Announcing the New Timeline

[Insalius]

For some reason that made me think of naming it the Sixty-Sixth Order X3

 

[Green Ranger]

For some reason that made me think of naming it the Sixty-Sixth Order X3

That's terrible.

I'm all for it.

 

[Arcangel]

Ooh! ooh! How about....the Second Order.

I... actually kinda dig it.

 

[Raven_41]

Damn, really wanted it to be before the movies, oh well.
Time to lightspeed small fighters into capital ship!

 

[Sandshark]

For some reason that made me think of naming it the Sixty-Sixth Order X3

One of the alleged leaks said Palpatine says "execute order 67" in the movie. If that's not fake, well...

 

[KinkyPrawn]

Holy shit 0.0

 

[NXHLVS]

Booooooo

 

[Painus]

Will characters who are deceased in this TL, be able to be "legacied" into the next TL or will they have to be alive at conclusion like in other TL's?



Creating a descendant in the new TL that is related to a dead character (Read: can I make a descendant of Wyatt even though he's dead)

Aside from a ton of missions, he didn't really do anything worth having a legacy that lasts 6,000 years for, nor did he pass on his bloodline prior to dying. Not even the Drasts would have that prolific of a legacy (at the very least, the person with their blood 6,000 years from now wouldn't know it from how diluted it is), and they were/are one of the most widespread noble houses in the galaxy. Even the legacy of Raz and Leandros, the only two Mand'alors this TL, would be relegated to (at most) history books and legends that far in the future, if not outright forgotten beyond the Mandalorians. Their kid isn't going to have incest babies for ~200 generations to keep the bloodline pure.

The way I see it, unless you can show me ~200 generations of pure blood in your family tree, it wouldn't really make sense to have someone be able to directly trace their lineage back that far.

 

[TWD26]

Aside from a ton of missions, he didn't really do anything worth having a legacy that lasts 6,000 years for, nor did he pass on his bloodline prior to dying. Not even the Drasts would have that prolific of a legacy (at the very least, the person with their blood 6,000 years from now wouldn't know it from how diluted it is), and they were/are one of the most widespread noble houses in the galaxy. Even the legacy of Raz and Leandros, the only two Mand'alors this TL, would be relegated to (at most) history books and legends that far in the future, if not outright forgotten beyond the Mandalorians. Their kid isn't going to have incest babies for ~200 generations to keep the bloodline pure.

The way I see it, unless you can show me ~200 generations of pure blood in your family tree, it wouldn't really make sense to have someone be able to directly trace their lineage back that far.

I can agree with that, possibly the Solus name still being around could work, but it'd be hard to see direct descendants of a specific family tree, and due to marriage and the sorts, it would be nearly unlikely you'd still have the same family name. As you look through our own history, our last names switch as language evolves. Granted star wars is stagnant, I'm all for player freedom, I just agree with Painus on this, you'd have to really justify any direct ties.

 

[Wit]

Specially as the character died without actually having any children. Hard to have descendants without any actual descendants.

 

[Green Ranger]

I mean....does it make a difference either way?

I dunno, I reckon if you want to have a 6000 year old lineage, then why not? Plausible or not, its just a name, right?

Then again, I've had millenia-spanning surnames before. And though I never specified whether or not they were direct descendants (my headcanon was that the Lightell name I used to use was just a fairly common surname on Chandrila due in part to it being such an old name, and the characters were never really directly linked beyond some trace ancestral heritage), I think its enough of a fantasy trope that if it diesnt hurt anyone, then why not?

Thats just my personal view though. Obviously if the site rules end up saying no, then that would be that.

 

[Wit]

There’s a difference between handwaving things as “fantasy trope” and going along with things that are downright illogical. In a universe where stories of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi are considered myth within a span of 30 years, family lines existing for over 6000 seems completely improbable and almost a slap in the face of canon.

I think it’s not too hard to be believable without encroaching on being open ended and free form.

 

[Sreeya]

Legacy concepts in characters will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Anything being said here is purely opinion and not any reflection of rules to come, so let’s keep that in mind.

 

[Minuteman75]

Something just occurred to me. What’s going to happen to worlds created in these past timelines by SWRP members?

 

[TWD26]

Something just occurred to me. What’s going to happen to worlds created in these past timelines by SWRP members?

Well some of them carried over to this timeline, so I assume that might be the case.

 

[Loco]

Damn, really wanted it to be before the movies, oh well.
Time to lightspeed small fighters into capital ship!

I'm not sure why you think that would do you any good.

 

[Tom]

There’s a difference between handwaving things as “fantasy trope” and going along with things that are downright illogical. In a universe where stories of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi are considered myth within a span of 30 years, family lines existing for over 6000 seems completely improbable and almost a slap in the face of canon.

I think it’s not too hard to be believable without encroaching on being open ended and free form.

I see the logic here, but I have to disagree.

I think a big part of the reason for why the Skywalkers are considered myth after such a short amount of time is simply because of the fact that it's so fantastical. The idea of a single, all purposed and talented person, winning countless battles and triumphs over the span of the first major war in history after the span of a thousand years sounds exactly like something made up as a folk tale and passed down through hearsay. Anakin's accomplishments alone were completely ridiculous on there own, and giving it a few retellings by people who probably never knew him to well to begin with, he'd easily start sounding like King Arthur- based in reality, maybe, but every aspect besides his name being referenced once in a book or two would sound like fiction.

Don't even get me started on Luke either- some farm boy from tatooine single handedly destroying the Death Star with a single shot on an x wing while being pursued by the most dangerous and skilled star fighter pilot in the galaxy with all of his back up except for a single Correllian freighter totally destroyed? It's ludicrous, and that's only the factual telling of it.

But going beyond that, we can see a big example of dynasties and family lines lasting several millennia. While SWTOR isn't canon, they show the Organas as already existing. Hell, pretty sure we do as well. Ancient and old mandalorian clan lines exist after millennia.

Even moving into the real world, we have plenty of examples of names and family lines lasting centuries. Christopher Lee himself can trace his family name all the way back to Charlemagne, who died 1100 years before he was born.

So while the Skywalker story is considered myth, I think it's primarily caused by the fact that it's so stupidly fantastical rather than the passing of a generation or two. Compounding this with some examples we've kinda always had, I think it's possible to still have relatives and descendants after several thousand years.

 

[The Captain]

Question: do we have a contingency plan for if RoS turns out to not be the last film in this series?

Like, what if Disney breaks the trilogy format with set up for a fourth movie or tries to Deathly Hollows the last entry in the series?

 

[Sandshark]

Question: do we have a contingency plan for if RoS turns out to not be the last film in this series?

Like, what if Disney breaks the trilogy format with set up for a fourth movie or tries to Deathly Hollows the last entry in the series?

That doesn't seem likely. We know Disney's roadmap for the next five years, and there won't be a new Star Wars movie until 2022 at the earliest.

 

[The Captain]

That doesn't seem likely. We know Disney's roadmap for the next five years, and there won't be a new Star Wars movie until 2022 at the earliest.

Where is the plan? I believe it exists I've just never seen it or heard anything about it.