I Would Like to See More Realistic Technology

First off, I would like to say that I enjoy and like Star Wars the Old Republic. This is not a "bash" just my personal opinions.

That being said, I'm kind of tired of having to put up with 1979's idea of a futuristic society just to satisify the die hard fans of the original Star War's films. I mean we have these big clunky computers with nobs and flashing lights, giant holo communicators (hell the iphone is more advanced than that), etc..... It's all very retro.

I know I know, most of you are thinking, "But It's Star Wars! It's suppose to be like that!" Well this is 2013 not the 1970s. Things need to be brought up to date imo. The technology in a sci-fi game should at least be equal to or greater than the current tech of today I would think.

From what I can remember, Mass Effect was pretty impressive and all the tech was believable. No reason the same can't be done here and still be considered Star Wars.

/end rambling complaint

I'm not debating the timeline. Not once have I questioned it. Please see my above post addressing the thousands of years before the original movies.

I'm unsure how you came to conclusion that I was debating the timeline.



Its relevant though because the audience expectations are set by what we currently have in 2013. Star Wars is based on the premise that faster than light travel has been achieved. That is quite a technological accomplishment and one that our society has not achieved. Thus, it is reasonably to conclude the technology in Star Wars is more advanced than ours.

However, if you're saying that the Star Wars universe some how managed to evolve technologically into faster than light travel with some aspects *cough* hand held communication devices *cough* of their tech lag behind today's current standards..... well ok that is a valid argument (although unlikely) and the first one that I'm willing to accept.


Again see my post regarding TOR being set thousands of years prior to the movies. Technology in SW seems to be rather stagnant and I don't find this hard to believe at all. If you really look at recorded human history, not a whole lot changed for thousands of years.

Furthermore, you have missed the point. The computers used in the movies were meant to look as modern and futuristic as possible however that was in the 1970s and very early 1980s. All I'm suggesting is use today's standards to make the computers and other tech look as futuristic as possible.



Still not arguing about the timeline.



I like TOR and want to see it improve. Your concern is appreciated though.

Don't fix what ain't broken? Tell me this, if you think technology should be better 3000 years before the movies, why would they leap back to more primitive, "retro" technology 3000 years later? And you do know the KotOR comics which set up the lore for the KotOR games came out way before?

Look at the new Tron.

I think the tehcnology should look better in TOR because TOR was made/released in 2011 while the origianl movies were made in the 1970s and 1980s. When watching the original movies, its understood that they did the best they could with what they had at the time and at the time it was awesome stuff I'm sure.

The prequels look way more modern than the originals and they took place before chronologically speaking. Doesn't bother me one bit. I think it would have been ridiculous to have released the prequels with the same standards as the original.

Ah, but I thought we were not allowed to use opinion? You said so yourself! Anyway, the technology was still similar! The fact is, they have to stay similar enough or it is no longer a flowing history, it's a mess of contradicting technology. We in this galaxy will eventually get to a point where our technology cannot change. In Star Qars, they already reached that peaks.

Never did I say such a thing lol. I told one poster to stop asserting his opinions as facts. Opinions are fine and welcome. I said from the very start that these are my opinions.

Ah yes, finally some one understands what I meant when I said the technological development is stagnant in the SW universe. It's completely irrelevant that TOR took place 3 thousand years before the movies.

That's not exactly a good comparison as Tron 2 was set ~30 years after the 1st Tron so of course the "tech" would look different and more updated. Not to mention, Tron is set ON EARTH so of course it would follow EARTH'S Technology.

True, it's not in a galaxy far far away. But it does illustrate the point of how a franchise from the 1980s had to revamp itself to appeal to modern audiences.

Also, it's produced by Disney. The new Star Wars movies will be produced by Disney. I am very optimisic.