Why are there roads in Star Wars now? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by CyborgMarx@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was just watching that show earlier, incidentally. I think it's worth noting that the schoolbus is textually referred to as a train, and I think the droid driver is basically just there for charm.

I'd also like to say that I tend to view things like Skeleton Crew as basically just "fanfiction with a license", so I personally just thought "heh, Star Wars Eagleland, that's cute." while watching, without really caring about the wider implications for the Star Wars canon. But that's just how I tend to enjoy fictional "IPs" or "franchises", personally, by looking at them as basically just folkloric cycles whose status as such is obscured by copyright.

Sent from Mdewakanton Dakota lands / Sept. 29 1837

Treaty with the Sioux of September 29th, 1837

"We Will Talk of Nothing Else": Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

This is a YouTuber, so it’s gotta be a 80% chance that the reason is “the woke agenda”

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I watched the video for you — the reason is basically because it's realistic (see: criticisms of flying cars) and that it suits the tone that Skeleton Crew is going for, namely that At Attin is a fairly boring world similar to the quintessential US suburb, which lets people who grew up in such a place more easily insert themselves into the four main characters before they go on their grand adventure.

Sent from Mdewakanton Dakota lands / Sept. 29 1837

Treaty with the Sioux of September 29th, 1837

"We Will Talk of Nothing Else": Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837