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Uncomfortable Questions: Was the Death Star Destruction an Inside Job?
websurdity.com — We've all heard the "official" story of the destruction of the Death Star. However, recent evidence indicates we may not be getting the whole story. This article presents several uncomfortable questions that throw the official theory into doubt, and point to the possibility that the destruction of the Death Star may have been an inside job.
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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.
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -8/+89You never actually see the tower fall when Luke tells Wedge to worry about the TIE fighters!
- 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?
- whymanwhy, on 10/12/2007, -103/+14LOL Satire
- skyfire1, on 10/12/2007, -8/+276I saw mini explosions right before Luke shot those torpedoes. It must've been a controlled demolition.
- 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 10/12/2007, -6/+136Of course it was. How else was the emporer to rally up enough support to pursuit the rebels?
- 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! - 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.
- Asianwaste, on 11/03/2007, -3/+285It's simple science: Photon torpedoes don't burn hot enough to melt carbonite!
- fober, on 10/12/2007, -116/+17Star Trek sucks.
- Ransomowris, on 10/12/2007, -60/+15This is quite an inconvenient truth.
- 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!
- PatrioticKiwi, on 10/12/2007, -47/+26I dissent! I reckon that imperialist Luke Skywalker and his lapdog crony Hans Solo invaded the peaceful Ewoks to steal their oil. Darth Vader doesn't really exist. He's just a fabrication to stimulate fear so that the Jedi order can spread their religion by crusade against the peaceful Siths. And the destruction of the Death Star was a far worse act of terrorism than anything the startroopers ever did to Skyhitler and his gang. :-)
- 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!!!
- raynar, on 10/12/2007, -71/+11Wow. Can you all hear the poon drying up around you?
- grouchyman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+70Add to this that Vader and the Emperor shorted a bunch of stocks leading up to the attack.
- plugues, on 10/12/2007, -87/+6yeah, we get it. it's supposed to mock the 9-11 conspiracy theories and everything, ok.
but here's an interesting point: is there and EVIL EMPIRE in the real world?
i've actually seen one of those 9-11 CT movies that inserts scenes from recent star wars movies to supposedly illustrate the current world situation, palpatine as a fictional (is this a word? i'm foreign) version of george bush. i find it all pretty silly, specially because china is blowing up satellites in space and crashing markets. - elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -16/+96All 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)) - badave, on 10/12/2007, -25/+7They wanted the insurance money.
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26Of course it was partially an inside job. Do you really think Darth Vader would shoot down his own son, especially when the plan was all along to take him back in as his heir apparent. The Death Star technology was a threat to the Force technology's supremacy and not as easily confined. Of course Vader had to bring it down. Improving Luke's exercise of Force technology was gravy.
- 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/12/2007, -13/+27What a load of nonsense and waste of time, why would some one make a list like that...
...I LOVE IT! - McShaken, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20My sources indicate that the Empire made a subtle, but disastrous, design decision in choosing asbestos over "the pink stuff" to insulate the death star. Blowing the whole thing up was much cheaper in the long run...
- 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! - 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! - shagz7, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33Have a closer look at frame 239 and you will see the gunman in the grassy knoll!!!
- MasterJediDan, on 10/12/2007, -16/+6Dude, Luke was using the force. Anything is possible with the force, because, obviously, it controls the galaxy. Duh. And he wasn't just a rookie pilot. He had already been flying on Tatooine.
- 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.
- Zantozz, on 10/12/2007, -33/+2who-*****-cares.
- insomuchas, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Why? Because he was probably the best and most naturally gifted pilot to ever live, and being in a fighter allowed him to escape if necessary. So, because it was the most selfish, most self-preserving action he could take at the time.
- Zera, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Luke may have been a rookie, but they found a copy of "Galactic Space Flight Sim" installed on his computer, which INCLUDED the Death Star and so he would have had plenty of time to practice, not only flying through the trench, but also finding the weaknesses in the Death Star.
- 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.
- returnofmalv, on 10/12/2007, -23/+12Well, it looks like most of the American public believes its wasn't a conspiracy theory. That alone is proof enough to me that there was a conspiracy. Since when is the American public right about anything?
