Yes, I noted the fact that vehicles were indeed present but within the fiction presented by the movies they were utterly useless when compared to the pathetic, modern equivalent. When air support is relegated to a small battery of anti-armor missiles and direct fire "laser" weaponry, one has to wonder just what they hoped to accomplish with such a payload. Modern aircraft deliver ordinance of far greater lethality from far greater range than was ever demonstrated in the movies. The vehicles that are presented on the ground present just as many problems. The AT-At for example wields a weapon that appears to be less effective at dispatching infantry than a simple MK-19 and oddly enough the vehicle can barely turn AND has a narrow field of fire. There are design compromises and then there are deathtraps waiting to happen - the AT-At falls decisively into the latter category. Some of the newer vehicles at least attept to present a purpose but you find vehicles that that odd two wheeled rocket launching vehicle fielded by the Droid armies and inevitably must be left wondering who the hell through it was a good idea to design a platform only useful on open ground that had a natural field of fire restricted to the direct front.awsome117 said:
Moreover, the assertion that the armies in star wars are fielding lasers makes the concept of using a hand held implement as a "shield" even more laughable. Even if you grant jedi super human movement capabilities (as they obviously possess) you have to realize they can only block perhaps two shots arriving simultaneously and thanks to the speed at which the attack moves, you quickly realize they rely entirely on their capacity to predict where the shot will land before it is even fire.
But even this presents one with yet another argument that supports my assertion. Since the deflective capabilities of the weapon rely on countering an energy based attack, and it is known that you WILL face jedi from time to time, why does no army seem to field mass driver weapons (which exist in the star wars universe) to readily dispatch them? Yes, it may take several gunners to do the job but when the jedi is relgated to simply attempting to dodge an attack and is denied the use of their most potent form of defense, they would crumble quickly.
This is my point - the weapon is ONLY useful because those who wield it possess magical super powers and those who oppose them utterly refuse to actually come up with an effective plan to combat them when options already exist within the canon.
