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- splato, on 10/12/2007, -12/+326There is no way a rookie pilot could have used two photon torpedoes to destroy a moon sized space station, force or no! Secondly there was far too much of a delay in the explosion which showed evidence of it being an inside job! THAT'S WHY VADER WENT TO GO FIGHT THE TERRORISTS HIMSELF. Why would the leading adviser to the Emperor risk his own life as a lowly fighter pilot. We're just civilians man with some questions.
- dunezone, on 10/12/2007, -3/+286Its pretty obvious it was an inside job, the insurance payout on that battle station was enormous.
- Asianwaste, on 11/03/2007, -3/+285It's simple science: Photon torpedoes don't burn hot enough to melt carbonite!
- skyfire1, on 10/12/2007, -8/+277I saw mini explosions right before Luke shot those torpedoes. It must've been a controlled demolition.
- SpaceDreamer, on 11/03/2007, -4/+271oh and the Tatooine landings were fake.
- niczar, on 10/12/2007, -9/+226I work for the Empire; So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies. Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about. But trust me.... You don't. I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you don't know what you are talking about. This is how bad info gets passed around. If you don't know about the topic....Don't make yourself sound like you do. Cos some diggers believe anything they hear.
- edstate, on 10/12/2007, -6/+212The destruction of Episodes I, II and III were absolutely an inside job.
- SpaceDreamer, on 10/12/2007, -8/+181We had proofs of weapons of mass destruction related program activities on Alderaan.
That is why we destroyed it. - mstar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+176If you look at the original camera footage of the explosion, and look at the new offical footage (so called "remastered") released years later - its completely different!!!
- evilunleashed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+163If you look closely at the explosion, you can see the smoke form into the face of the Emperor.
Coincidence?
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE! - Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -6/+136Of course it was. How else was the emporer to rally up enough support to pursuit the rebels?
- halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -7/+125Duggmirror didn't get the site, but I did:
Uncomfortable Questions: Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job?
Posted in Conspiracy Theories | Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 | Trackback
Websurdity Link: This article was inspired by the fine users at the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Forum, to whom I am indebted for the use of much of this material.
We’ve all heard the “official conspiracy theory” of the Death Star attack. We all know about Luke Skywalker and his ragtag bunch of rebels, how they mounted a foolhardy attack on the most powerful, well-defended battle station ever built. And we’ve all seen the video over, and over, and over, of the one-in-a-million shot that resulted in a massive chain reaction that not just damaged, but completely obliterated that massive technological wonder.
Like many Americans, I was fed this story when I was growing up. But as I watched the video, I began to realize that all was not as it seemed. And the more I questioned the official story, the deeper into the rabbit hole I went.
Presented here are some of the results of my soul-searching regarding this painful event. Like many citizens, I have many questions that I would like answered: was the mighty Imperial government really too incompetent to prevent a handful of untrained nerf-herders from destroying one of their most prized assets? Or are they hiding something from us? Who was really behind the attack? Why did they want the Death Star destroyed? No matter what the answers, we have a problem.
Below is a summary of my book, Uncomfortable Questions: An Analysis of the Death Star Attack, which presents compelling evidence that we all may be the victims of a fraud of immense proportions.
Uncomfortable Questions about the Death Star Attack
The cover of Uncomfortable Questions: An Analysis of the Death Star Attack
1) Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had the capability of destroying an entire planet and the defenses to ward off several fleets of battle ships?
2) Why did Grand Moff Tarkin refuse to deploy the station’s large fleet of TIE Fighters until it was too late? Was he acting on orders from somebody to not shoot down the rebel attack force? If so, who, and why?
3) Why was the rebel pilot who supposedly destroyed the Death Star reported to be on the Death Star days, maybe hours, prior to its destruction? Why was he allowed to escape, and why were several individuals dressed in Stormtrooper uniforms seen helping him?
4) Why has there not been an investigation into allegations that Darth Vader, the second-ranking member of the Imperial Government, is in fact the father of the pilot who allegedly destroyed the Death Star?
5) Why did Lord Vader decide to break all protocols and personally pilot a lightly armored TIE Fighter? Conveniently, this placed Lord Vader outside of the Death Star when it was destroyed, where he was also conveniently able to escape from a large-sized rebel fleet that had just routed the Imperial forces. Why would Lord Vader, one of the highest ranking members of the Imperial Government, suddenly decide to fly away from the Death Star in the middle of a battle? Did he know something that the rest of the Imperial Navy didn’t?
Emperor Palpatine fails to act after being informed of the attack
6) How could any pilot shoot a missile into a 2 meter-wide exhaust port, let alone a pilot with no formal training, whose only claim to fame was his ability to “bullseye womprats” on Tatooine? This shot, according to one pilot, would be “impossible, even for a computer.” Yet, according to additional evidence, the pilot who allegedly fired the missile turned off his targeting computer when he was supposedly firing the shot that destroyed the Death Star. Why have these discrepancies never been investigated, let alone explained?
7) Why has their been no investigation into evidence that the droids who provided the rebels with the Death Star plans were once owned by none other than Lord Vader himself, and were found, conveniently, by the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, and who is also believed to be Lord Vader’s son? Evidence also shows that the droids were brought to one Ben Kenobi, who, records indicate, was Darth Vader’s teacher many years earlier! Are all these personal connections between the conspirators and a key figure in the Imperial government supposed to be coincidences?
8) How could a single missile destroy a battle station the size of a moon? No records, anywhere, show that any battle station or capital ship has ever been destroyed by a single missile. Furthermore, analysis of the tape of the last moments of the Death Star show numerous small explosions along its surface, prior to it exploding completely! Why does all evidence indicate that strategically placed explosives, not a single missile, is what destroyed the Death Star? - dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -11/+126The brother of the chief engineer of the death star had ties with the laser gun specialist of the Empires 4th in commands uncle ricky, NEED I SAY MORE?
