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Re: Question about 7101
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:10:12 GMT
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It seems every planet in SW has earth-like gravity?

The same reason every planet in Star Trek has earth gravity, breathable
atmosphere and beautiful weather!  They're "M" class planets or some such
thing. You have to accept that there are millions of planets we don't see
that aren't "M" class. The stories only take place on habitable planets.

As for why everything is designed for humans... I would guess it  is because
we breed like rabbits and have spread across the galaxy like a plague,
therefore everything is designed for us and we get to do whatever we want!
:-)

--Geoff



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(...) And in every multi-species SF setting I've encountered, humans are medium-sized. So everything will be approximately human-sized, to target the middle ground. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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