Star Wars takes place in our universe and in our timeline, according

File: IMG_0465.jpg (63KB, 962x642px) Image search: [Google]

63KB, 962x642px

>>83293605
>all the characters you love are dead

>>83293605
when they're ready to dig the grave

I've been curious about Star Wars all this time. What's the deal with "A long time ago..." and why isn't it "Somewhere in the future..." or something similar?
Do they mean a long time ago because of the distance between the galaxies in Star Wars and the current earth? Help?

>takes place in our universe

No

>>83295287
>Do they mean a long time ago because of the distance between the galaxies in Star Wars and the current earth?

You're a fucking idiot

File: IMG_1850.png (451KB, 499x499px) Image search: [Google]

451KB, 499x499px

>>83295361
Proofs? Yes, its possible to prove a negative in this case. I just don't think you've got the chops, friend. No response within exactly 21 minutes will be considered a concession.

>>83295432
What's the explanation for "A long time ago..."?

>>83295471
>in a Galaxy far far away
/tv/ isn't home for brainlets, go back.

>>83295500
It means it happened a long time ago what the fuck else would it mean holy fucking shit you're stupid as fuck

>>83295572
It seriously never bothered you that a futuristic as fuck film happened in the past?
P.s. Butthurt much? Does insulting people help hide your stupidity better?

>>83295565
>our galaxy isnt located in The Universe
Okay, kid

>>83295742
>futuristic
Space wizards arent futuristic, son, your "argument" is a shambles and you should consider hanging yourself at Thanksgiving dinner

>>83295572
A long time ago from when exactly. The beginning of the movies are the only parts where there is any narration. Who's the narrator? Why Are the beginnings set up like some history book it's definitely worth thinking about

>>83295742
Most people are definitely not bothered by that, no.

>>83295842
Kill yourself, my man

>>83295742

Futuristic, from a point of view.

>>83295803
>space wizards
Flying vehicles, spaceships, highly advanced weapons and you call it space wizards and can't acknowledge that you don't have an argument at all.
Is living with a 2 digit IQ hard or are you happy because you're stupid enough not to be self conscious about it?

>>83295565
You are thick and he is right.

>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_references_to_Earth_in_Star_Wars

not that any of this shit is canon, tho

>>83295969
Yeah, space fantasy will always be space fantasy, and why did it matter if if happened in the past? Are you too stupid to realize that the civilizations in the film could have developed technology or do you think spaceships are only available after the current year?

>>83295287
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" is Star War's way of saying "Once upon a time".

>>83296107
That's an interesting way of putting it. In that case yeah, it was a nice detail of them to say it like that.
Thanks buddy.

>>83293605
maybe because is in a galaxy far, far away, so their never will reach our galaxy and earth.
We are a different kind of humans than star wars humans.

>>83296205
No, because Han clearly said "Then I'll see you in Hell!" once.
You're out of your league, son.

File: 1402249019803.jpg (70KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

70KB, 500x500px

>>83293605
You goddamn autists, it's just a twist on a standard fairytale opening "long time ago", "once upon a time".
It's a fucking children fairytale about a prince saving a princess from an evil sorcerer, just set in space. That's literally it. What the fuck are you even talking about for all those years?

>>83296199
Kek, is it obviously that though? Did you really not know that?

>>83296265
Well, Alien is a simple slasher film meant to entertain audiences with blood and gore and everybody here goes full Roger Ebert on the lack of coherence in the plot. They might as well go after Baywatch with those arguments.
/tv wants to debate everything, no matter how irrelevant....

>>83296265
Considering how much they flesh out the story by going into stupid minute details and creating stupid "rational" explanations for things that were formerly just basically magic like the force, I don't see why they don't just go all the way with it.

>>83296401
that's prequels tho, original went mostly with abstract concepts

Star Wars is LITERALLY for children

>>83296265
lol u mad

>>83293605
The movies are called 'Star Wars' for a reason. The point is that the stars themselves are sentient. They're psychic influence on living things all through the galaxy is what people experience as 'the force'. For the Jedi, which are shown as the good guys in most material, they try to obey and sustain the force. This means, practically, acting as peacekeepers and guides, and helping life itself thrive and grow across the galaxy. They're doing what they think is good for life, but it actually just acting in the interest of the stars trying to spread life all around so they have a wider and wider influence.

The bad guys in the setting are Sith. They are also influenced by the force, but in the other direction. They try to kill and make trouble. And some of them are specifically inspired to bring sentient creatures together into an aggressive empire. This happens over and over, through history, only to be broken up by Jedi. But each time, Sith guide people into an empire and build bigger and bigger superweapons. They probably don't even entirely understand what or why they're doing it. But they make a 'death star' that destroy planets, and are broken apart. Then they make a 'starkiller', that literally destroys stars. This is the actual beginning of the 'star wars'. It's when the people in the galaxy start to actually fight back against the stars influence by literally destroying them.

