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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Faust76 · 46-50, M

Saturn V, the Space Shuttle etc. Oftentimes people do something just to show they can. The general rule is "we don't actually NEED anything better". In fact, if you take the mythology at face value, it would make sense not to innovate when some force-using schmuck can always show up to throw spanner in the works.

Of course, there's multiple reasons that could be explained in-universe, in particular possibly needing force-users to build them, as they were understandably in short supply. I don't know if they've actually given any reasonable reason for that.

Of course, the Death Star models were constantly innovating and improving, despite being against all known physics and economics. And look where THAT got them :p