Spoilers Andor - Season 2

[cooleddie74]

 

[Turtletrekker]

Because, why not?

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[fireproof78]

The principle of Chekov's gun demanded it... (For those unfamiliar, not that Chekov!)

Chekhov's gun.

 

[Starkers]

It wasn't a plot hole.

Yes, I should have said "supposed plot hole" the fact that the death star has a weakness could easily just be down to Imperial incompetence or bad planning!

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Yes, I should have said "supposed plot hole" the fact that the death star has a weakness could easily just be down to Imperial incompetence or bad planning!

No one who didn't use the Force made the shot, and we know prideful, Force-chokable Imperials like Motti didn't take that sort of thing seriously. Just classic hubris, really.

 

[The Wormhole]

Because, why not?

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His voice sounds so weird in those early videos.

the death star has a weakness could easily just be down to Imperial incompetence or bad planning!

I remember in Legends continuity that particular ventilation shaft wasn't even part of the schematics, it was only added during construction due to the belief that given how powerful the weapon is, a few more ventilation shafts couldn't possibly be a bad idea.

 

[cooleddie74]

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

The first time I saw Rogue One I kinda hated it, but damn it gets better every time I watch it and now post Andor my latest watch was the most enjoyable yet.

I still have issues with it (a film made to close one plot hole that creates new plot holes in the process!) but damn, outside of TFA maybe it's my favourite modern Star Wars film (and by modern I'm including the prequels)

I don't think you understand what plot hole means.

There was no plot hole regarding the stealing of the Death Star plans.

 

[Starkers]

I don't think you understand what plot hole means.

There was no plot hole regarding the stealing of the Death Star plans.

To be absolutely clear. I meant 'supposed' plot hole, and it isn't one I personally ever thought was a plot hole, but some people did, namely that the Empire building a giant moon sized battle station capable of destroying planets yet it's vulnerable to a lucky shot in the right spot. Again, I don't think this is a plot hole, I think it's a bit of bad planning in a huge construction project and/or Imperial hubris, and not something anyone ever thought could be exploited. But some people did have an issue with it, and clearly some of those involved in Rogue One felt it needed to be addressed and so they put in there that Galen Erso deliberately created the weakness.

 

[cooleddie74]

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[Tuskin38]

The weakness Galen put in the Death Star wasn't the exhaust port, it was the reactor itself. Galen says as much in his message to Saw in Rogue One.

Saw, the reactor module, that’s the key. That’s the place I’ve laid my trap. It’s well hidden and unstable, one blast to any part of it will destroy the entire station.

You’ll need the plans, the structural plans for the Death Star to find the reactor. I know there’s a complete engineering archive in the data vault at the Citadel Tower on Scarif. Any pressurized explosion to the reactor module will set off a chain reaction that will destroy the entire station...

 

[Nerys Myk]

The weakness in the Death Star wasn't the exhaust port, it was the reactor itself. Galen says as much in Rogue One.

I thought it was poor management skills.

 

[Tuskin38]

If you want to count the tie in novels, Galen *did* insist on adding the secondary exhaust port, but it had nothing to do with what he did with the reactor, it was a complete coincidence the Rebels found it and exploited it.

Also completely unrelated to Andor/Rogue One, but another misconception people have with the movies.

The Bothan spies did not steal the plans for the Second Death Star, the info they acquired was its location and the fact the Emperor would be there. It is right in the dialogue of the movie.

The data brought to us by the Bothan spies pinpoints the exact location of the Emperor's new battle station. We also know that the weapon systems of this Death Star are not yet operational. With the Imperial Fleet spread throughout the galaxy in a vain effort to engage us, it is relatively unprotected. But most important of all, we've learned that the Emperor himself is personally overseeing the final stages of the construction of this Death Star.

 

[cooleddie74]

I thought it was poor management skills.

No, that's just the Galactic Empire as a whole.

 

[Nerys Myk]

No, that's just the Galactic Empire as a whole.

The Emperor hired only the best people.

 

[cooleddie74]

Which appears to have been limited to Lonni Jung and the guy who fed the dianoga in the Death Star trash compactor.

 

[Nerys Myk]

cc: Dedra Meero