Yes I know in fiction; anything is possible but I'm looking at this from an in-universe point of view. Which of these would be hard to accomplish based on known Star Wars science capabilities?

1.) EMP repelling- Something you can put on electronics that makes it impervious to EMP attacks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse


2.) Age scanner- Something that can scan a rock or a being and tell a scientist how old it is in standard years.


3.) Psychohistory-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional)


4.) Sentient cybersuit- A suit of powered armor that integrates you with an AI to work together in symbiosis

5.) Wireless citywide central air- Basically wireless outdoor air conditioning over a large area.

6.) Simulated reality- Like from The Matrix.

7.) Artificial pole shift- Something to artificially shape the poles of a planet. I don't know how it would be done but it would obviously be a punishment superweapon

8.) Ambient intelligence-ambient intelligence refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people

9.) Bioprinter- Something that can create new organs

10.) Water synthesizer- Creates water from scratch

11.) Artificial magnetosphere-https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmosphere.html

12.) SQUID-like device -
https://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/...-strange-days/

13.)Argon matrix laser- Laser weapon that only damages inorganic material

14.) Neural music composition- Creating music by thinking it

15.) Solar storm generator- Something that can create a solar storm

16.) Cultured plant cells- Like cultured meat but for plants

17.) Torsion field drive- Alternative FTL method

18.) Zero point energy generator

19.) Giant solar space farm

You can pick only one if you want.

Well, The Force can do everything now anyway, so this is pretty moot.

Quote from: Doom;1120238Well, The Force can do everything now anyway, so this is pretty moot.

Wrong; even the Force cannot restore my faith in the Star Wars franchise.

As Disney retardely keeps pushing the series towards the "Lensman Threshold" I hate to say it but theres eventually going to be nothing on that list that isnt possible or hasnt been done at some point allready in the various books or eventually in the movies.

Core Six films, Legends/EU, or Darkest Timeline?

I'd give the first nod to psychohistory, since it can't account for the movements of the Force.

Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1120304Core Six films, Legends/EU, or Darkest Timeline?

I'd give the first nod to psychohistory, since it can't account for the movements of the Force.

Core 6 films

I think you would be on much stronger footing to approach this in terms of what is thematically appropriate for Star Wars, rather than trying to treat a space fantasy like something it is not.

I mean, 10 is out, mainly because Luke grew up on a moisture farm, which would not exist if there were magic water synthesizers.

9 is out because we see Luke and Vader's injuries being treated with cybernetics. If they could have grown Luke a new arm, they would have.

Luke and Vader's cybernetics imply neural interface technology, but the cyberpunky elements on your list are thematically inappropriate.

In theory, most of the signature Blade Runner tech should be doable in the Star Wars universe, but it isn't done, because Star Wars isn't Blade Runner.

Quote from: Lurkndog;1120390I think you would be on much stronger footing to approach this in terms of what is thematically appropriate for Star Wars, rather than trying to treat a space fantasy like something it is not.

Well said. I'd been looking for a way to put that into words.
Because I think everything on that list could exist in the Star Wars universe in the right context.

Quote from: Ratman_tf;1120401Well said. I'd been looking for a way to put that into words.
Because I think everything on that list could exist in the Star Wars universe in the right context.

Pretty sure a chunk of it allready does in one form or another. Theres alot of heavy biotech in some of the books and comics and various alien races have been depicted with some pretty out there tech now and then.

Quote from: Omega;1120448Pretty sure a chunk of it allready does in one form or another. Theres alot of heavy biotech in some of the books and comics and various alien races have been depicted with some pretty out there tech now and then.

Agree, SW is a big universe, almost any version of tech is available *somewhere*. Mass cloning, for example, doesn't seem to be on every planet, but certainly if you're wanting an entire clone army, you can find a place with such a possibility.

Also sentient bioweapons. Rifles with the firepower of ship mounted guns. Cloning not just a body but memory and personality. Anti-jedi kill borgs. Teleporters/Step gates. Solar mining. And so much more.

They havent reaches the higher edges of the Lensman Threshold... yet.

Like using a solar system to make an enormous beam cannon. Or throwing planets at other planets at relativistic speeds. Or smashing planets between planets at relativistic speeds. And so on.

Wryly appropriate as SW approaches Lensman level as that is what they borrowed elements from.