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There are computers in Star Wars but no computer mouses, amirite?
by Consistent_West_69896 months ago
Why would there be? Star Wars took place "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." The mouse was invented in the 1960's on earth
by Marcopollich6 months ago
Who do ya think invented God?
by Anonymous6 months ago
Aliens
by Anonymous6 months ago
People.
by Thelma446 months ago
Dude....
by Anonymous6 months ago
I'll leave :)
by Anonymous6 months ago
Thats because we are based off them, you silly goose
by gsimonis6 months ago
Is that because the plural of 'mouse' is 'mice'? ; D
by Anonymous6 months ago
Maus
by Flashy-Pen6 months ago
Now the book!
by estel056 months ago
Mauswheel
by Anonymous6 months ago
In the Haus.
by Awkward-Ordinary6 months ago
Dead.
by Anonymous6 months ago
These are no computer mouses in the real world either, just computer mice.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Same. This all inspired me to look it up and there's a video of the inventor calling them "mice" so I'm wrong I guess.
by Anonymous6 months ago
I think over time language evolves and tends to stray from its original forms in favor of more comfortable or convenient ways to say things. (so long as we understand each other, language is serving its purpose, no?) So I'd say saying computer mouses is valid enough on the grounds that its more comfortable to say than computer mice.
by rbogan6 months ago
same. for awhile, adapting to use a mouse slowed me down.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Are we not counting the droids of the same name?
by Anonymous6 months ago
I like it that way. Sometimes technology can be dated in a distracting way, and they leave it out on purpose. Imagine Harry Potter with flip phones.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Harry Potter was born in 1981, and he defeated Voldemort in 1998. The first flip phone came to the market in 1996. So while technically possible, they would probably have had those brick phones that weight a kilo with an antenna (Nokia 3310 was released in 2000 btw)
by Altruistic_Border8916 months ago
They're part of canon too!
by rmurphy6 months ago
EU?! Those were on the Death Star! Thy were in the first movie!
by Anonymous6 months ago
There's a mouse Droid. they probably just use those.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Mouses sounds awkward. We should invent a word for the plural of mouse.
by roconner6 months ago
Mousen
by Dependent-Age-33646 months ago
Mices!
by schustermaurice6 months ago
We should invent a word for the plural of mouse. We already did that centuries ago. Mice.
by Awkward-Ordinary6 months ago
ThatWasTheJoke.jpg
by roconner6 months ago
"Hello computer" -Wayne Gretzky
by Anonymous6 months ago
best Radiohead album
by Kleinjerald6 months ago
Same with Star Trek but they did address it
by Anonymous6 months ago
Have you seen Windows there
by Sharp_Till24796 months ago
Its not fun to watch someone use a mouse. That's why hackers in movies are always clacking away on keyboards randomly. In star wars, they use force mice.
by Connect_Comment_37716 months ago
stars wars came out in what 1977? that's 7 years before the mac popularized them.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Cuz they had neuralink.
by flaviokulas6 months ago
Apple introduced the first commercial mouse (based on a xerox idea) in 1983. All 3 original Star Wars movies were shot by then (roj released in may 1983).
by Lumpy_Principle6 months ago
Star Trek only needed one, for a visual gag to make Scotty even more lovable to us all. Eventually, the mouse will be obsolete outside of video games, probably.
by Anonymous6 months ago
No one could've predicted them
by Jefferey966 months ago
1968: first computer mouse demonstration. 1977: Star Wars
by Anonymous6 months ago
Whoa whoa whoa, Star Wars happened a much longer time ago than that.
by Anonymous6 months ago
In a galaxy far, far away.
by Anonymous6 months ago
and they weren't hot until 1984.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Technically they could have though.
by Anonymous6 months ago
yep. and they weren't used on a consumer computer till 1984.
by Anonymous6 months ago
So, you think people working at the bleeding edge of FX couldn't aware of a ten-year-old development?
by Anonymous6 months ago
yes i'm quite sure. i was around then mind you. in fact i completed a computer science degree in the 1980s without hearing about or using a mouse. Steve Jobs himself didn't see a mouse until 1979 in a private demo at xerox of an experimental system. Mice were not used for computer graphics back in 1976. In fact no manufacturer was using mice. it was as just an obscure experiment in pointing devices. furthermore, movies were not using computer workstations to generate graphics then. Episide 1 was made with practical effects. Cutting edge? yes. But Computer Graphics in star wars movies was still a decade away.
by Anonymous6 months ago
Mice aren't really effective for the control of a vehicle's systems.
by Anonymous6 months ago
I also don't believe I have ever seen a video screen... either displaying moving images or video calls. Even in the extended universe with the TV shows. If they are around... they are very rare
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