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3/31/2016 11:00:40 PM
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Even if in that's true, assuming each nuke has the power of the most powerful nuke in history (100 megatons). It's still nothing compared to the Death Star laser which fires with 53 quadrillion megatons of energy.
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Where exactly are you pulling that number from?
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Edited by Edcub One: 3/31/2016 11:22:50 PMThe minimal amount of energy required to mass scatter a Earth sized planet.
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Key question is how much of the force is from the actual blast, and how much comes from secondary reactions in the planet itself.
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Um......planets are not combustible.
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Theoretically, the planet itself isn't. However, certain materials could react to the blaster bolt, not to mention cataclysmic reactions to a massive energy blast going cleanly through it.
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It's a laser, lasers don't cause random elements to become combustible.
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Technically, it's a bolt of hyper-energized particles, more akin to a plasma shot than a laser.
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No real difference in this case.
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Theoretically, it's a huge difference. The nature of a Blaster sounds is that it rapidly disperses on impact with a surface. So whatever the Death Star is firing, it's causing subsequent reactions throughout the planet, thus the uniform detonation pattern.
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There is no evidence that blasters cause things to become combustible.
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I'm not saying that a standard blaster causes things to magically become combustible. What I'm saying is that the Death Star main cannon, which appears to be a significantly different type of weapon from "standard" blasters, appears to destroy planets from some form of internal reaction.
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It looks to be a laser. It has never been hinted that it causes chain reactions. So we can't assume it does.
