A pretty underrated aspect of Chewbacca's death is that, at the end of Vector Prime, a disturbed Han states that, for years, he felt that he and his loved ones were surrounded by a "bubble" that saved their lives everytime they got in danger, being that "bubble" something that filled him with great security and carelessness. But now that Chewie is gone, he is feeling again the awful fear of death that haunted him before meeting Luke by the first time. What a way to symbolize that the characters will never again have plot armor.
Such a touching reminder and you had to kill it with a plot armor card. How about grief or absence? Chewie made Han feel complete, and the two shared that sense of completion with Han’s family. Something about Chewie’s person made everybody feel like everything was gonna be ok in the end, and now he’s gone. It wasn’t the character, it was the person. Han and Chewie were like brothers, something that went beyond Chewbacca’s life debt.
@@teleportedbreadfor3days Both your statement and mine equally apply in the scene. You state the meaning of the scene from the point of the view of the character, and I from the point of view of the reader
@@KingMordred I don’t see it as plot being lifted as the reader. Plus I think Han meant he can feel like he can enjoy himself a little while in danger with Chewbacca around, throw in a smirk and a comment and such here and there, not that they’re not invulnerable anymore.
5:25 The Centrality actually got a very important during the Yuuzhan Vong War, as it became the refugee of millions of citizens fleeing from the invaders. This situation turned the post into an overpopulated mess in which crime and anarchy ruled everyone. I cannot even imagine what those poor innocent citizens went through there
And see how epic Chewbacca is! The only way to kill the mightiest Wookiee, and one of the mightiest beings in the Star Wars Galaxy, is to drop a moon on him! Now that is a champ right there!
Yep, I second this. 3 million inhabited worlds in the Star Wars galaxy, meaning there will be a huge archive of remote worlds, not just in wild space or the unknown regions but also in mid rim and core sectors too. This would keep Geetslys going for a long long time.👍
"The Galactic Republic had over 3 million planets" Wow, that means a lot of empty space and star systems without any Republic presence. If we assume the SW galaxy is 'normalish' and, similar to the Milky Way, has in the vague area of ~100,000,000,000 stars. And has a vaguely similar star:planet ratio (MW has roughly ~1:1, but given multi-planet systems like Sol, and multi-star systems, the distribution of star:planet is nowhere near regular). And we acknowledge that the Republic was never even half the galaxy (a third, maybe) Which means a whole lot of 'empty real estate' for pirates and other such ne'er-do-wells to hide in...especially if you have next to no 'law enforcement force projection'
Upon hearing that the Galactic Republic contained three million worlds, I think it is safe to say that the Republic is too large and that allowing systems in the Outer Rim to leave will be the best option. I know that means leaving them alone at the mercy of the Hutts, the Zygerrians and the space pirates. But since the Republic has been ruling them only in name for who knows how long, it makes no different. Either that or allowing the Jedi Order to establish their temples out there like the one on Corellia back during the time when the Galactic Republic was coexisting with the Sith Empire.
Well most inward Republic worlds from the Core, Colonies, Inner-rim and any planet located on the main hyperspace lanes were too urbanized and industrialized so the planets on the rim provided a lot of the natural resources that the republic needed.
@@jon6309 The problem is that they are being exploited by whoever in charge. So at this point, it does not matter anymore. So if they wanted independence, then I say let them. As for the Republic, it needed reorganization to adjust itself to this change in the manner similar to the Roman Empire after they lost Egypt, Syria and Carthage to the rising Arab Caliphates at the times by establishing the tagmata system. Yes, that means giving a lot of powers to the military governors and they can threaten Coruscant if they do not get what they wanted. But at that point, it is the only way out. So at the very least, I can see the Republic survived for another 500 years with the tagmata system before decide to adopt another change.
Or perhaps the Republic could've prevented special interests groups like the Trade Federation and Commerce Guild from joining the Senate along with forming an actual navy to hunt down pirates and protect it's worlds.
Atton Rand: "Nar Shadaa. A shimmering, futuristic moon that under its beauty and splendor lies the most wretched scum and poverty in the Galaxy. Basically, an average cyberpunk city..." Meetra Surik: "Cyberpunk city? What do you mean with that?" Atton Rand: "Have you watched Blade Runner?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "Robocop?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "Metropolis?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "AKIRA?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "Ghost in the Shell?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "Psycho pass?" Meetra Surik: "No" Atton Rand: "...Bubblegum Crisis?" Meetra Surik: "HELL YEAH!!!" Atton Rand: "Well, then you get the idea..."
Great taste with all those though it's a shame Bubblegum Crisis was left woefully unfinished, a la The Spectacular Spider-Man. Would rather recommend Dirty Pair instead of that.