I will never understand why so many Americans become defensive when it comes to conspiracy theories. You would think that most would want the possibility that it was an inside job investigated, but no. Is it that they are afraid the truth will come out and their whole worldview will be turned upside down? That perhaps your army years were spent not for "freedom" but rather to promote an imperialist agenda. Perhaps all of those people you killed while serving in Iraq did not deserve it. Maybe even that terrorism is morally justifiable against the American government?
Oh, such naughty thoughts. No, it could never be. Our country is at the zenith of freedom and democracy.
Ignorance is bliss. Should I expect any better from a group of people that put their faith and life in the hands of "God"? Bunch of sheep waiting for the inevitable slaughter. - straxus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17@raynar
"Wow. Can you all hear the poon drying up around you?"
Actually, my sig.other is both the Star Wars nerd and the one with "the poon" as you so eloquently put it. It seems you missed the memo. Geek is hot these days. - returnofmalv, on 10/12/2007, -36/+39/11 wasn't orchestrated by Americans, but it was let happen by Americans. Why destroy your own building with explosives, drones, when you can just let your enemy do it for you and play stupid.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2005/270605insidejob.htm
9/11 was the best thing to have ever happened to this administration. Coincidence? I think not.
You may now continue ridiculing those individuals who have at least considered the possibility that the government has not been up front with 9/11 and are demanding the truth. - leonardlow, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6Did anyone else notice the dark shadow near the exhaust port at the *exact moment* Luke's proton torpedos scored their miraculous (read: totally flukey) "hit"? Anyone else think it looks like secret Imperial cloaking/stealth technology was used to guide (or "Force") those babies home, possibly developed in conjunction with the Klingons?
- TwilightKing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11They arranged an internal server error? Oh man that's harsh.
- drouk1556, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Controller 1: Should we scramble some TIE fighters?
Controller 2: Ohhhhhhhhh, I don't know.
Someone has to step forward and take responsibility for this. - nazsco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5everyone knows it's fake! never happened! just propaganda for the empire! just like the landing on the moon!
- eriksanerd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Isn't it obvious?
Obi-wan and Darth Vader were the main conspirators in this plan. Vader needed a reason to get Luke involved (for he was the perfect cover, and with his power with the force, no one would doubt he could have done it.) So, Vader enlisted the aid of his old mentor, Obi-Wan, in order to get Luke to ultimately be part of the attack on the Death Star.
At one point, the plan hit a rough spot, as Vader sensed Tarkin beginning to believe Vader and Obi-wan were working together towards a yet unknown goal. So, to throw off blame, Obi-Wan allowed himself to be killed to further their master plan. Then, it was just a matter of Vader placing detonators in key locations on the Death Star itself, which he could remote detonate to coincide with Luke's attack. Unfortunately, Han Solo interfered at the last minute, almost killing Vader, although he did manage to activate the detonators before falling out of range.
Thus, Vader's underhanded attempt to both eliminate Grand Moff Tarkin (one of the few people under the emperor that would even dare question Vader), but also force the emperor to go on a crusade of retaliation against the Rebel Alliance, and put Vader in an ideal position to attempt to reunite with his long-lost son. - BruceDeuce, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Groupthink is fun! Critical thinking and debating are scary.
Now you guys have something to write about other than Southpark's "half of all americans are retarded" and those witty "tinfoil hat" comments. - donkadonk911, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Did you hear that Darth Vader announced that $2.3 Trillion was missing from the Dark Side's Books..... and the Death Star was just a money pit designed to distract the stealing of the cash and had to be destroyed before they discovered that it wouldn't work... but don't worry because Jabba the Hut, a former strip club owner, took over the lease a few moths prior and insured it for 10 times it's worth.
Luke Skywalker didn't even hit the shot... come-on that was an impossibility to hit that spot perfectly.... they simply pre-rigged it to blow.... but that twit Skywalker was made a hero, - jkalow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you look carefully at close-up pics of the "rebel fighters" attacking the death star, you can see imperial pilots inside! The whole "rebel" attack was orchestrated and carried out by members of the empire!
- Nodren, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2i cant believe it, i knew it all along, we need to overthrow vader! long live palpatine.
- rbk303, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It must have taken a huge conspiracy to get this thread rolling. No?
