You may find what you’re looking for in the page for shadowports, planets like Tatooine that are known to be relatively safe for smugglers and criminals to land. One other planet that could be good that isn’t on that list is Kerev Doi. I hope one of those works for you!
~ Jacen
Yep, plenty of them. I suggest taking a look through this Wookieepedia page to find one you like.
~ Jacen
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No weapon like this exists canonically, and it would likely be difficult to build given that lightwhips usually have many smaller lightsaber crystals, rather than the one (sometimes two or three) large crystal used by a lightsaber. They also lack the cell barriers necessary to keep the blade contained in a straight line. Theoretically, I believe you could create a weapon capable of turning those barriers on and off, but I can’t see it having a particularly stable blade. If it works for you, it would be exponentially easier to have a hilt (standard length) with emitters at both ends, one for the lightwhip and one for a regular blade, that the wielder could choose from. Naturally, they couldn’t both be used at the same time, but it is a simpler solution.
I hope that helps!
~ Jacen
Yup, Imperial officer battle armour around that time period should have been identical or very similar to either that of an Imperial combat driver (including AT-AT pilots) or snowtrooper armour, depending on the variant. It likely looks sturdier because some of those chest plates included heating/life support systems, which added to the bulk but didn’t provide much extra shielding. Either would be vulnerable to a high-powered blaster rifle at close range.
Hope that helps!
~ Jacen
I suppose it’s really a matter of personal preference. I can’t really judge the suitability of Russian for Devaronese, but the Twi’leki we do know does not resemble French at all. Perhaps because I speak French, I would personally find it very odd to read a Twi’lek speaking it. I would rather avoid having any non-English dialogue if the alien language is not well-established (often, it’s much more trouble to have them speak it, as opposed to simply stating that they spoke in Twi’leki, especially if your POV character does not understand the language) or, if I really needed them to say a few words, I’d probably prefer to make up a sentence or two. That’s just my preference, though, there are certainly circumstances in which this could work.
I hope that helps!
~ Jacen
I am not aware of any source that says an AT-AT pilot’s armour is significantly sturdier than a stormtrooper’s, so yes, a direct hit from a high-powered blaster rifle could easily burn through a chestplate. That wound could certainly be life-threatening, but it’s just as likely that the pilot would be killed, especially from a close distance. We’ve seen such blaster rifles kill clone troopers from hundreds of feet away, and AT-AT pilot armour is said to resemble Phase II clone pilot armour.
Hope that helps!
~ Jacen
Sorry about the wait! Basically, blaster bolts may or may not cauterize the wound they make. There will certainly be burning, but they can still bleed. Due to the physics of a blaster bolt, blunt force injuries can also occur. (I discuss this in a bit more detail here and here). Most often, however, the wound is largely cauterized by the heat of the bolt. As a result, they are very difficult to treat without the regenerative properties of bacta, and thus the default treatment is application of a bacta bandage or, if the injury is serious enough, submersion in a bacta tank. The bandages must be changed regularly, and the patient may need surgery if the bolt has hit and burnt any organs, but if they can survive long enough to get treatment they often make a full recovery.
Hope that helps!
~ Jacen
The answer is, quite simply, they didn’t want to. The Empire and First Order both operated under the philosophy that stormtroopers were completely expendable and not worth providing with better armour. They were perfectly capable of developing it, hence why some classes of stormtrooper did have much sturdier armour, but they had such a large number of recruits that it just wasn’t necessary. Now, there is a bit of a disconnect here between what we see in the movies and how the armour is described in supplemental material. Safe to say, it appears a bit flimsier in the films than it’s described in the books because it’s convenient to have the stormtroopers die in one shot onscreen. The armour was often sufficient to deflect a glancing hit, and there are instances where we see the trooper get hit directly and get knocked out but still survive. Standard stormtrooper armour wasn’t completely useless, but it definitely wasn’t intended to ensure the safety of the troops.
Hope that helps!
~ Jacen
The mechanism that decelerates a ship from hyperspace is actually never described. Sorry!
~ Jacen
Any planet that was particularly involved in the fighting would be a reasonable choice; many of them suffered some sort of attack that could force people offworld. Jedha, for example, could work. Caamas would be a good one, as many Caamasi were displaced by a planetary bombardment in 19 BBY, and Corulag (in canon) was in a similar situation. Refugees were known to flee Kashyyk during the Civil War, as well as Wobani (though some of them went to live on Alderaan and were likely killed before the end of the war), and Denon and Ryloth would also be likely candidates.
I hope that helps! If anyone can think of others feel free to add on!
~ Jacen
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