OptimalPrimus Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 So while looking at everything in the game, plus going back to even KotoR and the movies, anyone have any thoughts as to why ships, fighters, even Republic troopers, basically look the same? You look at the Sith Fury interceptor, and you can see Darth Maul's ship, and a lot of TIE fighter designs in it. The BT-7 looks a lot like a B-wing, the XS has elements of the Millennium Falcon, etc. This is supposed to be a few thousand years in between movies and SWTOR, so shouldn't there be radically different designs? Granted I'm not up to speed in everything Star Wars, I just began to read some of the Old Republic novels, never read any of the novels based after the original trilogy, never read any of the comics, so please go easy on me... Thought I get some other people's opinions and start (hopefully) a friendly discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarylMusashi Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I suppose you could argue that the cultures of the SW universe had already achieved their peak technology, and so for thousands of years the only changes were minor cosmetic ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valsdad Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well, if you think about it logically; technology reaches glass ceilings all the time. Our perspective is kind of derailed because we live in a time of exponential technological growth. These people have had interstellar travel and gravitational manipulation mastered for millennia. So it stands to reason that many technologies would follow a certain style or form for very long periods of time. Another thing is that we cannot really perceive a single company surviving for 10's of thousands of years, but it is very plausible once certain technological plateaus are reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimalPrimus Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 True... thinking about it from our 100 years of technology innovation does kind of skew things. Using my example though of trooper, from what I've read and understand (again limited), Clone Trooper armor was based on Mandalorian style armor (loved the Republic Commando novels). But if Mandalorians and the Republic went to war a few times and basically hated each other during SWTOR timeframe, why would republic troopers look so similar to clone troopers? Mandalorians would not have just given tech to the Republic to copy, and not sure the Republic would want to look just like an enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) They've had inter-galactic Space Flight and Blaster technology for twice as long as Earthlings have been growing food for themselves, and thats just the Core Worlds, The Rakata and the Celestials? thats a whole other ball game. Star Wars has different rules. Edited January 24, 2012 by adamqd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTC Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 nostalgia exploitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valsdad Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well, armor is armor is armor. There are only so many ways to design humanoid armor from a practical standpoint. The only thing that can really be randomized is the aesthetics (something that mandalorians are particular about), and from a perspective of cost : functionality there is really no reason to change a basic design if it performs the way you want it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valsdad Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 They've had inter-galactic Space Flight and Blaster technology for twice as long as Earthlings have been growing food for themselves, and thats just the Core Worlds, The Rakata and the Celestials? thats a whole other ball game. Star Wars has different rules. <3 the Celestials. I was hoping against hope to come across Centrepoint Station within the Corellia story line. I was disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talkative Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The Rebellion Era was generally considered a dark age in the galaxy: culturally, technologically, and otherwise. Lucas actually specifically mentions this as justification during the commentary for The Phantom Menace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=155700 I'll leave that here, while technology hasn't very much changed in terms of design/function and being able to do more and carry a lot it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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