- trilobite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I have it on good authority that the entire destruction of the death star was filmed in a studio.
- TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Thanks for this thread!
It helped me weed out and block some of the real crazies on here that actually believe these crazy conspiracies. - robdouth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1from Bruceydeuce:
"Groupthink is fun! Critical thinking and debating are scary.
Now you guys have something to write about other than Southpark's "half of all americans are retarded" and those witty "tinfoil hat" comments."
funny, I would think the definition of groupthink would lead you to visualize a bunch of people standing on the street dressed alike and chanting simplistic slogans. That's a truther in a Storm"truther" in a nutshell. They're all just bobofet clowns... er clones.
- 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.- Software2, on 10/12/2007, -11/+22Considering they were in league with the rebels, they just might have.
- AMVic, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7C'mon! There's no such thing as SPACE FLIGHT!!!! It's all industrial light and magic.
If they left the surface of a planet in one of those little ships the radiation from the Van Allen Belt would FRY them!!!
Fools!
- SpaceDreamer, on 11/03/2007, -4/+271oh and the Tatooine landings were fake.
- bigdavediode, on 10/12/2007, -35/+7I have evidence that Chewbacca is actually a St. Bernard cross, not wookie with a thyroid problem.
- Sneakernets, on 10/12/2007, -27/+5OH man I love this!
- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -30/+8No blood for Hoth.
- kevin45, on 10/12/2007, -6/+71No blood for bacta.
- stvspl, on 10/12/2007, -207/+9Um, it's a movie.
- 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.
- radsprack, on 10/12/2007, -31/+6Um, your mom's a movie!
No really, you must not be all that intelligent to realize what it actually is. This is what they call satire. Say it with me now S-A-T-I-R-E. Good class, you get a gold star. - alamandrax, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4What?! How dare you. This is not satire! The "real Klingons" would never act this way. Mend your ways sir!
- stvspl, on 10/12/2007, -30/+5Apparently nobody caught the... Double Sarcasm.
Nah, I'm kidding. I didn't get to see the site; couldn't find a mirror.
I've gotta say, I'm a little offended by the insults to my intelligence.
You have all... misunderestimated me. :) - dustysquareback, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13Lmao@ misunderestimated. That is my new favorite word.
- Jimzip, on 10/12/2007, -122/+7Uncomfortable Questions: How did this story make it to the front page?!
Jimzip :D- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -16/+97Coincidentally that's the same question I ask every other time a ***** conspiracy theory article hits 60 diggs...
- pureliquidhw, on 10/12/2007, -18/+7who wrote that comment.
if only they applied a signature AND had the name above the comment. - scispaz, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4http://content.stamen.com/a_day_of_diggs_and_a_thin_blue_line
Mmmm conspiracy theories. - SeriouslyButNo, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3It's frikkin' Star Wars, what do you expect?
- edstate, on 10/12/2007, -6/+212The destruction of Episodes I, II and III were absolutely an inside job.
- 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 10/12/2007, -2/+82There is a mathematical relationship to how good a Star Wars movie is and how little George Lucas is involved.
- mantar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26@brstilson:
Qm = 1 / GL
Where Qm = Quality of movie and GL = Georgie-boy's involvement. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27@mantar
You're also going to have to factor in CGE (CG Effects) and AC (Age of Children) - mantar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6@brstilson:
By-George, you're right... Nice catch :-) - spindrift, on 10/12/2007, -2/+50But if George's involvement was 0, wouldn't that create a divide-by-zero error?
- mantar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0@spindrift:
:-) Yeah... I don't see the post anymore, but brstilson corrected the formula. The Qm and GL should be switched. - Guitarhero10, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I think it should be:
Qm= 1/GL ; Where GL > 0 - openglfan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14@mantar:
Yes, and lim (Qm) as GL -> 0 approaches infinity. The limiting case in this situation is the movie that GL didn't direct: Firefly.
(You don't get a /0 error because GL never reaches 0; he is "involved" by watching it in the theater and crying evniously into his popcorn.) - willcoll, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0episodes II & III are the best because they weren't directed by GL
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4never seen so many 100+ diggs in the comments before, and well deserved.
- Waterispoison, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45That thing's operational!!
