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Anyone have any idea how we go about getting the main page (and its associated crowners) deleted? I mean, I\'d wipe all the stuff on the page myself, but I suspect that isn\'t quite the right way to go about doing things.
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Anyone have any idea how we go about getting the main page (and its associated crowners) deleted? I mean, I\\\'d wipe all the stuff on there myself, but I suspect that isn\\\'t quite the right way to go about doing things.
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Anyone have any idea how we go about getting this page (and its associated crowners) deleted? I mean, I\'d wipe all the stuff on the page myself, but I suspect that isn\'t quite the right way to go about doing things.
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Anyone have any idea how we go about getting the main page (and its associated crowners) deleted? I mean, I\\\'d wipe all the stuff on the page myself, but I suspect that isn\\\'t quite the right way to go about doing things.
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Second, Saxton\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \
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Second, Saxton\\\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\\\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \\\"trillions of commonfolk\\\" in the Republic (I even accept upwards of three orders of magnitude when people make these statements, so quadrillions isn\\\'t out of the question, but trillions is a lower limit on the population of the Republic, which, when put next to the quintillions of droids, looks at the very least weird). So regardless as to what anybody\\\'s estimation is, the order of canonicity is more what determines what the numbers are, not opinion or analysis. His analyses may be extremely precise, but if he\\\'s ignoring the source material, then he\\\'s not analyzing Star Wars, he\\\'s analyzing fan fiction.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
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Second, Saxton\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \
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Second, Saxton\\\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\\\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \\\"trillions of commonfolk\\\" in the Republic (I even accept upwards of three orders of magnitude when people make these statements, so quadrillions isn\\\'t out of the question, but trillions is a lower limit on the population of the Republic). So regardless as to what anybody\\\'s estimation is, the order of canonicity is more what determines what the numbers are, not opinion or analysis. His analyses may be extremely precise, but if he\\\'s ignoring the source material, then he\\\'s not analyzing Star Wars, he\\\'s analyzing fan fiction.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
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Your first argument was that the quintillions first appeared with Abel Pena in the Lord Of War article. It didn\'t. The numbers predates him by at least 10 months. Second, what makes Abel Pena so special when there are other people who have given smaller numbers and The Clone Wars cartoon (which, however nonsensical it is, is still higher than these authors) treats a few million extra droids and clones like it\'s some big game changer?
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Your first argument was that the quintillions first appeared with Abel Pena in the Lord Of War article. It didn\\\'t. The numbers predates him by at least 10 months. Also, what makes Abel Pena so special when there are other people who have given smaller numbers and The Clone Wars cartoon (which, however nonsensical it is, is still higher than these authors) treats a few million extra droids and clones like it\\\'s some big game changer?
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Second, Saxton\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \
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Second, Saxton\\\'s credibility as a scientist is irrelevant when determining what is and isn\\\'t canon. His work is solely C-Canon, which is lower on the totem pole than the people who established the \\\"trillions of commonfolk\\\" in the Republic (I even accept upwards of three orders of magnitude when people make these statements, so quadrillions isn\\\'t out of the question, but trillions is a lower limit on the population of the Republic). So regardless as to what anybody\\\'s estimation is, the order of canonicity is more what determines what the numbers are, not opinion or analysis. His analyses may be extremely precise, but if he\\\'s ignoring the source material, then he\\\'s not analyzing Star Wars, he\\\'s analyzing fan fiction.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
Thirdly, I am arguing more about the number of people in the Republic, \\\'\\\'not the galaxy as a whole\\\'\\\' (my comment on the population of the galaxy as a whole existed as a potential, but it was not the crux of my argument). The Republic has somewhere between 100\\\'000 worlds (Phantom Menace novelization\\\'s comment about 10\\\'000 Jedi on 100\\\'000 worlds) or 1.5 million systems (some C-Canon other sources), and the ANH novelization treats the million systems of the Empire like it\\\'s a tiny fraction of the galaxy as a whole instead of filling in every nook and cranny of it. If every star system in the Republic had a population the size of Corsucant (the ROTS novelization, which is the highest canon source that says anything, puts it at 1 trillion), then the Republic would still not break 2 quintillion people. And that\\\'s ignoring the fact that very few planets are like Coruscant, and most aim toward populations the size of Corellia.
Why are the Separatists fielding an army 2-6 orders of magnitude bigger than the total population of the organization they are trying to leave, and all the requisite maintenance, production facilities, transportation, and other logistical considerations, when one of the big reasons they are pissed off against the Republic is \\\'\\\'money\\\'\\\'? Just because you can field these things, doesn\\\'t mean you \\\'\\\'have to\\\'\\\' nor is it a good idea economically.
It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t have a sense of scale, it\\\'s that the lack of a sense of scale is inherent to the system, and his attempts to change that result in huge inconsistencies in the original works at best, and create failures in the sense of scale in the opposite direction at worst.
