* Star Wars is “cowboys and indians and samurai in space.”
Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars?
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I absolutely love Star Wars - I saw the first movie four times in the theatre back in 1977/78 as a kid.
But let’s be clear: Star Wars is “cowboys and indians in space.” (Yes, that’s a dated and culturally inappropriate comparison - it is also perfectly appropriate for the era.)
Technology has never played a significant part in it - light sabres are magic swords, FTL travel is a well-worn convenient trope that ‘just happens’ (unless it doesn’t). Droids are servants.
Basically, tech has never been a core aspect of the SW world, mostly because the show has never been science fiction.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
davidagain@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I love this eye opening take. Thank you.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you ever end up watching Andor, they explain more of how the empire mines entire planets to collapse acquiring minerals they need, destabilizes galactic views of planets to ensure resistance would be minimalized. It also goes into how the weakness in the DeathStar was created and how some engineers were essentially enslaved/forced into to building it. Believe they gun down most of the lead engineers in Rogue One.