bunker. I guess the ewoks were not considered a threat.

Ewok hunting could become the sport of choice for Imperial Commanders.