I reckon its becuase of the Empire...Originally posted by AnthonyCg
Just a random thought. Lucas planned the whole series out, but pod racers seemed to dissapear after episode one along with two-sided sabers. How come?
Well I reckon it was an insurance scam myself, i mean it wouldnt have cost them anything to begin with as all the workers would have been enslaved... Just like the egyptions did. Labour costs are really high.Originally posted by arran
what i want to know is - what happened to all the building contractors working on the death star - i mean did they get blown up too? it doesn't seem right to me. and after the first death star, how did the empire find new building contractors? or did they just rely on cowboys? - it might explain why they were behind on schedule.
Well actually, the Egyptians didn't have that much slavery... most slaves came from conquered lands during the New Kingdom, and even then, slavery was not on a large scale, when compared to Rome.Originally posted by R@nSiD
Well I reckon it was an insurance scam myself, i mean it wouldnt have cost them anything to begin with as all the workers would have been enslaved... Just like the egyptions did. Labour costs are really high.
And what business would refuse a contract that worth that much (do it or die) and you get to meet Darth Vadar, how cool :p