Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!crash!bnw From: bnw@crash.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: "Cute" Ewoks Message-ID: <3310@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 05:21:08 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3310 Posted: Sat Aug 17 05:21:08 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 05:08:19 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 36 From:mmintl!franka@topaz.arpa (Frank Adams) writes: >The Ewoks had to prepare for walkers emerging from the installation in any >direction, unless they were to rely on really incredible luck. Alternatively, the Ewoks can lead their pursuers where they want them to go, and are seen doing so in the film. The Indians used this tactic against the army. The British fell victim to it in Africa more than once. >Second, note that the defenses were specifically oriented to fighting the >Imperials. As I said in my message, I agree with the idea that the Imperials had already been a problem for the Ewoks. Even if the particular traps we saw were not already in place, the concepts had probably been around for some weeks or months. The bugs had already been worked out of the system. >Finally, I think you underestimate the difficulty of building some >of these things with primitive tools. Consider medieval siege >engines, which took weeks to build with better tools. A pile of >logs (one of the simpler devices) seems trivial, but it must be set >up to be stable until you are ready to use it, then go rolling >quickly in the proper direction when released. I would expect a >modern army to take at least a day or two to get it right. None of the assemblies shown in the film were nearly as complicated as a siege engine. Knowing the concept in advance, I have no doubt that a U.S. Navy Seabee battalion could duplicate either in just a few hours, even if restricted to hand tools. /Bruce N. Wheelock/ arpanet: crash!bnw@ucsd uucp: {ihnp4, cbosgd, sdcsvax, noscvax}!crash!bnw