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Just how much firepower in TeraWatts do you guys think the Death Star had? Somewhere around 7,500,000 TeraWatts?
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Approximately 1.2E34W. 1,200 billion billion terawatts. Blowing up planets, especially when you do it as violently as the Death Star does, takes an awful lot of bang.
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At least twice as much as you need to send a Delorian back in time.
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About the same power it takes to blow up a chunk of fake asteroid and fake planet. But the calculations get fuzzy after CGI is introduced. So whatever power it takes to generate a CGI shot I guess.

Honestly, anywhere from the power to scorch plastic to the power to blow up a planet.
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McAvoy wrote:About the same power it takes to blow up a chunk of fake asteroid and fake planet. But the calculations get fuzzy after CGI is introduced. So whatever power it takes to generate a CGI shot I guess.

Honestly, anywhere from the power to scorch plastic to the power to blow up a planet.
Well the computer that did the CGI would run around 200 Watts or so...? :)
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GrahamKennedy wrote:
McAvoy wrote:About the same power it takes to blow up a chunk of fake asteroid and fake planet. But the calculations get fuzzy after CGI is introduced. So whatever power it takes to generate a CGI shot I guess.

Honestly, anywhere from the power to scorch plastic to the power to blow up a planet.
Well the computer that did the CGI would run around 200 Watts or so...? :)

Well, if that's the case, I'd say 9,999,999,999 TeraWatts then XP haha
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Teaos wrote:At least twice as much as you need to send a Delorian back in time.
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Does that mean the Death Star travels at 44mph?
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If a parsec if a unit of time, then yeah, sure.
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Ah, you've learned Han's secret, Teaos!

It uses the power of plot.
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Ah, you've learned Han's secret, Teaos!

It uses the power of plot.
Lol right?
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Meste17 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Ah, you've learned Han's secret, Teaos!

It uses the power of plot.
Lol right?
It's how I view most franchises. Power of plot causes a lot fewer headaches for me. ;)
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Meste17 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Ah, you've learned Han's secret, Teaos!

It uses the power of plot.
Lol right?
It's how I view most franchises. Power of plot causes a lot fewer headaches for me. ;)
Right?
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