Okay
Folks?
Before I break a golden rule, allow me to present some credentals.
US Army CGS College, 95.
Tulane, 2000, MA History(Military)
Regarding Thrawns Dreadnaughts.
200.
In a GALAXY of 1.2 million Systems.
No. No effect.
ESPICALLY Given that all informaton (and yes, they were refitted to pre Ep I techology, given, hell, I'll be generous and say Ep 1) in their existances.
Smaller than the Vic or Venator Class SD's.
Half as POWERFUL as Vicotry or Venator class Star Destroyers.
Explain to me, even with FUCKING AMDRIAL NIMTZ how they were to affect signifcantly the balance of power?
Folks? Lucas has stated REPEATEDLY, that the Rebellion had more ships than he could show in Ep 3.
Look at the text adaptation.
Now, for cold logstical: The Ships were dead in space. Need Crew.
Need Supplies.
Repairs.
200 pre Clone War era ships aren't DIDDLY, to the post Endor galaxy. Period.
not at ALL.
Zahn, and while I DO consdier him one of hte BETTER SF writers out there blew it.
That simple. Thrawn, good? yes.
Great, even.
Except, Zahn's NEVER written in a setting (nor has many, really, out of the current crop of SF writers, acutally) with more than 100 systems TOTAL.
It shows. Galaxy wide combat, and the Rebellion at that point had at LEAST 2 major shipyard worlds...
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
200 PRE CLONE WAR era in effect LIGHT CRUSIERS weren't going to do Jack, and Shit.
That simple.
Even 200 ISD's would be pushing it.
It's all a matter of -scale-.
A.