systlin:louislumbarcurve:gffa:independence1776:tharook:experimental-sponge:baronfulmen:aimmyarrowshi
systlin:louislumbarcurve:gffa:independence1776:tharook:experimental-sponge:baronfulmen:aimmyarrowshigh:iwritesometimes:writing-in-the-grave:thebusylilbee:star wars is so fucking stupid, I love itPrime example of why being a fanfic writer is painfulstar wars fuckery to english glossary: the reader’s digest versionthe star wars universe has no official name but in fandom you’ll see it shortened to GFFA for “galaxy far, far away”glass - transparisteelmetal used in construction - durasteelvery strong space-plastic (used in stormtrooper armor) - duraplasttablet computer (analogous to a PADD in trek) - datapadrather than paper, handwriting is usually done with a stylus on flimsiplast (flimsi/flimsy for short)holos are 3-d videos or videomessages, recorded and played on a holoprojector (these are often seen in small formats, palm-sized - analogous to like. a GoPro.)we don’t drive cars, we drive landspeeders or speeder bikeswe don’t shoot guns, we shoot blastersif you didn’t bring a knife to a gun fight, you perhaps brought a vibroblade instead - an edged weapon that, you guessed it, vibrates. little ones could be called vibroshivs or vibroknives. we actually got to see polearm versions of these in The Mandalorian! it was very exciting.robots in GFFA are, of course, droids. astromech droids (astromechs) are the like. iphones of the droid world - ubiquitous, multipurpose, most with a similar aesthetic. R2-D2 and BB-8 are both astromech droids. human-shaped droids like C-3P0 are protocol droids.got a papercut? a nasty flesh wound? a missing chunk of your torso, perhaps? slap a bacta-patch on it or take a dip in a bacta tank for a soothing treatment with this all-purpose miracle healing goo. this is what diapered Luke is bobbing around in during the early part of Empire Strikes Back.you’re supposed to say kriff/kriffing instead of “damn,” “shit,” or “fuck/fucking,” but this is for cowards. let Obi-Wan cuss.midichlorians - ignore them.before the Empire comes to power, baby jedi who can’t hack it as knights or are never chosen to be Padawan apprentices become members of the Service Corps, the branches of which are the Agricultural Corps (AgriCorps), Medical Corps (MedCorps), Educational Corps (EduCorps), Exploration Corps (ExplorCorps)dates are expressed (typically) as [date] Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) or [date] After the Battle of Yavin (ABY). for instance, the sequel trilogy begins in 34 ABY.and, yes: that famous cantina tune from Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes is in a musical style called jizz. because star wars is incredibly stupid.popcorn is called bang-corn, because obviously the earth-centric aspect of popcorn is the popping, not the corn.rather than paper, handwriting is usually done with a stylus on flimsiplast (flimsi/flimsy for short)A billion years ago (I am very old) I was playing the Star Wars RPG (no, not that one. No, not that one either. The one before that.) and I wanted to do something that required paper and I was told in no uncertain terms that there is no such thing in the Star Wars universe.I tried to argue - this is a big galaxy with lots of different cultures and races and you’re saying that paper just isn’t ever a thing? Anywhere?But they were insistent. No paper.My favourite thing I got from watching a certain Star Wars roleplay series on YouTube is how, whenever they were confronted with something like this, they would simply add the prefix Hyper. They don’t have paper, because you don’t see any in the films, so they have Hyperpaper. They don’t have any toilets, only Hypertoilets. Because there’s so many things that, surely, they must have in the Star Wars universe, that just don’t quite seem to fit in.I can’t complain. I was in a sci-fi game where the currency wasn’t specified, so I took it on myself to decide: Spaceuros.In case anyone is wondering, this post mixes Legends and Disney canon and is in fact mostly Legends.The Service Corp thing for the Jedi is not Disney canon; there are older teenagers who aren’t Padawans yet and Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus was considered to be young to becoming a Padawan at thirteen. Obi-Wan became Qui-Gon’s Padawan when he was thirteen and that was also explicitly said in Master and Apprentice to be young. Anakin and Obi-Wan were initially puzzled when Ahsoka was sent by Yoda to become Anakin’s Padawan because of her age (fourteen). Dooku became Yoda’s Padawan when he was sixteen. A member of Dooku’s cohort was told when he was sixteen that he wasn’t ready to be a Padawan yet and he’d have to wait another year.Also, ABY/BBY is an out-of-universe dating system.GOD, I LOVE STUPID STAR WARS LORE.IT’S SO RIDICULOUS AND IT’S EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS BECAUSE IT HAS MULTIPLE CONTINUITIES THAT AREN’T ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS WHICH IS WHICH.I’ve always said that fandom is for doing whatever the hell you want when it comes to canon, whether you want to keep this bit or that bit or throw everything out or stick to canon as much as you can, and most of the time people are cherry picking the things they like because that’s what makes it more fun for them–and that is absolutely a great way to do fandom. Fandom is about having fun and creating things you like, whether that means throwing out canon, sticking to canon, or some mix between the two. I’ll die on that hill.But at the same time, I think it’s helpful to recognize what is/isn’t canon, so I can make a better informed choice about what I do/don’t want to accept or when I’m doing headcanons or theorizing or just because I want to know what’s intended as part of the fabric of this show I’m watching for better narrative intentions sensing–and also just ‘cause I really enjoy SW lore.@independence1776 is right that the Jedi Service Corps are a Legends thing–they’re from the books that started just after The Phantom Menace came out, so they were trying to do a lot of worldbuilding before the movies were finished, much less before The Clone Wars ever existed. By the time of TCW, we don’t have any evidence that Jedi Younglings ever age out (as mentioned, at least one of them was going to be 17 before becoming a Padawan, as well as Dooku was 16 and never expressed any danger of it never happening) and the ages tended to be higher.A lot of Legends stuff was like that–the idea of Ki-Adi-Mundi having a wife was from the SW comics, just after TPM, and then AOTC came along and were all, “Jedi don’t marry.” and they had to scramble for a reason to make him having a wife make sense, so they came up with the whole “male Cereans are incredibly rare” as an explanation. Neither Ki-Adi being married, nor male Cereans being rare has been recanonized afaik.And a lot of stuff is sort of a mix–canon has definitely used “glass” and “transparisteel” both. Anakin “swears” with “heck” more than once in TCW, but I don’t recall “kriff” being used outside of the novels.So, honestly, as complicated as SW lore can be, a lot of the times it’s made more complicated by trying to take all of it in when one hasn’t actually seen it used in the material itself, because, well, if this post or that fic referenced it, it must be important?? But, eh, I wouldn’t say so!Honestly, if you watched TCW and don’t remember something happening, don’t worry about it so much, it’s either probably something from Legends or it’s not that vital to the fabric of the canon and you’re fine without it! (And if you want to be accurate to the more obscure-ish lore, if that’s what makes you feel more satisfied with your work, that’s what Wookieepedia is there for and why they have Legends/Canon tabs OR you can ask a SW nerd about it! Like, if you want to know something about the Jedi in canon, I can probably tell you what we do/don’t know and I’m always up for being a nerd about that! Or I’m always happy to try to hunt down tech specs for stuff if we have them, even if I’m not great at ships, I can usually at least point people to the right pages in the cross-sections or encyclopedias, if they want. But, really, it’s fine to not be an expert on SW lore, do what makes you happy!)What’s is say about me that I know exactly what fic this tag is from -- source link