Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141214213749/@comment-86.171.87.114-20151217184008

A few things that cropped up in my mind. As both Star wars and 40K are fictional and live largely outside the realms of actual science...are that...

Who decides what means of travel is used? FTL or the warp? I don't agree that it would default to the warp so in reality I think that any conflict should be by the universes own rules. So Star Wars vessels shouldn't become Chaos infected hulks as this doesn't - to my knowledge - happen in their universe.

As a result, it is not fair in my estimations to fully discount the Jedi skills due to blanks as it is not 100% clear that the Blanks will counter the Jedi's interactions with 'the force' as it is not 100% the same as the way that 40K pyshics operate. For example, Obi Wan knew of a large scale number of deaths (fairly unconnected to him) when the Deathstar fired on Alderan, This is not something which I am especially aware of 40K psyhics doing. Not in the same manner anyway. otherwise you'd have them keeling over all the time in the Grimdark of 40K.

The Star Wars Republic also had access to large, wheeled land tanks (Juggernauts? Might be making there names up but they are in the visual dictionaries) among other weapons of war.

I would also say that it is not 100% fair to say that all of the races of the 40k universe would go and trample the Galactic Empire. Given that it would be a cultural thing, the Rebels would likely want to fight off the Imperium as much as anyone so again, I think that it would be more like the entire Star Wars and entire 40K galaxies fighting each other, if anything just to preserve their own ways. That is not to say that sometimes treaties and allies of convenience wouldn't occur at times.

I'd suggest that a Space Marine Vs. Jedi fight would probably be something along the lines of a Space Marine fighting a Eldar Farseer or maybe more like a warlock. Highly agile, physically empowered, determined, disciplined and fragile if not used correctly. I think they would give a Marine cause for concern but could be overcame, if the right tactics were used.