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[-] MudMan@fedia.io 20 points 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.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 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 1 points 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.

[-] remus989@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I think the usual in universe reasoning is heat dissipation.

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