• MudMan@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    Well, yeah, but we’ve also seen the ones that look like a hamburger patty fly through the atmosphere (and, in fact, outmaneouver the winged ones). Clearly that’s not what they’re for.

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      3 months ago

      Ah yeah. Dang. Well there probably a good technical reason behind it. I’m no starship engineer in the Star Wars universe.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        The hamburger was originally a cargo ship, the one we see is special in that it has a bunch of very expensive, very powerful engines added.

        It’s no wonder that a street racer can outpace army jeeps. Also, they couldn’t outpace TIE fighters in Ep.IV, which are known for being very fast for a coffee table.