Saga Technology in PT was too advanced than in ST?

Sometimes people said that the technology in the PT was too advanced given that they were supposed to be set before the original films. This has always been my one & only problem with Star Wars & I fully agree here. Just wondering if anyone else may think the same. Let us know what you think

 

The SW universe has had interstellar civilization for eons. There is very little in the way of technology that they have not already developed ages ago, so tech advancement had mostly reached a plateau. Then a repressive empire took over, which isn't in the habit of encouraging the kind of free thinking that leads to breakthroughs, and the government was also likely to prefer its common citizens not have access to the best tech. And the result was technological regression throughout most of the galaxy.

 

Was the PT tech actually more advanced or did it just have a look that was popular later in real life history than the OT tech's look?

 

Keep in mind, the time of the PT was a "Golden Age", or at least the last days of it. The OT took place after its end, and the galaxy was wracked by civil war. The ST galaxy is still rebuilding.

 

It doesn't break anything for me. A Jedi Fighter would get schooled by an X wing (not to mention X wings are the first mass produced fighter with a self contained hyperdrive in a ship smaller than slave I), and the Empire is intentionally negligent on the average soldier's technology and training. and borh Death stars are insane from a technological stand point.

 

I'm kinda in love with the idea of the SW galaxy reaching a technological plateau some time in the distant past, with changes in aesthetic, weapon/ship design and capabilities proscribed by access to resources, ideology, culture, circumstance and so on.

 

Can you give some examples?

 

Keep in mind that when we are introduced to the Star Wars galaxy in the original trilogy, these stories almost exclusively take place on backwater planets and remote locations. Tatooine is far removed from civilization in the Outer Rim, as is Yavin and Hoth. The Rebellion is pulling whatever resources they can pull together with limited funds, using well-worn X-wing fighters and snow speeders. There is a second-hand nature to moisture farmers, the rebels and even Han and Chewie's work on the Falcon present in these films. The only time we see a glimpse of real civilization is when we visit Cloud City. Otherwise we are seeing well-used and outdated technology in the Original Trilogy.

When we go back in time to the Prequel Trilogy, we are seeing the core worlds at the height of the Republic's glory, or at least in its last stages. Coruscant is the seat of the galactic government so we will see a cityscape with skyscrapers a mile high and pristine starships owned by politicians and the movers and shakers of the galaxy. It has nothing to do with travelling back in time with the Prequels, it has to do with moving in towards the main core worlds, where wealth is more abundant and technology is up-to-date, whereas the Outer Rim territories that the OT stories are told in revolve around recycled, well-worn, older technology. Personally I would have been disappointed if we had moved into the Prequels and into the core worlds and we had seen lower technology. It would not have made sense.

 

Those were the core and mid rim planets we see in the PT, with the exception of tatooine, and even that was not at all as advance as the other planets we see. In the OT, we only see the outer rim planets for what they are. The Rebel Alliance is a rebel group, they only have what they can get their hands on. The Empire has vast resources at there disposal. The scenario is just like any other small funded and under equipped military going up against Russia, UK, or the US.

 

Exactly! Where are you more likely to see better, nicer, shiner stuff? Downtowm Manhattan? Or Somalia?

 

Also the Imperial military took a more utilitarian view of aesthics then the republic. the Empire did not care what they ships look like as long as they work. A good example in real life would be comparing cars in the 1950's to cars in the early 1990's. Cars in the 1950s had a very specific kind of look with tail fins, round headlights and they were very large. Your typical 1990s car was a subcompact that was not very pretty but got great gas mileage when compared to the car from the 1950s.

 

there was nothing more advanced, and the only ships that looked different 'pretty' were those of the Naboo.

 

The title of this thread isn't grammatically correct..

 

Deal with it

 

Right, and the Naboo ships were all of "Royal" design. It made sense.

 

I think the fact that it was CGI made the tech look better.

 

I think the biggest problem we have thus far is that all of the sudden, they have holo tech that can show color in the Sequel Trilogy.

 

Around 30 years has passed between the Original Trilogy and Sequel trilogy though..

 

Maybe so, but in a galaxy that has technologically reached such a high point that little development seems to happen in 20-30 year gaps, that's a pretty big development. And lets face it, it was only done to make the crowd actually think Snoke was that big for a moment.

 

Yeah I totally agree that was the only reason they did that, I even had a suspicion of that before they revealed it was a hologram

 

Yeah, others have already identified the discrepancy as in-world cultural instead of technological. Consider how so many of the ships from the PT look streamlined Buck Rogers inspired whereas, say, the X-Wings from the OT evoke the more modern edge of F-16 fighter jets.

 

wait i thought the holograms in the PT were blue but in the OT there was color in them, that was discussed in the past

 

They are. Also, in the PT shield generators project a blue forcefield over docking bays, while in the OT they're clear.

 

I figured that the technology of Star Wars let's you make pretty much whatever you want, and it becomes a choice of personal style. If you want things to antigravity hover, fine. If you prefer like spider legs, well, we can do that too just for the laughs.

 

The Republic/Empire switch was probably a big part of the aesthetics. The Republic is a system on its last legs sinking in corruption and decadence... so of course there's plenty of bling lying around. The Empire is a totalitarian regime whose shtick is that it replaced all that corruption and decadence, so of course there's a more austere aesthetic. Think Cuba in the days of casinos, gangsters, and American carpetbaggers versus Cuba after the revolution.