Oh wait...it's down :(- adb44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14It's a trap!
- brstilson, on 11/03/2007, -9/+45Why isn't this called "Loose Credits"?
- theblueprint, on 11/03/2007, -0/+85Still believe it was just a few rebels? It was a Galactic conspiracy!!! Wake up sheeple!!!
- actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+65Dugg up for being the first person to use "sheeple" in a manner that made me laugh instead of want to punch someone.
- morriscat, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1Sheeple -- made from the best sheep on earth.
- saikhan, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2What is this "Earth" you speak of?
- 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.
- kevin45, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6Nope, blasters are too random. Someone used the precision of a lightsaber with the speed of the force.
- djsputnik, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5conspiracy wack jobs. . .
- pmr12002, on 10/13/2007, -12/+64Anything that makes fun of those insane Truthers has my vote.
- DeejayLupo, on 10/12/2007, -13/+8Ditto. This is great.
- 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.- nagumi, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3*claps* BRAVO!
- lunarworks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8"Gazpacho Soup"
- keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"Gazpacho Soup"
If only Lister hadn't been put in stasis then Rimmer wouldn't have put the drive plate on wrong and the crew wouldn't have died.
But we're straying from the subject.
- ncapone, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3That must mean Porkins is still alive!
SPOILERS:
He's Yoda ;) - walnutthewise, on 10/12/2007, -2/+48It was an inside job by the contractors who wanted to build the better second death star!!
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+71Why build one when you can build two for twice the price?
- dunezone, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2And consider that the original Death Star could of taken years to construct off of old plans, once it was operational the battle station was already out of date. Now you got new plans and new technology, which would cost even more to construct.
- iamcrazyed, on 10/12/2007, -7/+33Yep, Cheney, um, I mean Darth Vader's company made an absolute killing on contracting for the 2nd Death Star.
- morriscat, on 10/12/2007, -11/+6Actually?
It was running Deathstar 95 (with Empire Explorer!)
Had more backdoors than a cathouse, coulda been anyone... - hoosierplew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27The first Death Star *had* to be destroyed in order for Palpantine's company (Palpaburton) to get the cost-plus contracts for building the next one (building two at a competitive rate just won't cut it). Of course, by the time you guys wake up to this TRUTH I fear the second Death Star will be *quite* operational...
- asancho, on 11/03/2007, -4/+55only 126 diggs and the article is already down?
How convenient....
*looks @ a smirking Darth Vader*- bittie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41How can you tell if Vader is smirking...?
- Dgen_X, on 10/12/2007, -1/+74When you can't breathe....
- excalpius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20"only 126 diggs and the article is already down?"
“Don’t be too proud of these technological terror tubes you’ve constructed. The ability to DOS a website is insignificant next to the power of the Force.” :)
- Ngai, on 10/12/2007, -13/+0you guys are funny
- kingkilr, on 10/13/2007, -8/+4I'll tell you what was an inside job; killing this server!
- l0tharnt, on 10/13/2007, -7/+2Clearly it was all a plan devised by the droids...
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -18/+7Of course it was an "inside job"..... But it was carried out by the Death Start itself.
If you had two proton torpedoes fired up YOUR exhaust port by some guy with a mask and funky pants, wouldn't you self destruct instead of trying to explain to your buddy stations how you had to have two dozen stitches in "that area" and trying to answer the questions that followed?- lukehh, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1or go look up irony....
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Don't you mean satire?
- Mythguy, on 11/03/2007, -165/+4The funny thing is that you guys are talking about this as if it matters. How about we have a discussion about our presidential election. This is not news in any way shape or form. This is retarded. Arguing over something that didnt really happen and bringing new evidence to light. There is no evidence, this ***** never happened to begin with.
- LaueOfficer, on 10/12/2007, -35/+9WOWSA!! MESSA HAB MOAR BRAYNS DEN YOU!! EVAN MESSA SEE IT ARE JOKE AN HAB SYNSE OB HUMOAR!!
- thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+80@mythguy
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you - evilunleashed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37All this tripe about discussing things that are real and not real, from someone named mythguy?
- 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.
- kiwifish, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27That pleasant wooshing sound above your head was satire.
