StarWarsLaw

  Few images evoke the military might of the Empire more than that those of a company of All Terrain Armored Transports (AT-ATs or Imperial Walkers), in formation, blazing a path of destruction on a battlefield.  Designed and manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards, they featured near-impenetrable armor and were equipped with extremely powerful offensive weapons systems,  capable of inflicting significant damage to opposing forces while simultaneously demoralizing resistance.  See ,  AT-AT  (courtesy of Wookiepedia). However, as mentioned above, as powerful as AT-ATs were, they not impenetrable.  In fact, they were significantly flawed.  They had numerous areas of vulnerability: 1) its flexible neck, which if punctured, could  lead to a catastrophic reactor breach; 2) unstable  legs which were susceptible to tripping and incapacitation, rendering then defenseless; and 3)  a lack of armor covering on its underbelly, leaving the spot vu...

  Carbonite freezing has a long and storied history.  Its uses have varied from safe and effective transport of materials; to voluntary freezing of sentient beings for extended travel or military operations; to the most well-known usage—capture and delivery of bounties.  See  https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Carbon-freezing .  But, what happens if you are one of those bounties? Legally, if a licensed member of the Bounty Hunter Guild captures you pursuant to a contract, they have broad discretion as to the method of your transport.  As a (former) Guild member famously said, "I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold." While that may be true in some circumstances, it is not always the case.  The Bounty contract is a complex and lengthy legal document, and terms vary from quarry to quarry depending on a variety of circumstances including: client preferences; underlying offense; potential for violence; species; value of target; planetary s...