"Maybe if someone would have told me to account for magic space wizards when designing the exhaust ports, we'd still have the Death Star." -the actual Death Star architect.

I like to imagine the first Death Star had a few thousands exhaust ports but Galen Urso only sabotaged one because it would be easier to go unnoticed if the other thousands were flawless. This would explain why a port that size could vent a moon powering reactor (it had help from a thousand more just like it) while also explaining why the Rebels HAD to attack a specific spot on the Death Star.

Did we watch the same movie? The ion cannon fired TWO shots.

Next to sizes, shields are the most inconsistent thing in Star Wars (spaceship related). Some times shields of an X-Wing can block a barrage from a ISDs main battery, then a single Tie fighter punches through a CR-90s armor with one volley of its tiny little laser cannons and the whole thing blows up like someone detonated a proton Torpedo within . . .

Well, I have always had the most moronic thought about whoever designed the imperial starships. Let’s put the shield generators on the side of the ship instead of on the inside.

Let’s all just take a moment and contemplate how safe the Death Star would have been if they had just put a few bends in the shaft

Sacrifice comes with all shields. Star Trek proved that with cloaking devices.
You also need to keep your ship moving to not present an angle long enough to weaken it.

tbf with the 2nd Death Star it was still being built so the Shield Generator wasn't finished on the Station side yet

Okay that image used as the thumbnail is totally cursed.

yep shields are only as good as what they are designed for 10/10 video keep up the good work and the shields up

And one other flaw in the second death star if you ever wanted to move it to use it you have to generate that saying protective envelope either by a massive ship or park it next to a friendly planet and have the same set up there the Emperor built the ultimate weapon, but left it highly vulnerable if you never want to actually use it in a meaningful way

I live about the star wars ships that they always have a backup plate pushing over any hull breach to seal it.

What kind of TIE Fighters are those in the thumbnail?

If you had a shield powered in part by the impact of the weapons used against it...that could be useful.

Using the Westend games version, it becomes apparent that range of the weapon is the primary consideration. A 1d6 shield can handle weapons fire from the long range of the weapon. A 2d6 shield can handle a weapon from medium range of the weapon. A 3d6 shield can handle weapon effects at short range. A 4d6+2 at point blank range.

A ship to blaster , such as the Falcon had, has a maximum range of fifteen units...
A laser cannon twenty-five units. A Turbolaser has a range of seventy-five units.

This explains things quite nicely.

But! The number of shots each shield range can handle is limited. A X-Wing can handle eleven shots, from a blaster. Five and half shots from a laser cannon. And one shot from a Turbolaser.

This brings up the 'why' of a Turbolaser. It is independent of the ship's power. It has its own power supply. This means that a twin mount Turbolaser can destroy an X-Wing fighter instantly.

Furthermore, a ship that can double front or double rear can withstand a weapon at medium range.

Whether it in Star Trek, whether it is in Star Wars or any science fiction series, and it also goes for nature as well, the arm race and gap between the ultimate weapon and the ultimate defense is always a bunch of give and take

Hyper Wook, have you seen any of Fiction Rant's videos? I've seen a few and thought they were pretty good.

another question to ask is why didn't the jedi & clone army use the shields the gungans used in phantom menace?

@0:10 can you count at all?

Wouldn't a ray shield over an exhaust port keep the heat IN?