Re:Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
by reboog711 on Monday December 26, 2016 @12:42PM
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I didn't see anyone say it yet; so The Old Republic is the name of the story-line that exists 3,000-4,000 years before the time of the Star Wars movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Old_Republic
The appearance of the Death Star plans in the prequel trilogy is not proof that development of the Death Star was started during 'the old republic'
Re:Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
by vertis on Monday December 26, 2016 @04:57PM
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My guess is the OP is referring to the Republic that directly preceded the Galactic Empire as 'the Old Republic'. Despite the confusing nature of having another storyline, it is the previous(old) republic from the context of the events in episode IV-VI.
Re:Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
by slavik81 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:56AM
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Yeah. After victory over the Empire, the Rebellion formed the New Republic. I'm pretty sure the name the Old Republic was coined later and is just meant to make clear which Republic you're referring to.
Re:Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
by StevePerkins on Monday December 26, 2016 @02:20PM
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The Rogue One companion novel, "Catalyst", clarifies this. These days, those new books are full-fledged canon rather than "expanded universe" material.
The Republic obtained those Death Star plans from the Separatists after the Battle of Genonosis (i.e. Episode II). The Republic started building it during the Clone Wars, they hadn't even been rechristened as "The Empire" yet.
Is this an EU knowledge, or one after the continuity refresh?
Re:Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
by lbotos on Monday December 26, 2016 @10:40AM
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It's on screen in the RoTS, so it's always been canon:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7330/13094455004_f54959dbb5_b....
OK, thanks for clarification.
It actually was. In the prequel trilogy, we see that the Separatists have plans for it, which are then acquired by the Empire at the end of the film.
> The first Death Star's schematics are visible in the scenes on Geonosis in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones showcasing the early development of the Death Star prototype, the Death Star plans were designed by Geonosians led by Archduke Poggle the Lesser, a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and is shown early in construction at the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star