Carbon_sleeper Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 "I will not let this Republic which has stood for a thousand years be split apart....."--Palpatine; Episode 2. This game is called Knights of the Old Republic, but its 4 thousand years before the movies. What gives? (I don't really mind. The game will rock, and I can't wait for it. Just felt like being one of those whiny types).
Darth Damage Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 he wasnt trying to be exact he was just saying its been around for awhile.
Jedi Apprentice Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 These links might answer some questions. If not, well, they are still an interesting read and reference material. http://www.theforce.net/timetales/ --you can download this to your comp. look for link at bottom of page, or just use links on the side. http://www.theforce.net/timeline/ ---another timeline. Hope it helps!
Guest Jed Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 It could be as simple as Palpatine making a mistake, or some time differentiation between the Old Republic and the other Republic.
Taos Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 One "analogy" I just thought of is the jedi order and the "new jedi order." It just means the organizations have been destroyed and have since rebuilt themselves. *shrugs* I'm not a SW universe expert by any stretch.......this is just a guess.
Burrie Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 I've read several theories on this... of course, this is already a mistake, since Obi-Wan says that the Jedi Knights served the Republic for a thousand generations... and one year does not a generation make. Now, I've heard of this fix, but I'm not sure wether it's the official or a fan fix. Apparently, the Republic had a complete overhaul after the devastation(sp?) that occured after the Battle of Ruusan which created the Valley of the Jedi, as chronicled in the comic series "Jedi vs. Sith". This pretty much led to the fact that a complete new Republic was completed, hence Palpatine was referring to this date. Also, I'm not exactly sure, but Sio Bibble also mentions something like "There hasn't been a full-scale war since the formation of the Republic".... this fix also pretty much explains that line, because there already have been a few full-scale wars before, but no real battle after Ruusan. BTW. Since we're posting links to timelines, here's my favorite(it's the best on there is, IMHO) : http://www.starwarz.com/timeline/
Hannibal Posted February 19, 2003 Posted February 19, 2003 I've always thought of it as kind of like what happens in real life history. Different eras(for each country or area) have different forms of govt. So The Ep I Republic was one that stood for a thousand years.
dark jedi 8 Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 How long is a generation? i thought it was around 100 years, that means that the jedi have served the republic for about 100,000 years, which doesn't sound right at all. any info.
Thrift Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Generation = aprox. 30 years - If memory serves... Good Trivial Pursuit question that one. I think it refers to the time that it takes for children to replace their parents or something. Though in biological terms it is the step up or down on a pedigree or punnet square or similar, so in that respect it could be any period of time whatsoever really, well the time it takes the species to reproduce anyway. But in this instance I would stick with 30 years. I would tend to agree with Hannibal. Different governments/regimes rise and fall, punctuated with intermediate periods of lawlessness and strife, before one group or a coalition again retains the balance of power. That's how it works on earth, I don't see why it should be any different on a larger scale.
Darth Damage Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 i too thought that a generation(in terms of years) is 100 years.... when speaking of people and generations...each person is their own generation
Hannibal Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Quote Originally posted by Darth Damage i too thought that a generation(in terms of years) is 100 years.... when speaking of people and generations...each person is their own generation The reason I don't think a generation is 100 years is because if it was then me and my mom would be in the same generation(so would her mom for that matter). Think about it like this in America Generation X(a couple of years ago) wasn't everyone from 24 to 124. I think a generation comes when children are born. When the Baby boomers had kids that was a new generation. When that generation has kids thats a new one too. Man if you having kids at 100 I wanna know what your diet is.
Lord Glorfindel Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 Quote Originally posted by Hannibal . Man if you having kids at 100 I wanna know what your diet is. The person obvisiosly ate an apple a day, lol It would stink to be born with pre-existing brothers and sisters who r 40 years older then u r.
FunClown Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 Hyperdrive had been around for 25000 years. I never actually thought of it. But didn't Mace Windu say something about the Sith begin extinct for a Millenia?
Taos Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 Yes, Mace did say that. Now that I'm thinking about this......we could sit here forever theorizing/speculating, so I think I'm going to go and pull out my hair.
dark jedi 8 Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 did he? i thought ki-adi-mundi did, oh well one of em did.
Aerothorn Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 A generation is the time it takes to have kids- so my mom is one generation, her mom is another, etc. People usually just say it to sound cool though.
Lord Glorfindel Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 Episode: I, Sceen: Qui-Gon just got back from Tatooine and is reporting to his masters, Place: Jedi Council Room, Situation: Qui-Gon just reported that he fought a dude with a red dualbladed-lightsaber, Kia-Adi-Mundi precedes to tell Mace-Windu "Thats impossible, The sith have been extinct for a millenia."
Anakin1607 Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Which is correct of course because the Jedi thought the Sith were wiped out on Ruusan, which was *dun dun dumm!* a thousand years ago.
Ulic Qel-Droma Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 i think the republic went into a new eara when darth bane took the sith order into hidding. that was 1000 years before the new trilogy. palpatine could have been refering to that. that the old republic is referd to two stages the republic during the era of the sith and after the sith order was belived to be extinct. but this is just a teory.
Naphtali Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 The bottom line is that the jedi always served and was patient with the republic, even seemingly when they had to reform the structure because of wars and other chatastrophes
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