No.20855 [Last50 Posts]
I realized that while very tiny com-links are everywhere in Star Wars, there aren't any mentions of cell-phones or the like (the difference being you can't dial anyone with a comlink or make a 1 on 1 call, your communication is audible to anyone on that frequency). Only video games that show up are space fighter simulators (which can be repurposed for porn viewing) and playing board games against a droid that is holoprojecting the pieces.
Are there any other real world technology that doesn't seem to exist in the EU? I find the idea fascinating.
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No.20859
>>20855
They don't have the internet like we do. They have the holonet, which is more like a cross between the internet and TV. There is no Wikipedia or other free sources of information, everything is behind a paywall or some kind of membership usually. But only groups like the Jedi had major information banks at their disposal and they had entire departments working on it as their information service. Also accessing the holonet is not easy or cheap like it is around here.
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No.20861
Their droids probably handle all the stuff we'd use a smartphone for. If it's portability they're looking for, they could easily have a device small enough to fit in a billfold that projects a holographic interface allowing them to access those functions without needing a full-sized smartphone.
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No.20868
>>20859
This essentially. Also its kind of funny how everyday we get closer and closer to seeing the internet become an actual HoloNet.
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No.20888
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No.20891
>>20888
It does, its just really outdated apparently.
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No.20901
>>20855
>you can't dial anyone with a comlink or make a 1 on 1 call, your communication is audible to anyone on that frequency).
In some of the books, comlink "frequencies" are described as an analogue to phone numbers and are usable for isolated calls. Remember that most of what we see in the films is the actions of military or militant organizations, not everyday civilian life, so our view of technology is somewhat slanted. Perhaps the reason Obi-Wan went straight to paywalled archives and not Wikipedia is that he knew the information he wanted wasn't public domain. Actual historians don't use web searches for their research either, they go straight to peer-reviewed journals.
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No.20902
>>20888
It exists, it's just old-fashioned and called flimsi. Polite sage for double post.
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No.20909
>>20901
Which ones? Only way to isolate a comlink call in what I've read is to either use a frequency no else one knows and/or encrypt the signal, both of which effectively requires a physical message to the other party to start.
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No.20911
>>20855
>and I do mean a happy Life Day!
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No.20913
>>20909
Jedi Quest series I believe, the one with the podrace.
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No.20914
>>20913
Huh. In The Krytos Trap when a captured Corran tries to contact Rogue Squadron with a captured comlink he's explicitly hoping someone is currently listening on their standard frequency right now. That's definitely like a hyper-advanced radio and not a cell-phone.
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No.20917
>>20914
Again, difference in civilian and militant life. Rogue Squadron benefits from using dedicated radios (and I'd imagine outer rim life in general is centered around an analogue to CB radios rather than cell phones) over a cell phone type device. However, it is worth noting that your example shows Star Wars is lacking a different technology—frequency switchers. Most military comm systems are constantly switching between a whole range of frequencies as they operate, and you can't just tune in at any time.
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No.21315
>>20888
Thef academy on Korriban had a library full of paper books.
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No.30763
Red Dots don't exist even though even handguns are equiped with optical scopes. There's a hologram gun sight mentioned in one of the WEG books, but they have the clear drawback of being visible light both ways. Apparently, nobody in the Galaxy has thought of putting some one way glass in front of it.
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No.30766
>>20917
It could also be the writer unaware that the technology existed when he did write it.
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No.30768
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No.30770
>>30766
Yes, but that's the boring answer. Why would you choose that over autismal in-universe speculation?
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No.30772
>>30768
Already in KOTOR and KOTOR II. In fact, it even has lingerie.
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No.30773
Home appliances. How do humans in the SW universe wash their clothes, wash dishes or clean their homes?
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No.30774
>>30773
Weren't there some in the life Day special?
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No.30777
>>30772
It's a reference to an old George Lucas quote "there's no underwear in space".
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No.30780
>>30773
There are various droids for this in the WEG books. A toaster that's explicitly not a droid is mentioned in one of the Living Force articles.
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No.31218
>>20855
Iirc lando uses something similar to a cell phone in Heir to the Empire. Luke noticed he held it up to his ear and that it was different from a comlink.
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No.31243
>>31218
The beckon call? That's glorified car keys, which are still radio based.
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No.31245
>>31243
Dont they make your ship fly to you
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No.31246
>>31243
No not the slave link, it was when Luke, Han and, Leia went to visit Lando on Nkllon I believe. He had a small device that acted like a cellphonemaybe it wasn’t that scene but I distinctly remember Luke making a mental note of Lando holding a device up to his ear and speaking through it.
>>31245
Yeah. It tieswith the backstory of the katana fleet and explains why the tech isn’t that common.
