From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise)
Subject: Re: New Questions
Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:48:01 GMT

From article <BzB6s4.HyA@mach1.wlu.ca>, by lars4752@mach1.wlu.ca (Bradley Larsen u):
> 1)  Supposedly the time between TESB and ROTJ is 6 months.  How long did it
> take Boba Fett to reach Tationne sp? If it only took say a couple of weeks
> why would he still be hanging around Jabba's palace after 6 months?  

	Perhaps Jabba enticed him to stay a bit.  Good food(!), good drink(!),
etc...why would he want to leave so soon?  I thought of Jabba's palace
more of an elite place for smugglers and bounty hunters who had to
something REALLY impressive in Jabba's eyes to be allowed to stay.  Surely
bringing Han in would 'elevate' BF to this stature.

> 2)  What did Lando do to deserve his General rank?  He says during ROTJ 
> "someone must've told them about my manuver on ?".  When did he do this 
> act of bravery?  It couldn't have been between the movies because at that
> time wasn't he trying to infultrate Jabba's palace?

	Good question.  If you believe the Marvel comics, he *does* do
a lot to help the rebellion (if I remember correctly), so the rank
doesn't seem as far fetched as the movies make it seem.

> 3)  Does Darth Vader have a rank?  I know his title is Lord, but wouldn't 
> a lord be above rank of a Grand Moff (ANH - Tarkin)?

	Vader falls along the ranks of "apple of Emporer's eye".  This
seems especially true in ANH when generals and moffs at the Death Star
meeting don't feel at all intimidated by telling him off (until he starts
choking them of course *grin*).  In ESB and Jedi, he's obviously more 
of a "right hand man" to the Emporer, given much more control, power,
and atonomy than he seemed to have before (in charge of the biggest
star destroyer, in charge of eradicating the rebels, etc).

	Given the events "revealed" in DSR, this does seem strange.
I like the idea of the Emporer being so angry that DV allowed the
Death Star to be destroyed that he ripped his arm off, but it doesn't
really co-incide with someone he'd entrust that much power into...

> 4)  Where did the emporor get all of his evil powers?

	According to Dark Empire, it sounds like he basicly lures 
"dark" jedis into lair, had them teach him, then killed them, up to the
point where he had enough power to take it out of the good ones
(ie. stealing the Holocron).  My impression was that he fought jedis
and not so much masters, if any (seems they could take him on easily).

> 5)  What kind of weapons do the emporor's guards use?

	If I'm remembering correctly from the Imperial Sourcebook, they're
energy sabers of some sort.  Could be totally wrong.

> 6)  In ANH, when the MF encounters the TIE fighter scout (near Alderaan) Han
> flicks a switch, and some guns start firing above the cockpit?  Are these
> just secondary type weapons that were originally on the ship or are they one
> of Han's special modifications?

	I would imagine the latter :)

> 7)  What is your favorite ship/vehicle from Star Wars? (mine's the ATAT)

	I've always thought AT-ATs were sinister, evil looking - I like em!
I think the best one is the Excelsior (the super star-destroyer)...just
so huge and looked so cool plowing into the DS in ROTJ!

> 8)  Who is the character(s) you would have liked to seen more of in the movies?
>     (I always wished that the Han would have ran into IG-88 somewhere along
>      the line, but Boba Fett's still pretty cool.) 

	I would have liked to have seen more of Darth Vader unmasked, at
least in ROTJ (not in ANH or ESB - would have made him look too weak).

 TTYL
 Chris