Why the hell didn't the Rebellion use these to blast apart Star Destroyers?
- Probably because it would be difficult, and expensive, to find the amount needed to bring down just one destroyer. Wilhelm screamer 21:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- While the explosion looked cool, they're not all that effective as weapons; the explosive power moves radially, not spherically.
- So, the charges seen on Episode II would only have been on the order of a few hundred kilotonnes, while a heavy turbolaser blast is on the order of megatonnes.
Seismic Charge in space?[]
According to the description these somehow function using sound waves in space. Isn't space devoid of sound, I understand there being sound effects in movies but that doesn't explain a weapon that uses sound.
- Who knows? Xanofar 03:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
- It was mentioned somewhere that the person who did up the concept (Ben Burtt, I believe) was fully aware that sound doesn't work in space, but the concept was too cool to pass up. I'm trying to find the actual quote. Regardless, Star Wars is science fantasy; the laws of the universe aren't the same as ours. Regardless of that lack of regard, the article mentions that they work through resonance, which can be produced through standard electromagnetic radiation too. --Jeremy T. Gibson (99.199.40.172 01:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC))
"Harmonic Bomb"[]
I think the term "Harmonic Bomb" should also link to this page. Xanofar 03:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)