I mean, they have some amazing adavances and are far beyond us in many stages of development, but it seems like they just stopped caring at some. Aside from superweapons like the Death Star and the Sun Crusher, the modern Star Wars era has almost zero technological progress.
what are you supposed to do after you reach beam weapons with virtually unlimited supplies of ammo and ships that can reach the far stretches of the galaxy in seconds. sheesh.
I just always assumed that it was fiction and people should quit b*tching about all the make believe.
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They still haven't accomplished many things that can realistically be accomplished.
Life expectancy is higher, but should be even higher.
Genetic engineering?
Speeders are fast, but could be faster/safer and have more advanced features such as some alarm that steers your speeder clear of danger (which Anakin didn't have on in AOTC, or maybe just turned it off or something)
Fighters are fast, but could be faster
Fighters should have more advanced computer targeting systems
Blasters are powerful, but could be FAR more powerful and really aren't anywhere near their peak
Exoskeletons? Their armor could be MUCH more advanced.
Star Destroyers still rely largely on manual targeting, which doesn't make much sense.
etc.
But Star Wars actually does advance technologically; ships from the Old Republic era were considered to be a flying junkyard by LOTF.
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I think it could possibly be explained by people choosing to avoid some technologies. People get freaked out by things like genetic engineering (including myself) so maybe the general consensus in the SW universe in that it is evil (I just trying to rationalize the irrational here). Plus, it just lacks the SW feel.
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If this is the case, it would explain a lack of complaining about the behaviors of people on the internets.
As far as technology, back in the late seventies, early eighties, the OT's level of tech was more appreciated. The PT basically became shinier more modern versions of the same level of retro-tech, even though they took place in the past. Go figure.
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You shoud remember that whilst Star Wars is in a sci-fi setting, it is, style-wise, closer to fantasy. Technology in it is more of a form of accessible magic than anything else, and other areas take their inspirations from specific styles (e.g. starfighter combat is from Word War II)- and a good thing to as otherwise dramatic fights would not be possible.
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