Talk:Galaxy Gun

• The last line of this article mentions Luke regretting destroying the Gun as it could have wiped out scores of Vong. Seems like a pretty unnecessary and OOC line for the paceful Jedi Master. Should I remove it? Durnar 14:16, 28 Aug 2005 (UTC)
  • Actually, in the The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology, under the Galaxy Gun page, that same line is a quote from Luke that they placed in the book. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 14:32, 28 Aug 2005 (UTC)
    • Wow. Thats kinda stupid. But if its from a book I guess we leave it. Durnar 14:56, 28 Aug 2005 (UTC)
• I don't get it. Why build a gun to fire the things when the warheads are big enough to propel themselves? - lalala_la
  • The same reason why bullets need to be fired from guns. The warheads need to build up speed first. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 12:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Yeah but bullets don't have hyperdrives, or ways to propel themselves.--Herbsewell 16:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
      • A rocket the size of a bullet could provide enough power to move, and even kill, but the gun fires it much faster and more efficently. 68.151.33.139 05:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
        • How does a gun fire a bullet more efficently? A lot of the energy is wasted as escaping gasses and heat that didn't propell the bullet. Also, I'm not sure what that has to do with the original point. The Galaxy Gun "launcher" doesn't really do anything that the missiles can't do on their own. 98.221.85.188 14:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
      • But the projectiles from the Galaxy Gun probably needed to be shot at a certain speed first. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 21:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
        • But these projectiles have sublight drives, don't they? The big, intimidating tube thing seems totally unnescessary. Just something to be destroyed if you ask me.--The All-knowing Sith'ari 13:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
          • Like I said, it still needs to be launched. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 20:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
            • Is that quote from a story or just the guide? Because if it's from an actual story it should probably then be listed in the Appearances section that right now just consists of DEII and Empire's End. --74.134.232.153 22:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
              • Just the guide. —Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 00:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
                • The following answer is just my opinion... Realistically, the projectiles shouldn't need any dedicated "launcher". If you were to compare them to an ICBM, they just need a place to be launched from, like a silo. But the superweapon isn't the launcher, it's the missles themselves. The missiles are big though so they still need to be stationed somewhere safe. Since the missiles have sublight engines and hyperdrives, ideally they should be launched similar to ICBM's. In silos on a planet, deep underground for extra protection. Several different planets perhaps just to ensure strike back capability if the enemy destroys a silo, and takes control of the planet. The Galaxy Gun itself is just an unnecessary launcher. All the eggs are in one basket so to speak, and it's vunerable. To answer lalalala's question, the gun is just there because this is a work of fiction that doesn't always make sense. 65.40.195.176 00:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• You know come to think of it, the Galaxy Gun would make more sense if it were more like the Hyperspace cannons that the early Core Worlds first used to explore the galaxy Lalala la 05:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  • So after fired the projectilies could not renter hyperspace after they decelerated?--Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin 02:44, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Death Star Designer as a source?

Our page says nothing about that. What is mentioned is the Sun Crusher's weapon. Evir Daal 08:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• It's there. -LtNOWIS 08:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • It may well be in the game (Haven't played it), but it sure ain't on our page. Only thing referred to there is Sun Crusher torpedoes. Evir Daal 10:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Hilarious

Honestly, the EU is like a Marvel/DC comic book sometimes. There's always someone wasting obscene amounts of money and resources on superweapons... No serious discussion, just pointing out the almost boring repetition of memes. Jachra 10:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

• We're not a forum, so please keep all unnecessary comments/discussions off of talk pages. —Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 15:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

About the "Behind the Scenes"-section

The gun could also be based partly on the German railway howitzers (massive 1350 ton artillery pieces on railways) that could fire extremely large projectiles (weighing around 7 tons) at targets 48 kilometers away. The guns also took a long time to reload (30-45 minutes).

--95.209.226.21 22:39, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Change the infobox template?

Given that there was only 1 Galaxy Gun, should we use Template:Individual ship over Template:Starship class? --Nostalgia of Iran (talk) 19:07, January 30, 2020 (UTC)

• Or should we use Template:Space station? --Nostalgia of Iran (talk) 19:10, January 30, 2020 (UTC)