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My daughter says to me last night, that the rebel wars must have really taken there toll on technology in the galaxy far far away. When you look at the displays in the ATOC and TPM ships then in Star Wars there is a great drop in technology. Any thoughts on what happened to them, all good engineers killed by some engineer killing virus? Darth Vader killed them all for easily destroyed Death Star versions 1,2,3,4?
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My guess is that Anakin will have a relatively organic looking replacment arm by Ep 3. That was probably just the "underwire" or something.
I would agree that the Rebels would have to cobble together technology for their ships and bases though. They are probably using decades old technology in some cases.
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And I would argue that while the Imperial fighters weren't "smooth," they were still advanced-looking and appeared to be quite successful (for the most part, anyway ). The Empire was just going for a different look than the Royal Naboo escorts. The same goes for the Star Destroyers.
It's only the Rebel cruisers and fighters that look a lot older and beat-up. But THAT'S THE POINT!
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I think it's great how the Republic ships bear a striking resemblance to the Imperial ships we see later on. Theres a clear similarity and design lineage going on.
I think the "different look" theory is right on. It's probably different technology and had to be incorprated in a different way.
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On the subject of Anakin's arm, I think it would be neater if he just had the mechanical arm, and he started wearing a Vader-esque black glove to cover it...
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That's what I'm expecting to see in Episode III -- a black glove. (Which would be ironic considering Luke's black glove in RotJ...)
I had another thought regarding the Rebel ships. Weren't the big Star Cruisers supposed to be Mon Calamari designs?
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The Imperial Starfighters, that is, TIE Fighters, are less technologically advanced than the Rebel versions, or even the Naboo ones methinks.
For the TIE Fighters, Bombers, and Interceptors are not equipped with shields or with a hyperdrive.
And yet, the N-1 class is equipped with at least shields...
Maybe the empire just wants more resources to mass produce.
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I think the general appearance just changed based on the social upheavals..
In the 50s, many cars were big and curved and very deco, with fins. In the 70s and 80s cars were much more advanced internally, but became more boxy and mechanical looking.. (i remember thinking that the Naboo starcraft all reminded me of fin-laden 50s version of later Star Wars ships, basically kept shinier but containing the same degree of technology)... also mass production does tend to strip out such creative elements...
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The idea behind the TIE fighters not having sheilds was that the Empire had such little regard for human life that they didn't care whether their pilots got blown up or not. The TIEs were cheap, quick, mass-produced craft. You can always draft more pilots...
The Rebels were so disadvantaged because they had to use whatever ships they could get ahold of. That's why not much is new.
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quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: The idea behind the TIE fighters not having sheilds was that the Empire had such little regard for human life that they didn't care whether their pilots got blown up or not. The TIEs were cheap, quick, mass-produced craft. You can always draft more pilots...
The Rebels were so disadvantaged because they had to use whatever ships they could get ahold of. That's why not much is new.
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There's also an interesting idea, I think I may have picked it up either from a book or a computer game in the EU. Basically, an Imperial view is that if a pilot knows he doesn't have shields, he'll be more motivated to not get hit
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quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: The idea behind the TIE fighters not having sheilds was that the Empire had such little regard for human life that they didn't care whether their pilots got blown up or not. The TIEs were cheap, quick, mass-produced craft. You can always draft more pilots...
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Yeah, I remember the ejection system in Tie Fighter alright.
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). The Empire was just going for a different look than the Royal Naboo escorts. The same goes for the Star Destroyers.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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