But in all seriousness, there were changes and developments that happened over the millennia in the SW universe, just.. it’s a comic world, and we stick to the presentation we like. It’s space, so it’s all spacy, but we don’t need to get into the details of how many kilometers per second what ship goes for what reason. In some of the books they give snippets, but that’s pretty much it.

Oh, and imagine a universe without lightsabers. The first Jedi didn’t have them. They really used swords, then developed battery backpack-powered ginormous rough-lookin’ things, and it went from there. So there is some development over the ages shown, just not much.

And at the time of the Original Trilogy the SW universe is sortof in the middle of the dark ages.. so it’s natural for things to be held up a bit.

You’re right, he has six fingers! Maybe he’s this guy: http://www.shanemacgowan.com/covers/peace.jpg

[SPOILERS] In this quest a conspiracy by apothecary Putress and Varimathras succeeds in seizing power in the Undercity, the main undead city. The player then assists major characters like Sylvanas and Thrall in retaking it in an epic battle.
During the battle, when the player is fighting his way through the Undercity, he is in a different version of the world with the whole place turned into a battlefield. Once the battle is over, life returns to normal, though with some slight changes.
The two conspirators are missing, for example. This causes some complaints since players often still have quests that end at Varimathras, so they can’t hand them in anymore. That’s what you get for killing your quest giver.

Another way this is applied is in the final zone, Icecrown. There, players can unlock various quest hubs, camps with quest givers, vendors, etc., by completing certain quests that help the npcs establish a base there. Elsewhere there are bases that only become populated as you complete quests to make this happen. So you will see people entering and leaving houses that for you only have useless npcs, but for them have useful vendors etc. [/SPOILERS]

In short, it’s a technique that works, if applied correctly. And it would be interesting to see it as part of the very concept of a game, rather than being tacked on to an existing game.

Uunless you’re talking about phasing other player characters too, and i think that would be the anathema of any mmo.

That was pretty awesome. Weird, but awesome.

Good times, back in the day.

never graduated above blood bursting rats in the sewer in Gemstone though :p

ALSO!
@DSX
“A groin kick? With thousands of alien species? What if it’s a Ballchinian???”
Is not getting the respect it deserves!