According to the novelization, the A-wings (Green Leader) fired proton torpedoes.Sunstreaker wrote:I wasn't disputing the Falcon's missiles and X-wing torps, however, I'll have to check the A-wing attack. What you’re saying contradicts what I remember. (i.e the "red lances" appeared to move almost instantly from the A-wings to the globe.)Slartibartfast wrote:
No, I actually pulled the number out of my ass, but it DOES take lasers a small fraction of a second to reach any distance while the A-Wing shots slowly drifted into the dome, even giving the fighters time to turn away and get off-screen before the impact. It was the same with the Death Star reactor.
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They were clearly warheads, SW blasters do not look like that at all.
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I have the movie in my comp, so I'll check it up later just in case.Sunstreaker wrote:I wasn't disputing the Falcon's missiles and X-wing torps, however, I'll have to check the A-wing attack. What you’re saying contradicts what I remember. (i.e the "red lances" appeared to move almost instantly from the A-wings to the globe.)Slartibartfast wrote:
No, I actually pulled the number out of my ass, but it DOES take lasers a small fraction of a second to reach any distance while the A-Wing shots slowly drifted into the dome, even giving the fighters time to turn away and get off-screen before the impact. It was the same with the Death Star reactor.
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The whatevers moved quickly when they were visible, but they still took a while as they shot away before the explosion occured.Sunstreaker wrote:I wasn't disputing the Falcon's missiles and X-wing torps, however, I'll have to check the A-wing attack. What you’re saying contradicts what I remember. (i.e the "red lances" appeared to move almost instantly from the A-wings to the globe.)
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