A&A The Official Jason Fry Discussion Thread

There's history and culture everywhere.

Coruscant actually needs a healthy dose....

 

I disagree. There's a crapload of both history and culture on Tatooine. But by that logic, there would be no analogues to SW worlds in the real world, because I can't think of any place that isn't groaning under thousands of years of history and culture, especially in Europe.

 

....I really hope that is all internet persona stuff.

 

If not, it sounds way too much 19th century for my liking.

 

Context is important, but I don't necessarily agree that using the same standards for human culture and history across the globe is that uncritical.

And one may indeed find elevation in studying the works of simple people. Seeing hand stencils in an Australian cave can elevate the spirit as much as visiting Delphi can. Nothing in Dubai or Abu Dhabi can, though, despite the level of technical sophistication on display.

What I'm saying is that even very simple works can demonstrate the highest aspirations of humanity, and can be found throughout the world.

 

What I meant was that, regardless of what the works signify to the people who made them, they can achieve objective value if they can emotionally engage people divorced from the milieu of their creation. I'm actually arguing for objectivity.

 

Yeah well, I do agree that the Core could use more variation.

 

Gents, we have a thread devoted to the Core.

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/...icial-core-worlds-discussion-thread.50008130/

--Adm. Nick

 

Whoops, missed this earlier.

I do agree that more cultural variety is always a good thing. Though I would apply that equally to any world: out of universe, I tend to find the distinction a little arbitrary, especially since the generic description of a Core world applies to Dac and the generic description of a Rim world sounds like Corellia.
I would also hesitate to call it a flaw because...well, Star Wars is about adventure and it is kind of hard to have adventures in places pretty much defined by being safe and stable. Though, admittedly Star Wars is pretty flexible in terms of genre and could do things like Noir detective or conspiracy spy stories.
As for Core = Europe...well, since it is all one country, I can't help but think of it as Core = China. The similarities are easy to see at first glance, but when you start looking more closely, one can start to see the incredible diversity that exists there as well.

Well, we are discussing the decision to not purchase Geonosis and the Outer Rim because you thought it would lack "evocative weirdness."
Am I wrong to assume that it was it wasn't a bitter old Grand Admiral shouting in a cantina somewhere that Palleon is a coward that made this decision.

Well, real world me doesn't care about the geographic labels. I just like to take a strong pro-Rim view to provide some counter-balance to the strong Core view of your persona. In truth, a lot of my favorite planets are Core worlds: Chandrilla, Alderaan, and Corellia for those of my favorite planet's whose position I can remember off the top of my head (though I have to admit the first two do lean too close to boringly utopian at times).
Still, amusingly enough, I was just about to comment on how, for all of Coruscant's many, many appearances, it still lacks culture to me. What is Coruscanti cuisine like? What is their music like? What are their local legends and folklore? What are the regional differences?
Frankly, right now it is a place everyone goes to, but no one comes from. I mean, there are Coruscanti characters, but they aren't obviously so, unlike Alderaanian or Corellian characters.

Admittedly, it is easy to explain as the rest of the galaxy having Coruscanti influenced cultures, but still.

Speaking of which, can someone post there? I have exciting Core world related news but I don't want to double post.

Or so you think.

 

I remember when this thread was about Jason Fry.

 

It also mention "The terraced hills above the Citadel are dotted with estates held by families that may not be Old Anaxsi, but whose names are synonymous with naval service." and there should be more non-humans there.

That is what I am complaining about.

Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races: “[…]few can boast of more capable pilots and navigators than those produced by the space cities of Duro.
[…]They have a reckless nature when it comes to space travel, and sometimes this recklessness is needed to try something new.”
Ultimate Alien Anthology: “The duros seem to have a natural affinity for space travel. Many of them possess an innate grasp of the mathematical underpinnings of astronavigation computation,[…]
[…] all but the smallest settlement in know space feature duros populations.”
I don't see how this says they are not the "naval types"; what I see is the books saying they are overall better spacers then the other species. So there should be many duros in the navy, since the navy should like to have the best.

But you need a places to hang your uniform when you are finished with your long service, and why not Anaxes with their old work mates, they are after all nearly everywhere else.

I am discussing Anaxes that was created by Fry

 

A long time ago in a thread far, far away...

 

jasonfry

Is the next Cut Content still going to come out or is it being shelved for now?

 

It'll come some time this month. Exact timing depends on when it's ready, the official blog's needs, etc. Don't worry.

 

DAMN IT DISNEY STOP WITHHOLDING JASON'S ARTICLES

 

jasonfry do you know why so few of the planets in Coruscant and the Core Worlds are populated by a majority belonging to the other founding species while so many worlds are human controlled?

 

I've always been fascinated by Alsakan!

 

Do I know? No -- because there was never any coordinated plan to portray populations in the Core according to some guiding principle.

Can I guess? Sure. Humancentric worlds have struck EU authors as presenting more interesting storytelling possibilities, particularly when combined with the EU idea of "High Human Culture" and the related idea that such an ethos would be strongest in the Core. I portrayed Anaxes and Axum as worlds shaped by those things, for instance. Those storytelling possibilities are undoubtedly the primary reason you see so many worlds like this -- as an author, they're appealingly creepy/conformist/unfair settings to play with, and for protagonists to react against.

Are there "multicultural" Core worlds that would have diverse populations drawn from a number of well-established spacefaring species? I'm sure there are. (And I know this is the model you seem to find most logical/appealing, which of course is fine.) The Core has millions of inhabited worlds, and I'd be surprised if the Atlas appendix lists even a thousand of them. That CatCW sample is a really thin slice....

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