The same way they moved the Death Star, I guess?
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The same way they moved the Death Star, I guess?
I'm not 100% convinced that they do. I mean one would think the whole point of having a weapon that can fire though hyperspace would be that you don't have to move the damn thing, no?
Also IIRC when the light goes out right after Kylo stabs Han, you get a brief glimpse of a light source that looks less like a a star going out and more like an eye closing. I'm thinking that's some sort of hyperspace window they open close to a star's corona to drain it. So it need not be the local star they're draining but another one some place else, probably in the same local cluster.
But let's say for a second that they do indeed have to move it every time they drain a new star, then one would assume they just raise the planetary shield and jump the thing through hyperspace.
Honestly though I think we're already putting way more thought into this than the filmakers did. The whole thing smacks of afterthought. Best not to dwell too much.
One really really really big Hyperdrive?
All this seems to indicate that the Celestials are rather like the Vaadwaur from Voyager. They did a lot of prep work to allow immense amouts of power to be tapped--making their SW galaxy energy rich. Ships can generate power on their own--but--like an easier zero-point--can tap into so much more. Perhaps also explaining the Force being more than psionics.
Maybe the SW galaxy exists deeper in the Dark Flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow
Alan Dean Foster even used quintessence to explain Starkiller Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessence_(physics)
Maybe the SW galaxy exists deeper in the Dark Flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow
Alan Dean Foster even used quintessence to explain Starkiller Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessence_(physics)
The old EU was canon before it wasn't. All it would take for the Celestials to become canon again would be a reference in a new-canon sourcebook or novel.
Right, but until then, they aren't.
I was under the impression it didn't and didn't need to since it fired through hyperspace. Considering that it needs a Sun to power it's main weapon it's not going to move around much anyway.
It does move
The effect looked like it vacuumed the entire star up, so I'd say it's destroyed.
Finn says otherwise in the film.
Is there supposed to be a connection with the Force-enhancing Kaiburr Crystal from "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" or is it a coincidence of names? I don't read much SW literature.
Derivative naming and purpose really. Lucas was one to not let a good name go to waste, and the concept that was attached to that name was toned down, but remains sort of there. Shards of the Kaiburr Crystal were used in lightsabers for Luke's students in at least some part of the old EU. The pre-"Splinter of the Mind's Eye" version was going to be the McGuffin for Star Wars and used to empower the Force user to fight the Empire.
Now it is the primary known crystal used for lightsabers. It has some sort of connection with the Force. The crystal is suppose to be able to channel one's thoughts and feelings into the lightsaber blade empowering it a bit the more connected you become with the blade/crystal. Sith are said to dominate their kyber crystals rather than bond with them resulting in a process the Jedi seem to call "bleeding", which results in a red lightsaber blade (I tend to think the Sith have a specific pattern for their crystals to bring them maximum destructive power. This process is very specific, orderly and regimented down from the days of Darth Bane, so the results are nearly the same every time....this happens to make all the Sith sabers red. ) A Jedi needs to meditate and focus during lightsaber construction to connect with their crystal and saber. I believe that this process also alters the crystal's facets and possibly the internal structure based on the will of the Force and the flow of the Force from the Jedi to the crystal and the setup of the lightsaber, thus resulting in a color once completed. Purple is uncommon, but not unique as there was a Rodian Jedi that had a purple lightsaber...Luke gets that one from that Jedi's family, but he breaks it while trying to figure out how the internal parts of a lightsaber work. He considered it "slippery" while his father's blade was not, suggesting the Rodian Jedi's crystal was not tuned for Luke and somewhat rejected him as a user. We have seen Jedi with several blade colors and some with a range of colors. Blue and Green are the most common. A Cyan is also fairly common. Yellow is seem with the Temple Guard. A pale blue was seen with an old Jedi. Ahsoka had a yellowish-green off-hand weapon paired with her green main hand weapon. Later she'd have two white bladed sabers (two crystals she liberated from an Inquisitor. Her meditation undoing the Sith taught "bleeding" resulting in a white blade). There is also the Darksaber that appears to be unique. It also seems to have a kyber crystal.
