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Death Star 1 is 160km in diameter. At this diagram's scale, that's 160,000 pixels.
by quarterto 13y ago
Death Star 1 is 160km in diameter. At this diagram's scale, that's 160,000 pixels.
- Pxtl 13y agoI've always felt that scale was too "sci-fi" ish for the fantasy-esque Star Wars universe. Star Wars planets don't really feel like planets, more like islands in an ocean. They're "planetville" planets. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Planetville http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Planetville The "small moon" being the size of an actual small moon feels... weird. Everything about Star Wars is modelled after pulp era stories transplanted into a space setting. A man-made ship that could comfortably house billions of people is firmly into the realm of "true" SF and doesn't fit into a pseudo-1930's setting. Putting such a huge number onto the Death Star (and the SSDs, which are each the size of Manhattan) feels like a midichlorians moment.
- _mulder_ 13y agoYes true, it occured to me after writing the death star was massive.. and Discovery One perhaps a bit small?