Technology Issues

it's not cause they're advanced that they know a technology we already have
and who claims they don't know it? they might as well, just haven't used it up till now

they live in a different universe, they probably have different elements etc. i don't know, i doubt GL even knows, it's just a movie and those guided missles look good, that's why they put it there. and there will always be advancements in technology in any war, even if they're 10,000 more advanced...i hate living in the Milky Way

Originally posted by bigsef3
Basically, GL has raped the "universe" with the OT. Technology from the OT should have been EXACTLY the same as the PT. when a civilization has been around for tens of thousands of years, things dont just dramatically change in 40 years.

Pay close attention to what you have said here.

In 40 years technology can change drastically.

Look at our own world:
In 40 years we went from big huge computer that took up an entire room and had to have a rubber floor to be able to hold the weight to having computer you can take with you on the go.

Plus we have developed more advanced weapons, they change each year.

Now look at the Star Wars universe:
They are not just one world, they are many star systems with many planets. To say that combined they cannot change technology dramatically is like saying the United Nations can not screw in a light bulb.

Each star system and planet has something to contribute to the weapons, so they are constantly evolving.

I can easily see how they can go from unguided/guided rockets to having proton torpedos.

Yeah Lance but like I said, look at between 1 AD and 1000 AD for Technological advances.

technology grown follows a very specific pattern that can be graphed and future growth can be predicted fairly accurately. the growth pattern follows what is called an "s curve." In our time, the industrial revolution sparked immense and rapid growth. Technology grew very very rapidly, so that in 100 years, we went from riding horses to walking on the moon (actually, man did not actually walk on the moon, that is all a big hoax, but thats another matter).

Anyway, my point is this, they star wars universe is not at the brink of the industrial revolution. Its 1000s of years more advanced. OUR society is past unguided rockets, so theirs definately should be.

Their galaxy is not ours!

You can't judge their technological advances like you judge ours. Just because we may have gotten past unguided rockets doesn't mean another galaxy does the same just like ours.

Maybe that's where they're caught up 😉 We can't get hyperspace travel and they can't get guided rockets. Maybe we should swap.

it was a long time ago too 🙁 don't think they're they're there anymore