June 23rd, 2025
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Realistically, how did this not permanently deafen our heroes?
Before you say there’s no sound in space, in the SW universe there is (see tie fighter explosions)
June 23rd, 2025
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JFeth
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in_it_to_lose_it
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flowerstage
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simplehistorian91
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BrickBoyAndy
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gbroon
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Pristine_Text_6407
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ParticularWallaby173
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E1M1_DOOM
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RememberThatDream
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TheMarkMatthews
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Gorguf62
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TheReviviad
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procheeseburger
okay but now I want to see that happen in Spaceballs 2.
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TheReviviad
Huh. I haven't seen Spaceballs since it was in theaters and don't remember it well... did they not do that gag? Seems like a no-brainer.
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procheeseburger
I don’t think so but it would be glorious
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[deleted]
The fact that there is a shockwave at all dispels any notion of realistic space. They drop bombs in tlj and they have gravitational force when maneuvering in space and even the arcing of blasts in tlj.
It is apparent that space is not accurately displayed in this universe and it is more like air than space which makes it way more entertaining.
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TheReviviad
Exactly. It's just a movie. Well, movies. There are space wizards and hyperdrives and holograms you can generate from a device on your wrist. It ain't supposed to be realistic.
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LuciusDickusMaximus
Ok I get you’re trying to be cute, but no. Everything past the title crawl is captured as experienced by members in universe. Point me to another example of something only for the benefit of the audience.
Oh, and you can put your king down. That’s a checkmate.
AlsoOtto
Do you think Luke hears the mournful French horn and the swelling strings when looking wistfully at the twin suns setting? Or does Vader hear the ominous marching dirge everywhere he goes?
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BreathlikeDeathlike
This is the best comment in this thread lol
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NerdHistorian
Since sound travels in star wars space, this means star wars space is filled with a material that makes sound less loud
There is that better for you op?
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MBMD13
Or Star Wars space beings have evolved different organic hearing processes inside their “ears.”
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LuciusDickusMaximus
That works. Thanks.
ciarabek
op took their mask off with this one 💀 soo edgy
theyre literally referring to canon material. "aural sensors". its from a few sources in both canon and legends.
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LuciusDickusMaximus
No it wasn’t the cannons I’m talking about that made the sound it’s the explosion the the tie fighters.
ciarabek
"These sensors offer an in-universe explanation for why sound was heard in space in the Star Wars films despite its physical impossibility (because space contains no substance that can transmit sound waves). This phenomenon is seen in a number of science fiction films and games, not just Star Wars. Sound in space is generally accepted as a cinematic convention and part of suspension of disbelief, even if it is scientifically incorrect."
^ from the Wookiepedia page on it. p much exactly what TheReviviad said.
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Vast_Bookkeeper_8129
I wonder does stormtroopers use it to an extend and why they're blind like bats on a sunny day.
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Vast_Bookkeeper_8129
It's black ninja Tie-fighters dragging the title crawl through space.
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TheReviviad
I was trying to be cute, but you're still missing my point. You just said, "Everything past the title crawl is captured as experienced by members in universe."
Says you.
That's your opinion. The words aren't flying through space near Tatooine, even though the camera literally pans down to show that planet. Okay, you drew a line where you felt it made sense to you. I draw that line where it makes sense to me. If you're looking for some kind of official explanation, you're not going to find one. If you're looking for theories or opinions, well, you got one.
So really, the question is, do you want to hear what people think, or just what you want to hear?
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LuciusDickusMaximus
I just subscribe to Arkham’s Razor. The fact that the tie fighter explosion sounds are just for our benefit sounds like a typical Lucasism: “I made a dumb inconsistent choice but actually it was all part of the grand plan.”
Close your mouth honey; you look like a trout.
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TheReviviad
"I just subscribe to Arkham’s Razor."
No, you don't. For two reasons. One, there's no such thing as "Arkham's Razor." It's Occam's Razor. And second, because Occam's Razor stipulates that you explain something using the fewest possible elements. That's not what you're doing, and not what you're looking for, either.
Your premise is simply flawed. You present the fact that sound carries in space in these movies as a fact. It isn't. There is nothing in any of the films that suggest that it does. The sound is an auditory cue for the audience, just like subtitles are a visual cue.
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Novel_Patience9735
“Put your king down. That’s a checkmate.”
🙄
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MBMD13
Sound operates differently in the Star Wars galaxy. As does radiation. And gravity. So sounds that are so loud they can actually be heard in a vacuum do not impact on the ears of passengers in a nearby spaceship who are not floating because there is also earth-like gravity in spac—oh god I give up.
Basically, Star Wars only works for adults if you don’t ask questions like this. Like zombie stories only work if don’t actually think about the nature of zombies at all.
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Treishmon
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guardianwriter1984
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