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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> I'm hoping (seems unlikely, unfortunately) that Lego will continue their
> *own* space line, despite the SW contract. Trains would be a great excuse to
> do that, in fact.
Trains and Star Wars need to go off in separate directions!
Why? Because in Star Wars, everybody is either a hotshot pilot, or employs one.
It's like everybody drives a car, and the ones who can't, hang out at spaceports
(Mos Eisley) trying to hire a taxi. In the movies, there aren't any passenger
ships. Blockade runners apparently carry one passenger, and freighters are just
the 18-wheelers of space. Most everything else is a one-man hotrod or a flying
city. Anybody on board a capital ship, stays there. (exception: Darth Vader, who
has many smaller vehicles.) Jabba's barge is the 38-foot yacht people only dream
of having for themselves. The two-seater ships (Snowspeeder, Cloud Car) are
versatile enough to allow one intimate friend to come along. Clearly, Star Wars
is about personal mobility, not mass transportation.
See also Bladerunner (flying car), Buck Rogers (starfighter), Flash Gordon
(private rocket ship), Wonder Woman (personal jet),
Other, less classic shows, take on the mass themes. Elevators, shuttle cars, and
a well-developed starliner industry on Babylon 5 (a mixed bag; all the bad guys
have 1-man ships), numerous shuttles (buses) in Battlestar Galactica (gotta love
those fighters though), the family station wagon as space colony in Space 1999.
Star Trek tries for the happy medium of a really big ship, flown by the main
character from his armchair, while the "crew" hangs out in his living room
(bridge), thus combining the dream of car ownership with the familiarity of
watching the ball game.
Rockets in science fiction generally symbolize a rite of passage--freedom to go
anywhere without your parents. Discuss!
References: Thomas M. Disch, Science Fiction: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of.
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| (...) employs one. (...) spaceports (...) Obi Wan and Luke were trying to hire a *fast* ship that would be likely to stay away from official channels, as a spaceliner would likely have gotten them picked up by Imperial Customs. (...) That's a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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