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No.31247
Cell phones would be REALLY inefficient in SW. And trying to make calls across PLANETS? Not happenin.
Communicating via holonet would be more likely. They also don't have 'planes' but have technology which fills the role, so doesn't matter.
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No.31250
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No.31254
>>31247
>They also don't have 'planes'
The naboo cruiser is pretty clearly operating on airfoilf principles for atmospheric flight.
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No.31311
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No.31313
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No.31340
>>31313
Do you think that's cola?
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No.31345
>>31340
They also have what looks like 7UP in another shitty episode. I think its the one where the togruta teams up with that camel-looking jedi geezer.
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No.31389
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No.31393
>>31389
Snacks are mentioned a lot in the comics and books, but some are seen in Dax's diner and there were a lot of snack items in the Star Wars Galaxies mmo.
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No.31394
>>31340
It certainly looks like the branding for it. It just says soda though, since I'm assuming even Filoni didn't want to risk a lawsuit by big cola.
>>31393
There was also what appeared to be vending machines in one of the Mandalore episodes, though it's been long enough that my memory may have failed me.
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No.31400
>>31394
I think it was in the scene right before the terrorist attack right?
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No.31401
>>31400
No idea, all I remember is that it was a scene inside a nandalorian school.
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No.32031
What about Vidya, and Television?
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No.32032
>>32031
We know the Holonet has holodrama serials, complete with famous actors that the girls squeal over, just like they do now. I think video games have been mentioned at least once but I can't think of an example.
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No.32035
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>32031
>not remembering holo-chess on falcon
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No.32036
>>32032
Vidya did exist but it was called Hologames. Dejarik was one hologame as we saw in A New Hope. The Rebel Alliance produced their own hologames which served as propaganda. One such game was Galactic Rebels which was Battlefront except you could only play as the Rebels and famous members of the Alliance. The Empire supposedly had its own propaganda games which were sort of like X-Wing Alliance except Imperial.
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No.32037
Bidets.
But they also don't exist in anglo countries, if you can believe it. These people wash their ass in the shower, with all the shit running down their legs. Not to mention taking hot baths and literally drenching themselves in the released crusty fecal matter.
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No.32038
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No.32040
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No.32041
>>32037
>These people wash their ass in the shower, with all the shit running down their legs.
How else are you supposed to do it then?
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No.32042
>>32031
In the Young jedi Knights series there was a holo RTS multiplayer game that the group plays against one another in one of the books. And they did mention there were other types of games but didn't expand on them. As for television there is the holonet, but that was always described as kinda an internet behind paywalls everywhere, except for maybe public libraries. I know they had holo movies but television in the form of episodic shows I don't think has popularity outside of a system or maybe cluster.
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No.32047
>>32042
> I know they had holo movies but television in the form of episodic shows I don't think has popularity outside of a system or maybe cluster.
Imperial holodramas like the one Garik Loran starred in were popular throughout the Empire, not just a few star systems.
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No.32049
dildos and other sex toys
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No.32052
>>32049
Porn and VR Porn exists, so dildos and sex toys probably do to. And let's no bring up the tired old dildo jokes from the Holiday Special
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No.32072
>>32047
I thought he was in propaganda movies for the Empire, not normal productions that get a normal release instead of an Empire backed propaganda release. I didn't read much with him in it tho so I could easily be wrong.
>>32049
There are holos of dancing girls, so I would bet that porn does exist but I can't think of an actual instance of it.
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No.32073
>>32072
>I can't think of an actual instance of it.
u wot m8?
Porn is right there in the OP. There was even holoporn. Belodrion the Hutt also had a huge collection of huttese porno, and in the 1994 RP guide we discovered that the Lucin Syndicate was the biggest producer for illegal holoporn in the galaxy.
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No.32085
>>32073
That makes me wonder wtf constitutes illegal porn, is it produced in places its outlawed? Is it beastality and if so does that mean interspecies porn illegal too? God damn I am pissed my other RPG player OD'd and died on me, I would have loved to flesh that out in a game.
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No.32137
>>32085
Slave Wookiee on Bantha action.
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No.32268
>>32041
A jet of water squirting directly into your asshole, obviously.
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No.32272
>>32041
You get Uncle Cleetus to run a hose to the outhouse. It's an old technique from the outer rim territories that was also quite common in the Unknown Regions and Rishi Maze. Of course, it doesn't quite apply to species that lack asscheeks due having a less humanoid build.
in-universe posting is best posting
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No.32450
>>32041
>How else are you supposed to do it then?
You sit on an ass sized sink, with flowing water and soap. Erry time you take a shit.
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No.32837
What about gun optics/attatchments? Like an Laser or a foregrip or something.
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No.32838
>>32837
Um yeah, those existed, and also in games where you can customize your weapons.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Weapon_attachments
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