bnw@crash.UUCP (08/19/85)
From: <crash!bnw@nosc.ARPA> _Bob <Carter@RUTGERS.ARPA> writes: >One thing that bothered me about the Ewok victory: Guerrillas >(never) finally defeat regulars without the assistance of an >allied regular force. Aside from English and French colonial history being full of examples to the contrary, remember that the Ewoks were not fighting alone. There was a squad of Rebel troops and a Wookie in a Scoutwalker. /Bruce N. Wheelock/ arpanet: crash!bnw@ucsd uucp: {ihnp4, cbosgd, sdcsvax, noscvax}!crash!bnw
phil@rice.ARPA (08/21/85)
From: William LeFebvre <phil@rice.ARPA> >From: /Bruce N. Wheelock/, arpanet: crash!bnw@ucsd > Aside from English and French colonial history being full of > examples to the contrary, remember that the Ewoks were not fighting > alone. There was a squad of Rebel troops and a Wookie in a > Scoutwalker. Also remember that if it hadn't been for the Wookie in a Scoutwalker, the Ewoks probably would have lost. At least, that was the impression I got. So I think that the story fits the assumption that "guerillas don't win without assistance from an allied force" (even tho' that assumption doesn't always ring true). William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.arpa> or, for the daring: <phil@Rice.edu>