![]() ![]() This may seem odd because most battles involve large numbers of ships at relatively close range. Even so, this technique did not seem to be a prominent method for combat. Although Jedi and Sith were never common even in the heyday of the Old Republic, their power was inconceivably strong and known to be effective against large groups. So you’d expect humans would be the weak point in the system, easily swayed by known Jedi and Sith telepathic capabilities. I’M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND I SEE A….oh, never mind. Although computers and droids play an important role, crews predominantly fight by looking out the window.įigure 2: Never mind the trillions of dollars of RADAR, sophisticated sensors and computers, or the hundreds of crewmembers on the bridge running it all. Certainly they still serve some important functions, like controlling hyperdrives, storing information, restricting access, and automating maintenance functions, but most functions seem to be run manually by a human. Computers seem to be relegated to a background role in Star Wars, with manual control by humans as the norm. ![]() Yet most of the time the damage was limited because of the manpower intensive, seat-of-the-pants manual control exerted by crews. Both the Rebels and the Empire also extensively used electronic warfare to jam or spoof sensors and communications, most famously during the blockade at Naboo and at the climactic Battle of Endor. Unknown agents surreptitiously deleted information from the Jedi Archives about the existence of the location of a secret cloning facility. The Empire used malicious software to cripple the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back, R2D2 routinely gained unauthorized access to many computer systems throughout his career to obtain valuable information, and gain control of critical systems for the Old Republic and the Rebellion. The Force is allegedly a universal phenomenon that affects and permeates everything.Īll combatants extensively used electronic warfare and various forms of cyber attacks. While Jedi and Sith contend with a far more diverse biological and psychological panorama of species than Starfleet, these species have been in contact with each other for thousands of years and have mutually intelligible languages without the aid of computer translation. So it would seem ships and defense systems would be highly vulnerable to electronic warfare (EW) and cyber-attacks and that human vulnerabilities would be very minor given the diversity of alien cultures and biological makeups both environments exhibit.įorce users (the Jedi and the Sith) have a telepathic power that is nearly universally effective against all species and works across great distances. Meanwhile, living beings in both the Star Wars and Star Trek universes also rely heavily upon advanced computer systems and autonomous robots in their endeavors, and their tasks would seem impossible without them. Both the Jedi and Sith in Star Wars are able to manipulate and control others from a considerable distance, though we see little evidence of any other method of mind control. Star Trek featured many kinds of psychological manipulation, most famously with the Vulcan mind meld. Both Star Wars and Star Trek featured people with the ability to hack the human psyche. ![]()
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