# Interested in a slightly used Star Destroyer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173 "2015-04-21T12:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/21 "2015-04-24T18:32:35Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > …and another thing what kind of “Star Destroyer” crashes? Talk about false advertising! Well, it’s a Star Destroyer. Good against stars. Has some trouble with planets. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/22 "2015-04-24T18:46:10Z")
In retrospect they shouldn’t have had the recruiting station for pilots at the Mos Eisle Space Port. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/23 "2015-04-24T19:55:45Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > …and another thing what kind of “Star Destroyer” crashes? Talk about false advertising! Hey, it went through two stars getting there, but the damn planet wasn’t in the weapons spec. You need one of Doc Smith Industries Planet Busters to remove unsightly Tattooines. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/24 "2015-04-24T20:38:29Z")
The problem was, after Vader’s surprise inspection last week, there weren’t any survivors left who knew how to pilot it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/25 "2015-04-24T20:49:02Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > One question: What the heck is a “moisture farm”? That was the business Luke’s Uncle Owen was in on Tatooine: harvesting moisture from the atmosphere. Remember “In the morning, I want them on the south ridge working on those condensers”? That’s what Owen was talking about. On a desert planet, water is at a premium. This was in ADF’s novelization of _ **Star Wars** _ in '77; unfortunately, those scenes were cut from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/26 "2015-04-24T21:17:13Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > It even had a broken warp drive. Caveat Emptor strikes back. [comic book Guy] _Hyper_drive. There’s no greater nerd-sin then getting your Star Treks mixed in with your Star Wars [/comic book guy] ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/27 "2015-04-27T19:24:05Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > [comic book Guy] _Hyper_drive. There’s no greater nerd-sin then getting your Star Treks mixed in with your Star Wars [/comic book guy] [https://youtu.be/anmLu1gdI-8?t=48](https://youtu.be/anmLu1gdI-8?t=48)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/28 "2015-04-29T14:53:53Z")
It’s fun watching guys debate fictional science. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173/29 "2015-04-30T14:17:27Z")
I never saw Luke’s uncle driving a tractor or harvesting crops-the little house was surrounded by barren desert-or did he just bottle the moisture and sell it (in Mos Eisley)?Come to think of it, the family farm looked more like a prison . No wonder Luke wanted to leave. Tatooine looks like a bad planet to colonize-what made it worth anything to the Empire? Of course, we have people who want to colonize mars-go figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-a-slightly-used-star-destroyer/718173.md?page=1)