They don't really innovate in the Star Wars universe do they?

I mean...a ship owned by an outlaw and his walking teddy bear is the fastest ship in the galaxy.

The ship is part of a discontinued line of ships for god sake...why hasn't The New Republic or ANYONE in the Rebel Alliance for that manner even come close to replicating it? xD

Furthermore...there aren't really that many scientific advancements in the universe, it's like they're in a state of technological stagnation, as in Knights of The Old Republic they have similar tech with pretty much the same potential.

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Icetrey · 41-45, M

Nothing has changed as far as technology goes for at least 50 years, if anything, their technology has regressed (r2d2 doesn't fly anymore)

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Icetrey Or use his flamethrower.

Icetrey · 41-45, M

@Fangirlsarah1996 exactly. they aren't inovating

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Icetrey I mean...he could've lost them.

Or Bail Organa said "Why the fuck does this droid have a jetpack and military hardware?"

Icetrey · 41-45, M

@Fangirlsarah1996 maybe. or maybe he's so old that it's all broken down, and no one has fixed him.

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Icetrey Perhaps...I mean I doubt he got a tune up during the whole "Anakin gone nuts" portion of the movie.

Oh then he got kidnapped by Jawa's...oh...oh yeah they probably stole all that...

Icetrey · 41-45, M

@Fangirlsarah1996 by at the end of "A New Hope" he was super dinged up, and basically dead. So they fixed him, so he should be new by Empire strikes back.

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Icetrey Yh, but during a New Hope he was...taken in by the kindly Jawas who totally didn't take out anything that was probably optional extras.

I think those jetpacks were put there by Anakin...seems like something he'd do.

Icetrey · 41-45, M

@Fangirlsarah1996 makes sense. I can accept that reasoning. and since they weren't there when the rebels put him back together, they didn't add them.

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Icetrey And he didn't have them in episodes 1 & 2...because R2 probably wasn't assigned to him.

Icetrey · 41-45, M

@Fangirlsarah1996 actually he did have them in 2. and they met in 1.