Just what do scientists and engineers do in the Star Wars galaxy? In the 3,500 or so years that have passed between the events of The Old Republic and Anakin Skywalker’s extended angsty teenager phase, droids mostly remain clunky automatons and starships still resemble Texas-sized paper airplanes. If our humble universe followed the same progression, the Titanic would have been a slave-powered barge with a pharaoh barking orders from a blocky throne. Thankfully, my wannabe Millennium Falcon is a good deal more advanced than that.

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