>>83293605
It's not that hard to think that Earth is just a colony from the Star Wars galaxy that went bad for whatever reason.

>>83296702
Then explain the gigantic adult fanbase, retard

>>83296997
Would you use that same argument to defend My Little Pony and whatever show the "Furry" people praise?

>>83296997
No, gigantic adult fanbase is explained by late capitalism encouraging adults to never grow up

>>83296997
Would you use that same argument to defend My Little Pony and whatever show the "Furry" people praise ?

>>83295287
Because it happened a long time ago. This Start Wars galaxy clearly developed intelligent, space-faring life millions to billions of years ago, and not only is that possible, it might even be probable

>>83296030
Thank you anon

>>83297107
Oh gee, George, maybe because one was actually made for children and the other wasnt?

They almost did once but the book got cancelled. It's on the Wookiepedia, I think on the Earth entry.

>>83293605
I always wanted a future Star Wars where it turns into capeshit when a Sith Lord finds his way to Earth and a Jedi follows him. It'd be like Dragon Ball Z with light sabers

>>83293605
They did it in the 90s.

According to the book Alien Exodus humans were enslaved by an artificial intelligence that runs its own society which is apparently the one from THX-1138. The free humans (which are Paxton Solo and a relative of a guy from American Graffiti) build a colony ship to fly from earth to Alpha Centauri. On the way there they flew into a wormhole. After going through the wormhole they let some scout ships free from the colony ship but they realized too late that the wormhole closes again and because they didn't want Paxton Solo and his Century Eagle stranded alone in this unknown galaxy they stayed there. They landed on a planet but were enslaved by Gamorreans and Rodians. The first human killed was called Corelli and the humans agreed that they will call this planet Corellia to honor their fallen comrade.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Alien_Exodus

>>83297845
That prequel might reach back further in total years than anything ever

>>83297845
The slavers work for a species calles Varlians. They use humans, Mon Calamari, Bith and other aliens to build giant temples. To cut the story short. Some guy gets telecinetic powers and is thus called Skywalker. The temples are built so the slaves are occupied while a crystal sucks up their force energy. The Varlians are being infected by a virus that stunts their growth. They grow out of larvas but with the disease they stay larves and keep selfish personalities forever, they became Hutts. With the crystal broken the species go back to their home planets and Corellia becomes the first human colonized planet.

It was never canon but it might as well be as references to Hutts having been completely different at some earlier time and references that line up with this story in the history of planets exist in source books. Though a species that enslaved most other species exists in the old canon as the Rakata in the Tales of the Jedi comics.

The story was eventually reworked into a Lucas-published book set in an OC universe.

What is the furthest the old EU Star Wars canon had been from the end of RotJ?

>>83296258
Corellians believe in hell, it's a well known thing in the books

because they are from earth.

>>83296871
The true red pill is when you find out that the Celestials created many stars themselves, use stars and planets as hyperspace capable vehicles and now hide in the Unknown Regions. Whatever it is that they did there, they wanted to be left alone since they created a large number of hyperspace anomalies to keep normalfags out as well as their archenemies, the Rakatans of the Infinite Empire of 30.000 BBY.

File: Star Wars Tales 19-053.jpg (670KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

670KB, 1024x1575px

>>83298500
Casual Answer: Star Wars Legacy Comic series (150 years after ANH)

Patrician answer:

File: Star Wars Tales 19-054.jpg (613KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

613KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299138

File: Star Wars Tales 19-055.jpg (551KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

551KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299172

File: Star Wars Tales 19-056.jpg (666KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

666KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299212

File: Star Wars Tales 19-057.jpg (635KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

635KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299238

File: Star Wars Tales 19-058.jpg (629KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

629KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299279

File: Star Wars Tales 19-059.jpg (581KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

581KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299312

File: Star Wars Tales 19-060.jpg (605KB, 1024x1575px) Image search: [Google]

605KB, 1024x1575px

>>83299350

>>83296265

This, "a long time ago" is supposed to evoke a feeling of mysticism, it's supposed to actually carry you away from where you are now. It has no interest in setting a point and place in time, stop being autistic, children.

>>83293605

more importantly, whut happened to the force?

File: enhanced-7561-1399473655-9.jpg (49KB, 625x266px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 625x266px

>>83293605

The proof it happened in our universe is one of these creatures actually came to earth.

File: 1452228365244.png (157KB, 516x440px) Image search: [Google]

157KB, 516x440px

>>83299138
That squidge got some great tits