MythBusters Tests Iconic Star Wars Scenes From The Original Trilogy | MythBusters
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MythBusters — S12 E1 "Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth" — Aired January 4, 2014
Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory and Grant each picked their favorite Star Wars scene from the original trilogy and the full team tested one from each film — first working through the physics of Luke Skywalker launching a grappling hook at a pipe above the Death Star chasm with Princess Leia attached to his waist to find out whether the belt harness, the throw accuracy, and the combined weight of two people on a single cable could ever work the way the film shows, then building a full-scale Ewok log battering ram rig and calculating whether timber swung at the speed the film depicts could actually generate enough force to take down a two-legged Imperial AT-ST walker, and finally consulting with a biologist to find out whether the internal temperature of a freshly killed tauntaun could realistically keep a human being alive through a Hoth night, because MythBusters never lets sentiment stand in the way of science, not even for Star Wars.
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Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it.
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According to the lore, the reason the Ewoks had those log traps set up is because their main predators are giants.
"Probably."
That feels like the ultimate expression of the reality in which these two men exist.
Thanks for the massive youtube uploads. This is some of the best tv educational content ever. And I would imagine many in the world have never seen this show.
Peace. Live long and prosper.
Except Jamie.
MythBusters Tests Iconic Star Wars Scenes From The Original Trilogy | MythBusters
MythBusters
496,032 views
MythBusters — S12 E1 "Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth" — Aired January 4, 2014
Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory and Grant each picked their favorite Star Wars scene from the original trilogy and the full team tested one from each film — first working through the physics of Luke Skywalker launching a grappling hook at a pipe above the Death Star chasm with Princess Leia attached to his waist to find out whether the belt harness, the throw accuracy, and the combined weight of two people on a single cable could ever work the way the film shows, then building a full-scale Ewok log battering ram rig and calculating whether timber swung at the speed the film depicts could actually generate enough force to take down a two-legged Imperial AT-ST walker, and finally consulting with a biologist to find out whether the internal temperature of a freshly killed tauntaun could realistically keep a human being alive through a Hoth night, because MythBusters never lets sentiment stand in the way of science, not even for Star Wars.
Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:
@mythbusterstvshow
Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it.
#MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments