A concise guide to the levels of Science in popular science fiction:
Star Trek: This is science-fiction, but we want our science to at least sound plausible. Therefore, most of the time, our scientific explanations will be rooted in scientific fact or at the very least solid, generally accepted theory.
Stargate: We’re about half and half. We try to make it plausible sometimes, but usually you just have to technobabble your way through it.
Star Wars: This man has a laser sword. Why does he have a laser sword? Because laser swords are cool. This is all the explanation you need.
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January 22, 2016 at 1:21 am
bleatmop
As to the caption, the Death Star doesn’t shoot light. It is a massive energy battery that discharges it all in a particle stream. Mind you when those particle beams all hit each other they are unlikely to to form one large particle beam but instead discharge their energy upon impact causing the Death Start to be a giant bomb rather than a planet destroyer, but I digress. It’s not shooting light.
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