- mb96net, on 10/12/2007, -13/+100YOU GUYS ARE MORONS! I HATE HOW ALL YOU CONSPIRACY NUTS ALWAYS HAVE TO SUPPORT THE TERRORISTS BY SAYING IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB! WHY DO YOU HATE OUR STORM TROOPERS?!
/sarcasm
SUPPORT OUR STORM TROOPERS! - theblueprint, on 11/03/2007, -0/+86Still believe it was just a few rebels? It was a Galactic conspiracy!!! Wake up sheeple!!!
- LaueOfficer, on 10/12/2007, -11/+96U BE SOOO STUPAD!!! EVN ME ISH SMARTAH!!!
- kalrhael, on 10/12/2007, -7/+89watch out digg, we got a bright one here.
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -8/+89You never actually see the tower fall when Luke tells Wedge to worry about the TIE fighters!
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -16/+97Coincidentally that's the same question I ask every other time a ***** conspiracy theory article hits 60 diggs...
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -16/+97All u american shep need to enliten yourselves. ur all so naive for thinking that it wasnt an inside job
www.deathstartruth.blogspot.com
(/Satire (No, that's NOT a real site)) - Murfshay22, on 10/12/2007, -7/+88Actually, AsianWaste... Popular Science just ran an article about this! while the temperature may not get high enough to melt carbonite, it will weaken it... allowing for such destruction to occur!
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+82There is a mathematical relationship to how good a Star Wars movie is and how little George Lucas is involved.
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+80@mythguy
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you - Dgen_X, on 10/12/2007, -1/+74When you can't breathe....
- veggiemoore, on 11/03/2007, -2/+74Plus, the BBC reported it TWENTY MINUTES before it happened. The conspiracy extends beyond just the Death Star, friends--this is happening on a galactic scale.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+73MYTHGUY was about to take his woman to "bed" and she said, "I love you!"
MYTHGUY responded with "HOW THE HELL CAN YOU THINK ABOUT LOVE RIGHT NOW! There's a Presidential election coming up in 690 days! MY SCIENCE, woman, how daft can you be. There is more important matters right now! I must LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN!"
MYTHGUY jumps out the window, pantless, and runs down the street screaming about missiles and remote controlled planes and some actress named Halle Burton. - thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72Why build one when you can build two for twice the price?
- BattleStar47, on 11/03/2007, -6/+75Death Star Engineer #1: Hey, do you want to take a look at that exhaust port system one more time, something seems fishy about it to me.
Death Star Engineer #2: Not really, its my wedding anniversary and I had something special planned for me wife. Besides, its just one silly little hole. If you're so worried about it YOU look at it.
(But the Empire had just cut his health plan. So he didn't. His son was sick and he had to get to his second job so that he could afford the medical bills)
The rest is intergalactic history. - grouchyman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+70Add to this that Vader and the Emperor shorted a bunch of stocks leading up to the attack.
- actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+66Dugg up for being the first person to use "sheeple" in a manner that made me laugh instead of want to punch someone.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+71No blood for bacta.
- dataloss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+57And someone saw a stormtrooper holding a blaster rifle on the grassy knoll observation deck. Skywalker was just a patsy.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+56Apparently duggmirror is pointless now that it can't seem to catch most of what's put on digg.
Coral got it: http://www.websurdity.com.nyud.net:8080/2007/02/28/uncomfortable-questions-was-the-death-star-attack-an-inside-job/ - pmr12002, on 10/13/2007, -12/+65Anything that makes fun of those insane Truthers has my vote.
- asancho, on 11/03/2007, -4/+55only 126 diggs and the article is already down?
How convenient....
*looks @ a smirking Darth Vader* - spindrift, on 10/12/2007, -2/+50But if George's involvement was 0, wouldn't that create a divide-by-zero error?
- walnutthewise, on 10/12/2007, -2/+48It was an inside job by the contractors who wanted to build the better second death star!!
- billybob476, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48I disagree, Luke was indeed a rookie pilot. Flying through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, and firing proton torpedoes down a thermal exhaust port IS more complicated then bullseyeing womp rats in your T-16 back home, no matter what anyone says.
- Waterispoison, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45That thing's operational!!
Oh wait...it's down :( - Liam76, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43If you pause the video from "Loose Credits" at 20:15 you can see it is in fact a tie fighter not an X-wing flying out of the exploding death star.
- bittie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41How can you tell if Vader is smirking...?
- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40Talk about an intelligence failure. Forget Habeas Corpus, someone needs to suspend his copyrights, for the good of the franchise!
- brstilson, on 11/03/2007, -9/+45Why isn't this called "Loose Credits"?
- hpkomic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36Dear god Digg, it's stories like this and the comments attached that show me why I love you.
- jcholewa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38@Cedex
> Leia's hairdo was Cinnamon Buns... not croissants!
Those aren't the buns I'm looking for... - Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -9/+44The mass murder and genocide happened when a group of religious extremists flew 2 planes into the WTC in my city, another into the Pentagon, and another into Pennsylvania.
What WE'RE joking about are the tool conspiracy theorists that believe they saw explosions and have inside information on the heating temperature of the steel beams inside the towers.
Surely you aren't one of them....right? - NinjaYaddaYadda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35If you break an Imperial Credit in half, you can clearly see the resemblance of the Death Star AND Darth Vader.
Explain THAT! - snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5395083952125133994
'Nuff Said. - DeejayLupo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37This is a joke making fun of the insane conspiracy theorists who troll around Digg. It's funny if you get it.
- evilunleashed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37All this tripe about discussing things that are real and not real, from someone named mythguy?
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