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Do spacecraft in Star Wars produce jet blasts when taking off?
I'm talking about this kind of effect:
I don't remember this happening in any movies, but can't easily find scenes online where spacecraft are taking off.
In A New ...
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How do ships control their aerodynamics in Star Wars?
How do flight-capable ships control their pitch, yaw and roll in atmospheric conditions and in space? Is there a difference whether the crafts are flight-capable in atmosphere only, space-only or both?...
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Are the laws of classical physics different in Star Wars?
Star Wars is supposed to be set in the same universe as Earth, being a galaxy far, far, away.
Within the limited domain of classical physics, are the laws the same or different? We know in the other ...
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What is the wattage of the Death Star's superlaser? [duplicate]
A question on /r/askscience talks about how big a nuke would have to be to disperse Jupiter. A question here on StackExchange talks about whether or not the Death Star could "Take out Coruscant" due ...
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