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Post #373497

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xhonzi
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Space War, Hyperspace, Fuel, etc... How it all works (or doesn't)
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15-Aug-2009, 5:41 AM

Excuse me while I carry on this conversation with myself.

RE: Unlimited Space Travel.

I guess it does take "time" and "some kind of measureable energy or fuel" to get around in the Star Wars universe, but a lot of other Sci-Fi does seem to take advantage of "worm holes" or "jump points" etc... to make space warfare a little more like earth based warfare.  So, is Star Wars nearsighted for not thinking this through, or is it bold to peel back the layer and skirt the direct translation of 1-1 earth warfare to space warfare?

2. The Star Wars galaxy seems to be full of "land" but not all of it is good.  I know they were going for a Wild West motif there, and maybe there's something to be said for that.  I was about to say "Whatever the star 'Wars' were about, it wasn't about 'land!'  But maybe the nice hospitable planets are full of people and it's just the wastes of Hoth and Tatooine and Dagobah that have so much available real estate.