Re: FB designs & fighters

David Brin has a theory that Anakin was acting as a double agent for the

light. He killed a lot of people.... but  terror tactics have never 
worked to control a subdued population, purging your officer corps is a 
Bad Idea, letting the droids get away with the plans, ignoring a visit 
to his homeworld etc.

As usual with Brin it's an interesting idea.

Eric Foley wrote:

>If the Death Star had known that a fighter assault could have destroyed
it
>as such, and had _really_ wanted to stop it, it could have.  Very
easily.
>It _did_ have the fighter materiel aboard to do so, but the commanders
on
>board refused to use it, out of overconfidence.
>