xhonzi said:
Moth3r- You had me there for a second! Switzzzk watch indeed!
I don't know where else to put this. I'll try to make it fit here.
In '83, I tried to come up with a conception of the SWU that fit exactly with what I saw on the screen and GL's approach. I'm more a history buff than a cinephile,so history was a dominant influence.
From the start, I imagined the SWU as technologically stagnant. No real advances whatsoever for thousands of years.
The galaxy was an island. It would have been too difficult, for some reason, to navigate beyond. Maybe because their galaxy was charted and explored. They could not calculate in good time safely jumping into another galaxy.
Computer is on the fritz again. Bye :)