Star Wars: does the science hold up?

[Still Waters]

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars series, will hit the big screens on December 19. Science fiction in general – and Star Wars in particular – is a hugely popular genre, much because of the titillating possibility that the mind-blowing technology we see on screen could one day work.

But what is science and what is fiction in Star Wars? Could the technology be ahead of actual science?

https://theconversation.com/star-wars-from-the-force-to-r2d2-does-the-science-hold-up-128822

[+OverSword]

No, the science does not hold up.  Things flying in space do not fly as though they were in the air, Light sabers are impossible, and they wouldn't bother making a droid that nobody could understand.

Humbug I say, Humbug! 

edit to add:  Who cares I love Star Wars almost as much as Star Trek 

Edited December 18, 2019 by OverSword

[+Noteverythingisaconspiracy]

44 minutes ago, OverSword said:

Who cares

That nicely sums it up. Its entertainment.

44 minutes ago, OverSword said:

I love Star Wars almost as much as Star Trek 

You are a brave man to start down the "who is better" road. 

[Kenemet]

2 hours ago, Still Waters said:

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars series, will hit the big screens on December 19. Science fiction in general – and Star Wars in particular – is a hugely popular genre, much because of the titillating possibility that the mind-blowing technology we see on screen could one day work.

But what is science and what is fiction in Star Wars? Could the technology be ahead of actual science?

https://theconversation.com/star-wars-from-the-force-to-r2d2-does-the-science-hold-up-128822

It's not particularly accurate, but as has been proven time and again, the concept will spark ideas for innovations.

[toast]

Hundreds of things that were SciFi in the past are reality today. Even a lot of things, and thinks as well, which came up before SciFi came into existence with that designation, became reality. SciFi is a kind of booster because imagination is the very first step towards something new.

[CuriousEye]

On 12/18/2019 at 11:51 AM, OverSword said:

Light sabers are impossible

Hard light technology could be theoretically feasible, but even the S.W. lore implies an occult origin to the making of lightsabers anyway.

Although, O.G. Star Trek had pretty much delved into science-fantasy territory... I mean, Conceptual beings?? Hyper-evolving manmade satellites fused with a living nebulae?? Olympian Gods? A 7,000-year old W.A.S.P.-looking Mesopotamian guy? Reality-warping manchilds? An ham-mongering William Shatner??? Then how about that Titanesc green space hand???

Edited January 18, 2020 by CuriousEye

[+OverSword]

@CuriousEye You got to love TOS.

[CuriousEye]

On 1/18/2020 at 9:42 PM, OverSword said:

@CuriousEye You got to love TOS.

Absolutely!