Carry on. - h00paj00, 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. - keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11This did happen. But it was a long, long time ago....well, you know the rest.
- Ngai, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2their's trolls here??!?!...
- koick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@h00paj00:
*wipes tears away* Very well played sir!
- mille716, on 10/13/2007, -19/+15Its not a conspiracy. Haven't any of you listened to the jedi, the fanatical religous nut-jobs that are leading the rebellion? The jedi are a religion of evildoers and they want you dead.
Better to fight them in in the streets of Alderaan than in the streets of Corresaunt.- helpingfriendly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22That's "Coruscant" buddy.
- kevin45, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30I thought it was Croissant. Well *****, I don't want to go there now.
- bobbyi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32"I thought it was Croissant."
No, that's Leia's hairdo. - CedEx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28Leia's hairdo was Cinnamon Buns... not croissants!
- 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...
- shin_en, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2Coruscant
edit: damn beat me to it- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17I'm hungry now
- 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/- Providence, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Yeah, what's up with that? Duggmirror keeps redirecting me to the "pick another option" page with almost every downed site I see.
Coral Cache 8090 worked for me though. - billbillbilly, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2woot your mirror is down too
- ThePet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Don't you all see!!?!?! This is more evidence!! Duggmirror and Coral cache are in on it too! They don't want you to know this information!
Man... it's hard to sound like a nut ball. I just can't get that right flavor of nutso to it.
- Providence, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Yeah, what's up with that? Duggmirror keeps redirecting me to the "pick another option" page with almost every downed site I see.
- 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.
- 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?- ifire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Even though the great Darth Vader is very brave and heroic for going out to fight the Rebel scum, I must say that his TIE fighter was not "lightly armored." In fact, his TIE fighter was one of the very few with deflector shields.
I won't believe this absurd "conspiracy" until someone provides some solid proof. It is the fault of a few engineers who need to be... uh... punished... for their failure to see this vulnerability.
Long live the Empire.
- ifire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Even though the great Darth Vader is very brave and heroic for going out to fight the Rebel scum, I must say that his TIE fighter was not "lightly armored." In fact, his TIE fighter was one of the very few with deflector shields.
- basketcase, on 10/12/2007, -32/+7Duggmirror didn't seem to catch it. So here it is:
I personally felt this was quite wrong at some points. Especially with the whole paragraph about turning off his guidance system. We all know what the Force is and what it is used for. There is no conspiracy behind that.
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? - snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5395083952125133994
'Nuff Said.- srodolff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That was freakin hilarious!!!! Awesome.
- bigspruce, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17This explains why episodes VII, VIII and IX are being kept secret.
- Liam76, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1wrong reply
- CAKochenash, on 10/12/2007, -58/+4You guys are so funny. In regards to the 911 conspiracy, I don't think anyone wants to believe in a conspiracy theory. I think they what you guys claim to have, the truth. Who is worse, the majority of people leaving comments here who just accept eveything as it is presented to them, or the real people in the 911 truth movement who spend countless hours in libraries and conducting interviews with people, like myself, who witnessed the staged events 1st hand. Who is blindly following the herd? The group of whack jobs being told what to think? Or, the group of people who finds things out for themselves. Don't get me wrong, there are alot of fake people in the truth movement, like the ones who think BEAMS FROM ALIENS took the towers down for instance. I don't like posing theories either. But through MY research, this isn't a theory, it's a consipracy. ALL YOU BIGOTS CAN ONLY DISCREDIT THE MESSENGER, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE MESSAGE!!!!
- sunking814, on 10/12/2007, -38/+1I agree, CAK.
Seen this, yet?
http://www.archive.org/details/911WTC7BBC
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3994399691500840360&q=BBC+Reported+Building+7+Had+Collapsed+20+Minutes+Before+It+Fell - raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25In your case, the message itself discredits the messenger.
Please digg down for off-topicness, back to the issue of the Death Star Conspiracy. - Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3There can't really be a "conspiracy theory" if there is no theory. No one is claiming to know exactly what happened, but it's been proved that Chene- I mean Emperor Palpatine was lying.
- wonboodoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24> Who is worse, the majority of people leaving comments here who just accept everything as it is presented to them, or the real people in the 911 truth movement ...
