Wow, the dark side really likes their big ships, huh? I love the design for it (though I’m not sure what it reminds me of?), but I am starting to doubt the practicality of building these things. I feel like if you can fit three Executors in the same space, your ship might be too big. As much as I liked it, though, watching it get destroyed was admittedly pretty awesome.
~ Jacen
No, traditional Mandalorian armour (specifically the kind made from the metal beskar, called beskar’gam) does not grow with its owner. As it is usually passed down through families, and since the metal is rare and expensive, a set of armour wouldn’t be worn until the child has grown into it, rather than having to be adjusted or reforged over and over again. Boba Fett’s armour is made of durasteel, not beskar, which is much cheaper and easier to refit or replace as one grows. Many Mandalorians make their armour out or durasteel or duraplast because of the price of beskar, even though they aren’t nearly as durable.
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~ Jacen
No, from the Battle of Hoth until the rendezvous at Sullust the Alliance was forced to remain mobile for fear of losing another crucial base, and they operated out of the Home One. I can’t find anything on the actual number of people involved at this time, but we do know that a lot of personnel were lost at the Battle of Hoth, and it can be seen at the Battle of Endor that the Alliance forces had grown quite substantial by then.
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~ Jacen
Bombers are generally pretty slow ships, so they have to fly in close formation so that their fields of fire overlap to protect the whole group. This also allows their fighter escorts to cover them effectively. If you’re asking because of the obvious risk that if one blows up, it could take the others with it, it would be worth remembering that small ships flying in a tight formation often aren’t as close together as it seems, and they generally have a bit of time to pull away from a damaged ship before it explodes.
~ Jacen
Are you asking whether he would be in charge of the Resistance in the event of Leia’s death or departure from the Resistance? If so, he may or may not end up in charge. There are other members of Resistance High Command who have not been confirmed dead (though given the events of the evacuation of D’Qar, it seems likely that they are), some of whom outrank General Ematt, so if one of them is still alive then he would not be in charge of the Resistance. Otherwise, he would assume command. I’m not sure I understand the last part of your question, but if you are asking whether there’s a chance that he will die too, it certainly seems possible. Though, he is a very minor character so far, so they may not bother to show what happens to him.
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~ Jacen
Going off of real life, it’s not likely. Planets in binary systems often have pretty elliptical orbits, meaning they can move in and out of the habitable zone, alternately freezing and thawing throughout the year. For life to even exist, the suns should either be so close to each other that the planet experiences a gravitational pull as if there were only one star, or they should have roughly equal masses. For the planet to be covered in water like Ahch-To, it would have to have a fairly large orbital radius, and if we assume that its climate stays pretty much the same, its orbit would also have to be quite circular. But who knows, it could be possible!
~ Jacen
I prefer they/them, thanks for asking!
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I’m afraid I couldn’t tell you for sure. Personally I think they will, at some point, go into Finn’s backstory, or at least I hope they do. It’d be near-impossible for them to avoid this issue, but I could see them shoving it away into the extended universe. I don’t think they can really avoid giving Finn a lot of screen time in Episode IX, having thoroughly addressed Luke, Rey, and Kylo, so hopefully we get some information then!
~ Jacen
I’m pretty willing to suspend disbelief and accept the in-universe laws, but something that’s always bothered me is how starships move in outer space as if they were moving through an atmosphere. Obviously I wouldn’t want them to get rid of it, but they fly like they have air to push against and, in some cases, a force of gravity acting on them. If you’ve ever seen a shuttle maneuvering with its little air jet things, it looks nothing like the swoops and turns an x-wing can do. And I’ve talked about this before, as something that doesn’t bother me so much as make me curious, but I also notice the inconsistencies in how use of the Force relates to the laws of physics. For example, a Force-user may brace themselves so their feet don’t slip while pushing against something heavy, or fall to their knees holding something above their head (meaning that an object being manipulated through the Force can exert a force on the person manipulating it), but at the same time a person can pull a Star Destroyer out of orbit without experiencing a proportional physical strain (or getting pulled off the ground themselves). So yeah, that’s just something funny I’ve noticed.
~ Jacen
He joined the Resistance (which is sorta not defecting, really, since the Resistance is a splinter group of the New Republic military) in 34 ABY after an incident that led him to disagree with the New Republic’s policies of inaction against First Order threats. I can’t find any record of when he joined the New Republic Starfleet, but if he did join in 30 ABY (age 28) then I couldn’t tell you why he waited so long, since he’d been flying since he was 6.
~ Jacen
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