1 hour ago, TauntaunScout said:

I think they mean when Vader says "several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies". Which is wrong, nothing was beamed to the Tantive IV... but it was docked to the ship they were beamed to so, pretty close, a reasonable slip of the tongue for a retcon explanation. And we know see that Vader KNEW the ships were docked at the time. And Leia has good reason to suspect he knows it. So she's really putting on a show, she knows she probably isn't fooling anyone.

Since Motti refers to "stolen datatapes" when Vader says "beamed" the whole thing isn't actually clear in ANH anyways.

If you actually taped most people's lives, a lot of unrealistic, unbelievable, things would be said and done.

Maybe so? But in entertainment they actually have a job for continuity, so...

7 hours ago, Derrault said:

Right. What I was getting at is that you could imagine that the Emperor has decided to personally oversee some critical aspect of something, or that the Rebels planned an ambush because there was hints of an important dignitary and lo and behold, it was the Emperor.

You know, use a little imagination.

You could do that, as I said, your toys, play with them as you want. But, I'd be surprised if the Emperor doesn't travel anywhere without at least a Legion of Stormtroopers and Royal Guard to protect him in such an eventuality.

10 minutes ago, Abwehrschlacht said:

You could do that, as I said, your toys, play with them as you want. But, I'd be surprised if the Emperor doesn't travel anywhere without at least a Legion of Stormtroopers and Royal Guard to protect him in such an eventuality.

Sure, but only so many of them will be able to show up within the incredibly short amount of real-time that 6 rounds represents. I'm of the opinion that after 6 rounds time doesn't just stop, the rest of the Imperials show up and/or Rebel transports get the Rebels the **** out of there.

14 hours ago, Derrault said:

Well that would exclude Vader personally ever fighting any of the Rebel heroes in a battle, even he only ever fights Luke in two duels.

Legion is more about doing what if scenarios than recreating actual movie battles. And to that end, the ultimate what if scenario is asking what happens if Palpatine decides to get involved.

Just a small clarification, canon wise it was more than twice there have been a few other conflicts in other media.

9 hours ago, Derrault said:

Maybe so? But in entertainment they actually have a job for continuity, so...

Yeah but this is Star Wars. Part of the appeal is dirt on the floors and other such verisimilitude. People forget that it is (or was) a huge piece of what defined the franchise.