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Doesn't the holographic map they show in the briefing show the trench they go down to bomb it running north/south? It's been a while since I watched the film.

Doesn't the holographic map they show in the briefing show the trench they go down to bomb it running north/south? It's been a while since I watched the film. Oh nevermind it says that in the article.

coldtea 3y ago
>Doesn't the holographic map they show in the briefing show the trench they go down to bomb it running north/south? Does it matter when approaching from space? They could just as well meant an equatorial run as far as a spaceship pilot is concerned. Would the Death Star even keep a consistent orientation while travelling in space?
- seanhunter 3y ago
  My recollection is that the briefing map shows the equatorial trench (let's call that running west-east although it's arbitrary I agree) and the trench they go down being perpendicular to that. check out https://youtu.be/TOgtj00Rp8s?si=2E5SieRc8-XMzUU5&t=20 https://youtu.be/TOgtj00Rp8s?si=2E5SieRc8-XMzUU5&t=20 (you may have to scrub back and forward a bit to convince yourself either way). The sphere rotates and you see the big equatorial trench and highlights a smaller trench perpendicular to that that doesn't extend the whole way around. The briefing zooms in to show more detail. That's the one they are going to go down.
- kridsdale1 3y ago
  It’s always depicted as traveling with the equator “level” relative to the camera’s arbitrary axis. The hyperdrive and sublights must enforce that. We actually never see any kind of exhaust like a star destroyer, no clue how it ominously hovers around. That adds to the menace. At Yavin 4, it approaches gun-first since it is calibrating to fire. But the equator is still level with the center of the planet it’s orbiting, or perhaps the moons orbit plane.
- olddustytrail 3y ago
  I think it does matter as the Death Star spins and its equatorial trench appears to be it's equator.
crazygringo 3y ago
Sure, but it also shows the dish in the totally wrong location. So it doesn't seem like an especially trustworthy source of information to begin with.
- dylan604 3y ago
  Seems pretty apropros for a mission pre-brief. Ask pretty much any military type sitting in one of these meetings how well the "intelligence" held up in the field.
  - throwbadubadu 3y ago
    Indeed, the hologram in the meeting was just the "powerpoint slide", abstract to convey the idea: death star, trench, boom. Noone stood up and went studying it like a map, that was not its purpose at all.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      most of the people look as enthused by that hologram as I feel about seeing someone's slide deck. most fighter jocks tend to have the attitude best expressed in Aliens, "I only need to know one thing...where they are".

coldtea 3y ago

>Doesn't the holographic map they show in the briefing show the trench they go down to bomb it running north/south? Does it matter when approaching from space? They could just as well meant an equatorial run as far as a spaceship pilot is concerned. Would the Death Star even keep a consistent orientation while travelling in space?

seanhunter 3y ago
My recollection is that the briefing map shows the equatorial trench (let's call that running west-east although it's arbitrary I agree) and the trench they go down being perpendicular to that. check out https://youtu.be/TOgtj00Rp8s?si=2E5SieRc8-XMzUU5&t=20 https://youtu.be/TOgtj00Rp8s?si=2E5SieRc8-XMzUU5&t=20 (you may have to scrub back and forward a bit to convince yourself either way). The sphere rotates and you see the big equatorial trench and highlights a smaller trench perpendicular to that that doesn't extend the whole way around. The briefing zooms in to show more detail. That's the one they are going to go down.
kridsdale1 3y ago
It’s always depicted as traveling with the equator “level” relative to the camera’s arbitrary axis. The hyperdrive and sublights must enforce that. We actually never see any kind of exhaust like a star destroyer, no clue how it ominously hovers around. That adds to the menace. At Yavin 4, it approaches gun-first since it is calibrating to fire. But the equator is still level with the center of the planet it’s orbiting, or perhaps the moons orbit plane.
olddustytrail 3y ago
I think it does matter as the Death Star spins and its equatorial trench appears to be it's equator.

crazygringo 3y ago

Sure, but it also shows the dish in the totally wrong location. So it doesn't seem like an especially trustworthy source of information to begin with.

dylan604 3y ago
Seems pretty apropros for a mission pre-brief. Ask pretty much any military type sitting in one of these meetings how well the "intelligence" held up in the field.
- throwbadubadu 3y ago
  Indeed, the hologram in the meeting was just the "powerpoint slide", abstract to convey the idea: death star, trench, boom. Noone stood up and went studying it like a map, that was not its purpose at all.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    most of the people look as enthused by that hologram as I feel about seeing someone's slide deck. most fighter jocks tend to have the attitude best expressed in Aliens, "I only need to know one thing...where they are".