movies do get somethings right. in "Wargames" I saw several tek oscillosccopes.
OK I got a question about Star Wars - why are people and or androids welding so much? In the hallways, on ships, everywhere. Seems like something always needs welded for some reason. Why is that huh?
I've noticed that too, a standard script filler,
perhaps timed when Harbor Freight and Bunnings located near the studio lots have store-wide specials on welders and accessories?
You would think soldering irons would get fired up too with rolls of bodge wire wheeled in, to get the command controls back on line
They can't have that many spare plugins stored, and a direct disruptor hit on a chassis frame will trash CB tracks
FWIW, the repair dudes on
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea always have their act together