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2019-09-26, 03:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
1.) Negative energy bubble- An alternative to Hyperspace. This is how the Alcubierre drive would work.
2.) Artificial cosmogenesis- This would be the creation of a new Star from scratch.
3.) Cosmic Ray sail- A sail ship that is powered by cosmic rays.
4.) Monopolium- https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0701133
5.) Mezoelectronics-electronics of the nanoscale with components using the effect of a strong dimensional quantum.
6.) Bias drive-https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclope ... drive.html
7.) Gravitational balloon- Completely hollow shell worlds created on a planetary or larger scale by contained gas alone
8.) Gastrobots- A pit droid drank beer in Star Wars Resistance but that might just be for comedic effect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrobot
9.) Axion field propulsion- Alternative to Hyperdrive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tors...pseudoscience)
10.) Artificial gill- I think the Jedi aqua breather counts but they were said to have a 2 hour oxygen supply. Kazuda had something similar to Star Wars Resistance, but it was never profiled and he was only down their for less than an hour.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arti..._gills_(human)
11.) Applications of Magnetic nanoparticles- Currently not commercialized in Earth but we are getting their.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_nanoparticles
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2019-09-26, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
This is beyond Star Wars technology - if you think that the Death Star - a moon-sized planetoid was regarded as impossible, but was just buildable by the empire (and no one else) then planetary-sized building projects are beyond their technology.
This also means that writing a story about one has to be set in the Star Wars future as they really don't have the tech to do it in the time period of the films.
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2019-09-26, 04:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
Why does it matter if any of them were invented in Star Wars? I have over 120 EU (now Legends) novels. I have most of the current canon novels. I have a bunch of comics. I have a ton of the video games. At no point ever have I cared about whether a technology in any of the stories was new. All I cared about when reading, ever, was how good the story is. Because that's it. That's all that matters. You could write a story entirely about some people in Mos Eisley - no Jedi, no Force users, just some people living on a crappy planet - and if the story is interesting, that's a great Star Wars story.
Stop obsessing about the technology. It doesn't matter. It's background noise, and you've turned the volume so high that it's deafening you to anything else.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-09-26, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-26, 05:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
According to Wikipedia the idea for Solar Sail powered craft can be traced back as far as 1610
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
Which predates Star Wars by a bitAll Comicshorse's posts come with the advisor : This is just my opinion any difficulties arising from implementing my ideas are your own problem
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2019-09-26, 05:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-09-26, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-26, 05:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
Most of these are things that were present in good Hard SF (not the pseudo-fantasy, space-opera, or artsy-Pollack-crap genres that dominate today) long before the Star Wars EU kicked into gear.
Source: Most of my science fiction was bought from used book stores in the early '90s and dates back to before 1980.Last edited by J-H; 2019-09-26 at 05:20 PM.
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2019-09-26, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
In the Legends continuity, ancient alien technology consistently outranks the capabilities of the Human Republic (and later Imperial) populace. The Iokath species built a Dyson Sphere called Iokath thousands of years before the films, establishing that massive megastructures are indeed possible in Star Wars.
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2019-09-27, 02:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-03, 09:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
Here's an odd one.
Paper does not exist in the Star Wars Universe, at least currently. All maps are holographic projections. Everything is read off display screens. Even messages are holograms
Outside of one droid army vehicles, no major vehicles have wheels. and that vehicle might actually be hovertech.
SO there are two things that might not have been invented in the Star Wars Universe: paper and the wheelIf you find yourself watching Power Rangers and wonder how some characters got their powers and zords back for an anniversary episode, just assume they were restored off screen. They have 20+ seasons of team geniuses to call on.
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2019-10-03, 09:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-10-03, 09:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Juggernaut says hello.
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2019-10-03, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-04, 10:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Depending on the canonicity of Lucas's commentary, underwear might still not exist.
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2019-10-04, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-10-04, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-04, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
The laws of physics are not crying in a corner, they are bawling in the forums.
Thanks to half-halfling for the avatar
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2019-10-05, 05:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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As far as I know sunglasses* don't exist either, or at the very least are banned for pod racing audiences on desert planets.
*Not to be confused with tinted visors on badass helmetsThe Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-10-07, 03:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-08, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which of these (on the list below) do you think were NOT invented in Star Wars?
Personally, I find it interesting that despite being far more high-tech than our world, people in Star Wars still have to collect data in physical objects. What, did they never invent backing up to the
InternetHoloNet?
Speaking of the HoloNet...sometimes Star Wars really reminds you that it's from the late seventies and early eighties. Namely with the overuse of 'Holo' as a prefix. It's actually kind of charming in that way.Like Star Wars, ponies, and/or unabashed silliness? Check out my YouTube channel, Nothing In Particular, for a healthy dose of absurdity. It's just what the doctor ordered!*
* Surgeon General's Warning: May cause chronic hideous laughter, eye rolling, or beleaguered sighs. Not intended to prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease.
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2019-10-08, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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In the case of Star Wars it's partially on purpose. The space battles are modeled after WW1 dogfights, people use pack animals where cars would be much more useful, there is no paper, and light sabers are, well, self-explanatory. Star Wars is an adventure setting with a sci-fi theme, it's not a prediction of any kind of realistic future.
Star Wars contains many of the same "failures to predict" that Star Trek does, but if Star Trek had been thought up only yesterday they would have handled those things differently (like say more compact and user friendly or maybe even holographic data slates with more pictures and videos that don't look like an ancient brick next to a smartphone), while Star Wars could have chosen to still do things the same way because they like that better for their setting, for the retrocool.The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-10-08, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Like Star Wars, ponies, and/or unabashed silliness? Check out my YouTube channel, Nothing In Particular, for a healthy dose of absurdity. It's just what the doctor ordered!*
* Surgeon General's Warning: May cause chronic hideous laughter, eye rolling, or beleaguered sighs. Not intended to prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease.
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2019-10-08, 02:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-08, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Like Star Wars, ponies, and/or unabashed silliness? Check out my YouTube channel, Nothing In Particular, for a healthy dose of absurdity. It's just what the doctor ordered!*
* Surgeon General's Warning: May cause chronic hideous laughter, eye rolling, or beleaguered sighs. Not intended to prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease.
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2019-10-08, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-10-08, 02:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-10-08, 03:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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I don’t even try to comprehend the linguistics of Star Wars. It’s a fool’s errand.
Like Star Wars, ponies, and/or unabashed silliness? Check out my YouTube channel, Nothing In Particular, for a healthy dose of absurdity. It's just what the doctor ordered!*
* Surgeon General's Warning: May cause chronic hideous laughter, eye rolling, or beleaguered sighs. Not intended to prevent, diagnose, or treat any disease.
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2019-10-08, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 1
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2019-10-08, 04:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!