Civilian starships in Star Wars
In no particular order:
The Falcon
Slave One
The fighterships working for Lando
The Mon Cal ships, if we take it as cannon that they used to be passenger ships
... for the Original Trilogy, that may be it. I'm intentionally not counting the Rebellion ships, as those are essentially military.
I don't think we ever see a ship of Jabba's.
What do we discover: With the possible exception of the Mon Cal ships, they all have guns. The falcon is a smuggler ship, but Slave One and the fighter ships are essentially military vessels.
So, that's ... horrifying. Even civilian ships are covered in guns.
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The Falcon's a smuggler, so hardly a standard civilian vessel. Slave One and the Cloud City craft are law enforcement vessels; again, not standard civilian. I don't think you can draw any conclusions about the rest of the universe from that sample.
ReplyDeleteBut most people live where they are born. Space travel is not ubiquitous and clearly is not safe.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think a lot of the ships used by criminals and civilians are the military vehicles of 50 years ago.
Also: I was red off-thread that until recently, civilian ships had guns to protect against pirates.
ReplyDeleteWhich is a good point: You need secure supply lines and a stable government to avoid the tax on every ship of guns.