Anyone miss this or is it old? Star Wars Q & A

[Winston Blake]

Q. In Episode V when the Empire is looking for the Millennium Falcon in the asteroid field, Lord Vader is talking with some of his officers via hologram. The hologram image on his far left looks like he shields himself from something, then the image disappears. Was the destroyer that he was in get hit by an asteroid?

A. Well spotted. That is indeed what happens -- the Star Destroyer's conning tower gets smashed in the preceding establishing shot. For an entire generation, the punch line to that destruction was cropped out of Empire.

This can be interpreted to mean that the asteroid 'smashed' the ISD, but didn't necessarily destroy the tower, e.g. i could smash a brick wall with my fist, and the brick wall wouldn't care. 'That destruction' could just mean that the antennas/comm-equipment got busted, hence the video cut-out.

[nightmare]

This can be interpreted to mean that the asteroid 'smashed' the ISD, but didn't necessarily destroy the tower, e.g. i could smash a brick wall with my fist, and the brick wall wouldn't care. 'That destruction' could just mean that the antennas/comm-equipment got busted, hence the video cut-out.

It could just as well refer to the asteroid which was totalled.

[Connor MacLeod]

the tower "getting smashed" isn't a specific enough term to tell what sort of damage was done (it could have buckled, but it wouldn't tell us by how much.) In any case, the bridge tower is not the most durable construct on the ship as it is.

[Kurgan]

So I guess you guys are thinking the Imperial in the hologram was not actually killed, but maybe just freaking out from the sight of the Asteroid doing minor damage?

[Noble Ire]

So I guess you guys are thinking the Imperial in the hologram was not actually killed, but maybe just freaking out from the sight of the Asteroid doing minor damage?

No, (IMO) its pretty clear he dies. The how and why, however, are a bit more tricky.

[Grandmaster Jogurt]

Didn't someone post some screencaps a few months ago showing that the intact silhouette of the bridge tower against the Executor was still visible as the explosion faded? Or am I imagining things?

[Kurgan]

So I guess you guys are thinking the Imperial in the hologram was not actually killed, but maybe just freaking out from the sight of the Asteroid doing minor damage?

No, (IMO) its pretty clear he dies. The how and why, however, are a bit more tricky.

Are you sure? Maybe he faked his own death and joined the Rebellion. And he probably ended up being a Jedi too, I bet!