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30 Years of Star Wars Technology

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the everything-i-need-to-know-i-learned-from-star-wars dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this month, Computerworld Australia checked out the exhibition of 30 years of Star Wars history at Sydney's Powerhouse museum. They also have a pictorial look at what's on display: one of the largest collections of Star Wars memorabilia combined with real-life examples of how such technology is being applied for business and social advancement."

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  1. Star Wars tech? by religious+freak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I happen to like Star Wars, but in my mind it was never about the tech, at all, nor was it even about space. Star Wars is almost completely story driven, IMHO.

    Trek has the tech focus.

    /me runs away

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    1. Re:Star Wars tech? by east+coast · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I have to agree with you here from the tech aspect. There was no real tech. A car hovered because they said it did. No explanation was given. It's on the same level as a fairy tale with fairy dust.

      For that reason alone I disqualify Star Wars as sci-fi. There simply is no "sci" to it at all. Even terrible pseudo-science films like Dante's Peak and Deep Impact are miles ahead of Star Wars.

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    2. Re:Star Wars tech? by Schemat1c · · Score: 3, Insightful

      How can you say its a forgettable story when its been re-used a multitude of times, including in Harry Potter!

      And Lord of the Rings, the Iliad, Grimms Fairy Tales, 1001 Nights, the 12 Labors of Hercules, the Bible, the Koran, etc...

      Congratulations you've discovered mythology!

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  2. not the most impressive article... by tpjunkie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The exhibition starts with the juxtaposition of the Millennium Falcon, which can travel between galaxies effortlessly,... "

    Ok, one would assume that being in "a galaxy far far away" would mean that the story took place within that galaxy, although they never specifically said this, it is a logical assumption that the author seems to have missed.

    "Another is dubbed "dataless" and uses nuclear fusion as the fuel. It is a concept that dates back to the 1970s and one originally from the Interplanetary Society."

    Here they somehow seemed to have confused "Daedalus" in an impressive homophone that had never even occurred to me before seeing that.

    thats as far as I got before closing the tab in disgust

  3. Re:You have not watched the movies, have you? by Trails · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wrong again! 1 long, 2 fars.

  4. Re:Han trolled first by ACDChook · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whooosh!