Wait a minute, why didn't you tell us earlier we were dealing with "real" people? I had no idea. THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING AND MAKES ME WANT TO WRITE IN CAPS. You do realize that this article is a humorous look at the destruction of the death star in a fictional movie right? Sensitive much? - wyattearp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33"i'm sorry sir, that's not a hair related comment"
- Liam76, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4@ krymore
"There can't really be a "conspiracy theory" if there is no theory. No one is claiming to know exactly what happened, but it's been proved that Chene- I mean Emperor Palpatine was lying."
Really? There aren't thousands of websites out there claiming things from thermite and missiles, to remote controlled planes? I am pretty sure i have seen them, right here on Digg.
- sunking814, on 10/12/2007, -38/+1I agree, CAK.
- sunking814, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12What REALLY Happened after the Death Star Blew Up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfP90uJ12eQ&eurl= - letdowntourist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23groundbreaking journalism
- cheesegrits, on 10/13/2007, -8/+6It was the Republicans, they told the rest of the Empire there were weapons of mass destruction on the rebel planets, and they were right!
- gazwilwah, on 10/12/2007, -46/+2this is soooooooo funny, funny Because Digg will allow this kinda crap and yet delete something very serious with almost 2000 Diggs.
Digg Is for morons OFFICIAL!- raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Don't you worry, this one will end up with more than 2000 diggs, oh and it won't be almost a quarter of them being dummy accounts created just to digg up the story.
- keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17And yet, here you are.
Funny that. - randf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13only today it's official? i thought it was official the day you and you tin foiled brethren signed on en masse to bully your way to front page.
now quit yer bitchin, you're ruining the best laugh i've had all day!
- cuddleparty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7well, we did find out in ep II that palpatine was quite evil and organizing attacks on the republic in order to consolidate power. it worked, too.
- knobtwiddler, on 10/12/2007, -62/+1what a joke
so DIGG is censoring real 911 truth news but they allow this junk to rise to the top?
YOU'RE MAKING A JOKE OUT OF MASS MURDER AND GENOCIDE... RETARDS.- 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? - raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -10/+26No actually we're making a joke out of retards like yourself.
- dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Hells yes, go back to the crazy boards
- Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -21/+7Yea, you crazy conspiracy nut, Rumsfeld was clearly just lying for no particular reason when he said that the Pennsylvania flight was shot down and that a missile hit the Pentagon. I mean secretaries of defense are notorious for just making things up like that as practical jokes during a national security crisis. Everybody knows that if it weren't true, they wouldn't report it on tv.
- jspegele, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Here's a novel idea . . . if you're sick of your ***** articles being buried, find a site where there's actually people who give a *****, and post your articles there.
- 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.
- Billiam627, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24I heard the BBC has exclusive info on this
- zadadka, on 10/12/2007, -6/+24The one where they announced it 37 minutes before it blew up?
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I could see a That Mitchell and Webb Look skit about this.
"have you noticed what they named this station?"
"ummm...a bit"
"...........it's called the DEATH STAR....................are we the baddies?" - gazwilwah, on 10/12/2007, -24/+0Huh huh this is so funny huh huh MORONS!
- keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4If you don't like then don't read it.
Get back to sucking gores' ***** while he steals energy credits.
- keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4If you don't like then don't read it.
- MxHyway, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26And another thing -- why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
- Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20Midget sex. Think about it.
- MxHyway, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Puhleeze! When do I NOT think about it?!?!?
- TellarHK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Of course it makes sense.
He's there for the (tiny, tiny) chicks. - MxHyway, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2C'mon, you know most Star Wars geeks (read: Star Trek geeks, BSG fans, diggers, etc.) have had the Ewok fantasy at least once. Except me.
- gonknet, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Ah, the Chewbacca defense. "If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!"
- zadadka, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20ROFTLMAO !
Nice one (almost) all of you.
But just one small point, if I may, which y'all seem to have either missed or avoided :
Watch Skywalker's torpedoes closely.....who the frak turned on the great big magnet that made them turn sharply at around 45 degrees, reminiscent of a 1963 "magic" bullet?- walnutthewise, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13They got sucked in the vacuum of the tube, leading directly to the core...I guess. It also seems that in the second Death Star they made a tube big enough for a ship to fit in, what a smart idea!
