LordPlagueis said:
In a totalitarian dictatorship such as the Galactic Empire, it is only logical that all non-military technology would decline.A small band of rebels fighting an evil Empire could hardly be expected to have state of the art military equipment!
The thing is that when we see the Empire’s tech in the OT it is significantly worse than it is in the PT. The Empire has like 3 colors max on their computers, most of them being monochromatic. The PT tech is going to be just as good as the rebels have in the OT, implying that they salvaged it from ye olden days.
As for Maul’s saber, I’m leaning on white or orange. Definitely not blue or red.