Larger crystals were known to be weaponized by the Sith in the ancient past, and the Empire spent about two decades trying to figure out how to weaponized any sized crystal in place of the huge ones so their Death Star would be able to blow up planets. The First Order appears to use kyber crystals on important ships to boost their weapons. Starkiller Base seems to have also had a kyber crystal background with its weapon. It is seen that kyber crystals amplify energy put into them, it is a matter of projecting it properly that seems to be an issues. They are almost indestructible, requiring a lot of power to overload and explode them. When they do explode, you best be far away. An incorrectly seated crystal in a lightsaber will result in the weapon's destruction, probably including whoever is holding it at the time...the crystal will survive this.
Now it is the primary known crystal used for lightsabers. It has some sort of connection with the Force. The crystal is suppose to be able to channel one's thoughts and feelings into the lightsaber blade empowering it a bit the more connected you become with the blade/crystal. Sith are said to dominate their kyber crystals rather than bond with them resulting in a process the Jedi seem to call "bleeding", which results in a red lightsaber blade (I tend to think the Sith have a specific pattern for their crystals to bring them maximum destructive power. This process is very specific, orderly and regimented down from the days of Darth Bane, so the results are nearly the same every time....this happens to make all the Sith sabers red. ) A Jedi needs to meditate and focus during lightsaber construction to connect with their crystal and saber. I believe that this process also alters the crystal's facets and possibly the internal structure based on the will of the Force and the flow of the Force from the Jedi to the crystal and the setup of the lightsaber, thus resulting in a color once completed. Purple is uncommon, but not unique as there was a Rodian Jedi that had a purple lightsaber...Luke gets that one from that Jedi's family, but he breaks it while trying to figure out how the internal parts of a lightsaber work. He considered it "slippery" while his father's blade was not, suggesting the Rodian Jedi's crystal was not tuned for Luke and somewhat rejected him as a user. We have seen Jedi with several blade colors and some with a range of colors. Blue and Green are the most common. A Cyan is also fairly common. Yellow is seem with the Temple Guard. A pale blue was seen with an old Jedi. Ahsoka had a yellowish-green off-hand weapon paired with her green main hand weapon. Later she'd have two white bladed sabers (two crystals she liberated from an Inquisitor. Her meditation undoing the Sith taught "bleeding" resulting in a white blade). There is also the Darksaber that appears to be unique. It also seems to have a kyber crystal.
Larger crystals were known to be weaponized by the Sith in the ancient past, and the Empire spent about two decades trying to figure out how to weaponized any sized crystal in place of the huge ones so their Death Star would be able to blow up planets. The First Order appears to use kyber crystals on important ships to boost their weapons. Starkiller Base seems to have also had a kyber crystal background with its weapon. It is seen that kyber crystals amplify energy put into them, it is a matter of projecting it properly that seems to be an issues. They are almost indestructible, requiring a lot of power to overload and explode them. When they do explode, you best be far away. An incorrectly seated crystal in a lightsaber will result in the weapon's destruction, probably including whoever is holding it at the time...the crystal will survive this.
Short version: not a coincidence.
However one spells it, the concept of the kyber crystal(s) comes from Lucas's earlier drafts of ANH. First I think as the McGuffin (later replaced by the death star plans) and later as a sort of talisman all Jedi had to focus and amplify their powers. Ben's being stolen by the Sith, which is what he wandered off to get while the others rescued Leia, latter replaced by his shutting down the tractor. By the shooting draft it had dropped from the script altogether.
Alan Dean Foster probably first ran across the idea when writing the novelisation as Lucas provided him with the various drafts, concept art and miscellaneous notes that had been done up to that point. It's also why said novel includes a mention of the 'Journal of the Whills'.
The decision to use it in the book most likely came out of the several brain storming sessions he had with Lucas while developing the follow-up novel. The plan was that if SW wasn't a hit that SotME could be adapted as a lower budget sequel.
It seems the current concept borrows somewhat from the talisman idea with the kyber within the Jedi's sabre acing as a focus, though it's not nearly as vital to their use of the Force nor it's absence as detrimental. Indeed, SotME may have been where this idea took shape as IIRC Luke uses a shard of the "Kaiburr" in his lightsaber to increase his powers. I may be misremembering though. Haven't read it in decades!
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