I started a thread earlier today just asking people their opinions and ideas regarding the lack of technological/design/cultural advancements between the era of the game setting and 3,000 years later in age where the movies are set. Really got some great replies from people mentioning the cannon, to theories on technical and cultural plateaus. Just some really good response and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them all! However, it got me thinking… If you could remake SWTOR and set it in any era of the Star Wars universe, where would you place it? For me, I would like a game setting to be shortly before Episode I. The player could meet a young Anakin Skywalker, assist in the construction of R2-D2, and depending on your allegiance, strive to aid either Qui-Gon Jinn or Darth Maul; but the highlight would be the epic questline, that when completed, would forever change the Star Wars universe and create and alternate timeline by eliminating the true source of all galactic conflict and evil…Jar Jar Binks! (Muhaha!) Anyway, those are my ideas, what about you?

Wow, a lot of really great comments here. Thank you! Now, back on my soapbox! So, as a Science Fiction fan, I can accept the plausibility of technology reaching a plateau, but what about the designs? I mean, the starships all look the same over the 3000 year period. Don’t you think the design would have changed. Real-life Automobile engines haven’t changed that drastically over the past few decades (minus some technology) yet we aren’t driving around cars that look like a 1973 Corvette. (Can you guess why I used that car as an example?) And what about fashions? I mean, the military uniforms don’t change in 3,000 years? What about the “vest and white shirt” of the Smuggler, ala Han Solo? I’m aware that fashions usually come around again, but when was the last time you saw anyone wearing a toga? Anyway, how would some of you handle/explain/change these aspects? Again, this isn’t a rant. I love the game. Just trying to stir up a little conversation.

This is not a hate rant or anything, just some observations. One of my long standing pet-peeves with the game is the setting. So, the game is set somewhere around three thousand years before the events of the Star Wars movies, yet the technology is still the same. The weapons, the ships, the cities, even the fashion are the same as that in the movies. Look at how far (real) human technological advancement has progressed in the last three thousand years—even in the last fifty—and yet the design of battleships, even handguns, in the Star Wars universe has not changed in thousands of years. I think it would have been cool if the game was set as the many races had advanced into space travel, or just discovered laser technology, etc. Anything that would have made the game feel like it was a long, long time before the rise of Darth Vader. That said, I’m not gonna stop playing! Anyway, what is your take?