Brings into mind Henken Bekkener sacrificing his life, his crew, and his ship for his crush plus Gundam Mk. II pilot Emma Sheen in the penultimate episode of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam... only for her to still perish come the next episode/series finale.
I totally understand why many fans hated the death of Chewbacca, but it's just disgusting that the author of "Vector Prime", R.A. Salvatore, literaly got death threats because of that, even though he wasn't even the guy who proposed the idea of killing Chewbacca. The Star Wars fandom can truly get horrible
I‘d just go someplace where there’s not that many people coming through and little direct imperial oversight. So either some factory producing stuff for the civilian market or a farming community. Going off-grid on some random planet or moon also sounds like a nice option, but I fear that it might get lonely over time.
I really enjoyed this topic as I was unfamiliar with these worlds prior to watching this video. I wonder what currency these trading post accepted since they were on very obscure and unlikely member worlds of any large galactic governments in the known galaxy. I couldn’t understand why Watto did not accept Republic credits since Tattooine was very close to republic worlds like Ryloth where credits were likely accepted. I’m sure the hutts who controlled Tattooine also traded with the republic for some goods and services so credits would still be usable. When I read the high republic comics I was surprised that the moon Jedah had its own currency and did not use credits despite being a republic outpost with a very tiny population compared to the standard worlds of the galaxy.
I always assumed that Watto didn’t really travel and so he needed a currency that others in tattooine would accept without issues. And while many there would probably also take republic credits, they likely had horrible exchange rates. So taking credits would have meant that he would make a loss while ship parts or other valuable items wouldn’t loose as much value. Kinda like how Croatians also didn’t accept euros even tough they did most of their trade with people from the euro-zone. They just knew that the exchange rates were horrible and would always mean that they made a loss. And I bet that exchange rates on tattooine were worse than those in croatia.
@@yourlocaltoad5102 I'm guessing you are from Croatia? I always thought the Republic operated in a similar capacity to the European Union and Nato when it came to trade and military defense. I would say the Northern and Western part would be like the core worlds while the southern and eastern parts of Europe was like the rim worlds.
@@jon6309 I‘m from Austria, but we always went to Croatia on our holidays. And at every border crossing, there were money exchangers who had rates that ensured that they would make 20-30% of profit. That analogy actually works quite well. Even things like the core worlds complaining about corruption in the outer rim while being full of bribery themselves or them outsourcing labour to the outer rim and then using the lack of jobs to spread political division in the core are perfectly analogous.
@@yourlocaltoad5102 I also thought Corellia was kind of like the British. The Corellian system was made up of 5 habitable worlds united under one banner similar to how Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland makes up the United Kingdom. Also I believe Corellia helped explored most of the known galaxy through the Corellian Run and Trade Spine similar to how the British charted and colonized most of the world. I would say Alderran resembled more of Austria or Scandinavia based on their culture, social and political background.
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Speaking of Chewbacca's death, there's an emotional comic-book mini-series called "Chewbacca", in which R2 and 3PO interview some of Chewie's friends and relatives, who talk to them about their relationship with the wookie. It had some pretty emotional moments, like the part in which Chewbacca's father says: "No father should bury his own son" or Han constantly asking Chewie for help while trying to repair the Falcon 😢
Chewbacca: *Dies smashed by a moon* Fans: "That's the dumbest death we ever watched. That's not how you kill a beloved character!" *20 years later* Sequel Trilogy: *Miserably kills the main trio* Fans: "We want to apologize, Chewie. Your noble sacrifice shall not be forgotten"
Yeah. . An though that we learned not to ALSO make mistake of making us remember this, mention it an ask that famous question "How much worse or screw things up next Disney???" Cuz apparently if we do, Disney listening an tends to take that as a repeated challenge
Thanks again Folks! Regarding other obscure planets, I'd sincerely enjoy hearing about Mytos, Rattatak and some of the other "off the grid' prison planets. Thanks! :)
I was travelling along on my Galactic map while watching this. I was hoping one of these might be a good fit as a spaceport between the larger Galaxy and the Empire of the Hand in my fanfics, but with the exception of Sernpidal, they're all *much* too far away from Hand Space to really work. Meh, the Yuuzhan Vong invade though a different Vector Prime in my AU (after they get their asses handed to them by Hand/Imperial Remnant scouts), so perhaps Sernpidal could work after all, since it doesn't get Termina'ed on the Third Night.
Cruel Multiverse. Why sacrifice the loyal Wookiee companion and later the one he saved on the same war in one universe, and yet be bloodthirsty against his friends and the should-be family of the son-that-never-was in another... That aside, just how do these places not go easily bankrupt and collalse into you know what?
