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What would be something that would be considered “emerging technology” in Star Wars?

Started by Maximum7, October 15, 2019, 01:35:36 AM

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Omega

#16
October 28, 2019, 05:16:52 AM
Quote from: Aglondir;1112109I could see AT-AT's evolving into mecha.

um... you havent actually watched Star Wars then or seen many mecha shows?

Aglondir

#17
October 28, 2019, 07:56:36 AM
Quote from: Omega;1112128um... you havent actually watched Star Wars then or seen many mecha shows?

Not really (mecha shows) as I can't stand mecha. AT-ATs resemble mechanical animals, so it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to create anthropomorphic vehicles.

Or is that wrong?

HappyDaze

#18
October 28, 2019, 11:59:53 AM
Quote from: Aglondir;1112142Not really (mecha shows) as I can't stand mecha. AT-ATs resemble mechanical animals, so it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to create anthropomorphic vehicles.

Or is that wrong?

Next we get the Death Star/Unicron transformer.

Aglondir

#19
October 28, 2019, 06:55:49 PM
I was thinking something like this:

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But Unicorn Death Stars works.

tenbones

#20
October 31, 2019, 02:10:45 PM
If we're including the EU - the Old Republic had a lot of this lost tech that came from civilizations that were vastly more powerful, even *extra-dimensional* that fell into darkness...

The Rakata and the their Infinite Empire were terrfyingly powerful.

The Gree - They invented hypergates, and later there is evidence they were extradimensional refugees hiding from Elder things... (which in SWTOR you have to actually deal with - pretty hardcore.)

But yeah there's a lot of the tech mentioned upthread that come from these two races in particular: hypergates, terraforming, cloning tech.

The old Hutt Empire had what is clearly super-Mechs powered by a rare isotope that is no longer available. Personal shields are still a thing - they're in the new FFG Star Wars game in fact. Quite nice. But rare.

Lurkndog

#21
November 04, 2019, 09:50:19 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1109768Comlinks evolving into something as capable as smartphones with galaxy-wide internet and social media.

The lack of billboards, ads and badging in the Star Wars universe is one of its defining visual cues. It helps it look clean and sleek even if everything is beat up. Though they did flirt with the idea a bit in the prequels. The problem is, by then floating billboards had become a visual signature of Blade Runner and the movies that followed it.

I remember one of the Brian Daley Han Solo novels had a beverage bottle with holograms and/or moving video on it.

They did a bit more with the "Holonet" in Star Wars Rebels. It played the role of CNN when they needed a newscast to deliver exposition.
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