What kind of fusion do you think Star Wars has?

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Fusion power is a recurring theme in Star Wars, with examples including the fusion reactor in the Bad Batch arc, A-wing fighters, and GNK droids serving as walking fusion batteries. The discussion raises questions about the specific type of fusion used in the Star Wars universe, suggesting it may differ from our scientific understanding, potentially involving concepts like dark matter. Participants express skepticism about the relevance of discussing the science behind Star Wars, emphasizing its nature as space fantasy rather than hard science. The conversation also touches on the arbitrary nature of the technology and physics in Star Wars, with speculation about the power sources for larger constructs like the Death Star. Ultimately, the discussion highlights the blend of fantasy and technology in the Star Wars narrative, leaving many questions unanswered.
  • #51
PeroK said:
What I want to know is why the baddies, from orcs to stormtroopers, can never shoot straight? If you have FTL travel, you'd think you'd have an effective weapon to shoot at an enemy 10m away.
Quantity over quality. The Empire produced millions of clones, but they used a crummy Xerox machine.
 
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  • #52
Vanadium 50 said:
I am amused that people want scientific accuracy in a movies where a) the creators did not care about scientific accuracy, especially if it got in the way of the story, and
It is on the same continuum as the Star Trek Technical Manual, just a little more toward the hand-wavey end.

Vanadium 50 said:
b) uses a unit of length as if it were a unit of time.
No. That's an assumption we all made, and it was cleared up (retconned) in Solo: A Star Wars Story where it was shown how he made the Kessel Run in the shortest distance.
 
  • #53
PeroK said:
What I want to know is why the baddies, from orcs to stormtroopers, can never shoot straight?
It's the helmets. Shoot? It's a wonder they can walk!

DaveC426913 said:
and it was cleared up (retconned)
Of course it was.

Speaking of retcons, Han shot first.
 
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  • #54
Star Wars fusion works via the Force.
It is used to compress the Mass,
thus creating the Energy.
 
  • #55
Algr said:
Star Wars fusion works via the Force.
It is used to compress the Mass,
thus creating the Energy.
That is as good an explanation as any, @Algr. Of course, it leads to, "...and what is the Force?" but fortunately he OP asked about fusion so we don't need to scurry down that wormhole 😁
 
  • #56
Melbourne Guy said:
Of course, it leads to, "...and what is the Force?"
This question is well covered here:
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2010-04-26
 
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  • #57
Melbourne Guy said:
"I could suggest that the FTL isn't anything of the kind, it's actually a dimensional jump to the next nearest parallel universe that matches the desired location, but a nanosecond out of phase so the protagonists never meet themselves and expose the trick!"
This idea is used in the "Collapsing Empire" trilogy by John Scalzi. Except that the "nanosecond out of phase" is not necessary, because this, for all that is the same in it, is really a different universe from where they just came, with no identical replicas of them to be met in it until right now, and they are the replicas. There are several things wrong with this idea, but why let logic spoil a good story?
 
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  • #58
Beyond the surfeit of other handwavium, struck me that SW having convenient gravity control provides a fairly easy way to do fusion. Just use it to keep your uppity plasma in the middle...
 
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