Why were they so long? Presumably these are just massive aircraft carriers, so why not make them cube shaped to maximize volume and cargo space for the same amount of materials?
Why were they so long? Presumably these are just massive aircraft carriers...
Ryder Ramirez
Colton Richardson
this is why autismos should never design spacecraft.
Charles Richardson
Because it's cool
Because triangles are evil
Hunter Rivera
Make it a giant cube and instead of bothering with a shield, make the outer hull a glass prison with captured rebel scum inside.
Kevin Hughes
Star Destroyers fly in atmospheres
Isaac Thompson
>so why not make them cube shaped to maximize volume and cargo space
Because they're not cargo transports.
Brody Perez
Well they tried to make a big orb and looked how that turned out.
David Myers
Because Star Wars is a live action kids cartoon and it has no thought put towards ship designs, space battle tactics, logistics, or anything else that makes a universe feel real. Just sit back and watch the pew pew.
Juan Barnes
I don't know if it was the goal, but a pyramidal shape like this maximize the number of turrets which can shoot in front of the ship
Henry Bennett
cause it's fantasy space ww2 and therefore not supposed to be realistic
Jason Parker
Real answer is because they maximize forward fire power with the triangle design.
James Wright
Star Wars space combat is just WWII era naval/air combat. It isn't supposed to be a logical depiction of warfare in an advanced spacefaring civilization, Lucas was explicitly doing WWII dogfights and naval battles in space.
Hell in Episode 3, we see two battleships lining up at nearly point-blank range to fire their cannons at each other. That would have been an outdated tactic even in WWII.
Matthew Richardson
Well in AotC, tRoS and RO the just floated into space lol, so that kind of defeats the purpose of being aerodynamic
Tyler Clark
Because it looks like a sea aircraft carrier and audiences don't understand space
Jacob Taylor
They're big ships.
William Richardson
>forward
>space
Sebastian Parker
The truth is when George Lucas wanted the SD's constructed, he thought of women honestly. He thought of a way to reach out to women viewers in a way that would touch them and their interests. He was eating one day while developing the first movie and was having pizza. He took one slice and saw what was left of the pizza. "Women love to eat!" he exclaimed, and orders the design of the Star Destroyers to look like a big pizza.
He had them colored gray to not be too obvious. You can see his other genius by Y-Wings looking like Fallopian tubes, X-Wings referring to the X-chromosome Luke Skywalker wearing a poncho early in the movie to let them know subconsciously he swings both ways.
The Tie Fighters are just flying boobs. It's pottery!
Daniel Butler
This is basically the perfect spaceship design based on realistic technology (no shields or dumb shit like that). All 4 sides would be the same and all the machinery/engine/ammunition is in the centre
Colton Cook
Basically a space HMS Nelson?
Ryan Walker
But the triangle design has no impact on the gun placement (which are in parallel lines), and unlike real life battleships (e.g. ) the turrets are not superfiring (rear ones placed higher than the forward) so that they can all actually aim forward. To bring all its guns to bare the ship would actually have to tilt slightly downward.
Kayden Morales
autists cannot comprehend this. you might as well be speaking a different language.
Matthew Foster
Cubes are terrible in space though. It's why you see centrifuges in the space station and not cubes
Owen Anderson
no, not really, having thrusters on every side isn't efficient
Jacob Nelson
It's almost funny how much they didn't give a shit in terms of details in Star Wars. They never for example bothered making the laser blasts come out of the actual guns of a Star Destroyer, they just emerge out of random parts of the hull.
Chase Sullivan
Yes you stupid psuedo-nigger, the bastard in front of you that your shooting at is FORWARD
Zachary Thomas
>everything you build loses to basic bitch x-wings
Hunter Hughes
Isaac Morris
for you
Anthony Ross
There are weapons all over the Star Destroyer in small ports.
Tyler Lewis
Caleb Lewis
Joe Johnston thought they were a cool shape memorable shape and George approved that design