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[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

[photon]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The dead and blasted Purgils in orbit, what killed them?

They mention that in the episode saying they go there to die at the end of their lives like an elephant graveyard.

Doesn't really make sense but still.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by photon

They mention that in the episode saying they go there to die at the end of their lives like an elephant graveyard.

Doesn't really make sense but still.

How exactly does a space whale decompose to a pile of bones in the vacuum of space?

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

How exactly does a space whale decompose to a pile of bones in the vacuum of space?

One could logically assume that with whales in space, there's also paradites and bottom feeder types in space. Decompose? Nah, consumed? Yeah.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

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[GGG]

I think the Space Whales existing actually makes sense.

If you had no way of navigating through hyperspace between galaxies following this creature is a plausible way that early intergalactic explorers didn’t get lost in hyperspace.

Since these whales are migratory kind of like humpbacks going to Hawaii it makes sense that you would have this connection between the two planets.

[Coach]

Yeah I think space whales is one of the more "realistic" additions. We can't explain how some creatures live in pressures of deep ocean, including whales. Animals that can traverse the galaxies is all good with me. I think they are a cool concept and they nailed the design for this show. I don't see why a place they go to die (and/or breed?) is all that crazy either lots of animals do that.

[photon]

It's just that if they go there to die, how did the witches use them to get to the galaxy of our heroes? Death is usually a one way trip.

Now if they went there to give birth and die that would make more sense.

And yeah there's the whole need for a full on space food chain but whatever, the image of a planet with a ring of space whale bones is pretty cool.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by photon

It's just that if they go there to die, how did the witches use them to get to the galaxy of our heroes? Death is usually a one way trip.

Now if they went there to give birth and die that would make more sense.

And yeah there's the whole need for a full on space food chain but whatever, the image of a planet with a ring of space whale bones is pretty cool.

Maybe they don't all die. Like I noted, maybe they also go there to breed? Yeah I didn't think about the space food chain, that's a good point. But space wizards and light speed travel, so meh.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by photon

It's just that if they go there to die, how did the witches use them to get to the galaxy of our heroes? Death is usually a one way trip.

Now if they went there to give birth and die that would make more sense.

And yeah there's the whole need for a full on space food chain but whatever, the image of a planet with a ring of space whale bones is pretty cool.

Given that the sizes of the whales were different I suspect their are multiple migrations. Since they were flying in atmosphere they could feed from the planets they visit.

[blankall]

There are giant space worms. There must be some kind of space food chain. Maybe they are also photosynthetic or can survive off various chemicals in space.

It's also possible the force itself sustains life.

Edit: just looked it up. They eat Clouzon-36, which is a gaseous material that hyperdrive fuel is also made from

[photon]

Clouzon-36

I'm sure there's a meme or gif for what I'm feeling, but I can't find it, so just imagine something somewhere between pain and a sigh and a facepalm and wanting ice cream.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by photon

I'm sure there's a meme or gif for what I'm feeling, but I can't find it, so just imagine something somewhere between pain and a sigh and a facepalm and wanting ice cream.

They established in the first movie that there are giant worms living in asteroids. They did that because it looked cool. Not a change the SW fanbase was going to let that slide without a nerdy explanation.

[Locke]

Yeah, this is the thing, in Star Trek things have to make sense to within certain degrees which is why they invented 'technobabble' to explain crap away.

In Star Wars you just roll with it.

Sometimes ships need gas, sometimes they dont, sometimes whales fly through space to die in another Galaxy, "ours is not to question 'why' ours is but to give them money and die."

[GreenLantern]

Ya cause its totally realistic that Leia force flies her way back into a space ship.. just like it's totally realistic I would hug, and kiss, some poisonous, snakes!

This make believe world is great because we don't need a real explanation.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Ya cause its totally realistic that Leia force flies her way back into a space ship.. just like it's totally realistic I would hug, and kiss, some poisonous, snakes!

This make believe world is great because we don't need a real explanation.

How about the ship blasters and engines making noise?

Space is a vaccum. Sound waves need a medium to travel.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

How about the ship blasters and engines making noise?

Space is a vaccum. Sound waves need a medium to travel.

Space here is a vaccum. Maybe not a long time ago etc etc etc

[rayne008]

An interesting thought from above is having time on Perida move much slower that in the main galaxy, so that however Thrawn, Ahsoka etc return, the events of the sequal trilogy have already taken place, and Ashoka and Rey now rebuild Jedi Order and work against new threat of Vong or something similar.

Would be hard to tie in Mandelorian and Grodu, but would give the fresh start past the sequals..

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I had no idea who or what Abeloth was so I looked it up.

That would suck.

Stop trying to shoehorn more "oh the fans will know what's up here" stuff in. You have enough going on. Don't oversaturate, just develop what's already there.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yeah, this is the thing, in Star Trek things have to make sense to within certain degrees which is why they invented 'technobabble' to explain crap away.

In Star Wars you just roll with it.

Sometimes ships need gas, sometimes they dont, sometimes whales fly through space to die in another Galaxy, "ours is not to question 'why' ours is but to give them money and die."

The amazing lengths ST will go to explain away things that are clearly often just due to changes in budget and production technology really is astounding. The lore built around Klingons getting better face paint could, solely, be the content of its own TV series.

But yes, in SW a lot of things just seem cool. They also have the "force" which is by its nature illogical and defies the laws of physics. SW is a universe filled with force ghosts, telekinesis, and chosen people defying the odds. When SW does try to explain this stuff it just makes everything worse (see Mitochlorians).