Praeothmin wrote:
Problem is, logic can only be used within the Canon parameters of said universe, else why bother to call it SW?
We should instead start vs threads with the disclaimer:
Who wins between my version of SW and my version of ST?
Because you are no longer discussing the franchises as they are depicted in Canon...
No. It is depicted in the novelizations and the EU that Coruscant possesses a trillion, or several trillion beings. It is inferred from the movies themselves that the actual number is various orders of magnitude higher. Either way, if you are going to do any analysis of the series at all, you have to assume that it is internally consistent enough to be
believable.
That is, if you close your mind and pretend that Star Wars is real, everything makes sense. The world itself is internally consistent and rational. Otherwise, you can't possibly argue a versus, because one can simply point out that the imperial fleet might suddenly turn into a fleet of giant carrots, to make a very stupid joke.
Me: Hello, Captain Rex!
Rex: Hello citizen.
Me: Hey, er...I heard that your army consists of only 4 million men.
Rex: That is correct.
Me: So you have four men to police four star systems?
Rex: Correct.
Me: So, how does this work? How could four men
possibly maintain law and order, or do anything, in this manner?
Rex:
ERROR! STAR WARS DOES NOT EXIST! CAN. NOT. COMPUTE. *universe explodes*
Even more important than Science applying to both universes is that math and logic do. Scientific violations are perfectly conceivable; violations in the latter two are not. Could you
comprehend a Galactic Republic, with four million clones serving as its entire army?
No. Your head would implode. You can't selectively apply logic, and say that it only sometimes is a factor in the universe. Because then, how do you know when it would apply and when it
wouldn't?