- MxHyway, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Sir, you should do some research on the Empire. We all know that only mucho research $$ could've produced this sort of guided torpedo -- that spells Empire to me. Hell, there were rumors of torpedoes with these capabilities popping up during Trade Federation disputes before the clone wars, and we all know those TF pukes were butt boys for Sidious, so don't tell me this was a rebel action.
The Empire has a first class, over-funded military that continually churns out new and innovative methods of mass destruction. The rebels keep most of their hundred-year-old ***** running with chewing gum, duct tape, and tanned nerf hide. - licoricewhip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6sucked into an "Exhause Port" ??? I dunno. Seems like a greater power is involved here...
- h00paj00, on 10/13/2007, -6/+32The only thing better than making fun of truthers... is seeing them whine and complain about being made fun of. And then I can block them!
- keymanjim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10It does thin out the herd.
- spyd3rweb, on 11/03/2007, -40/+7Making fun of people who's motivation is truth and knowledge, really says something about what type of person you are, that you prefer to be a dumb ignorant fool. There are serious questions that still remain unanswered, quit being distracted by theories people throw out there, and focus on the questions people are asking.
Stop accepting what you are told blindly, and ask questions and find answers on your own.- h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Ah ha! Another "truther".
You sir are an idiot. Wake up and smell the inconsistencies in your own lies.
*block* - zadadka, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4That is good solid sentiment, and I honestly and sincerely applaud it.
However, do remember that those peoples "motivation" is based on their having ELECTED to disbelieve, without any form of proof ever having been presented in their favour, and without any justification beyond choosing to question...all they have done is repeatedly "found dissatisfaction", and created further questions for themselves that cannot be answered.
The simple result is that their entire judgement process is flawed...but we don't call them "dumb ignorant fools"...we call them Truthers...
Paranoid people make paranoid decisions, and, it takes no time at all before that individuals' entire emotional rationale is based on paranoia...and all that this implies in their lives.
I really do fear that domestic terrorism, such as "Unibomber" and "Timothy McVeigh" situations, will increase as weaker individuals sink deeper in their paranoid morass...there may yet be more victims of 911. - randf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9it's like stepping on bugs...
BUT BUT BUT, WAW WAW WAW....WHAT ABOUT THIS VIDEO PROOF????
click
"Are you sure you want to block TINFOILNUTJOB?"
(why yes, thanks for asking)
click
- h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Ah ha! Another "truther".
- totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14This still doesn't explain why, after all the secrecy and fear that Anakin "Darth Vader" Skywalker would discover he had children, that Obi-Wan would take the boy baby BACK to Anakin Skywalker's homeworld, let Anakin Skywalker's brother raise him, and name him Luke..Luke Skywalker. wtf?
- lukehh, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4oh, you've just ruined so much for me.....
- Chode2235, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Vader left his former self (Anakin) and became Darth Vader. I mentally severed all ties to his former self. Force repressed memories I guess.
besides he thought they were dead. Why would a 6'6" Sith Lord want to go visit the outer rim, that does not make sense! - willcoll, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1yeah, that confused the ***** out of me
- dudefather, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24why did the galactic broadcasting channel report that the death star blew up 20 mins before it did?
COINCEDENCE? YOU DECIDE!- kirado4, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4time Zone difference.. between planets... happens when you send news stories through hypserspace.. they actually travel backwards in time!! no seriously 9+1+1 =911 which also = how many ewoks were squashed by imperial walkers.. co-incidence???
- t5un4m1, on 10/12/2007, -23/+0This thread is pointless :-)
- Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Having fun is never pointless.
- milk93rd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1As, dear sir, is your reply.
- drdank, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22This is all the emperors fault. He ignored intelligence from Admiral Akbar that this was a trap.
- walnutthewise, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The correct word is 'twap!'
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3/whisper drdank dude that makes no sense. Admiral Akbar was part of the rebel alliance, the emperor would consider him an enemy of the empire, get yer facts straight man!!!!
- h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Admiral Akbar was working for the Emperor! That's why he led his fleet into the trap!
Admiral Akbar: Patron Saint of stating the obvious.
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