[kalimus]

Originally Posted by Number 3

Well considering that in Episodes 1 - 3, all of the ships were much different. Curvy and smooth. Then 30 years later in Episodes 4 - 6 (FKA 1 - 3) we had all mechanical straight edge looking Tie and X-wing fighters. Then for some reason 30 MORE years later..........................no change.

Don't know why that's a surprise. Think about it... in the first 3 the "Republic" (See future Empire) had infrastructure, funds, technology, leadership. In the second 3 the rebels were basically using whatever they could get their hands on, but had no real funding or anything. The Empire on the other hand had all the resources it needed.

After "Jedi", both the rebels and the Empire basically have nothing. Everything is assumed destroyed. The rebels overthrew the Empire. And the destruction of the Death Star didn't even signal the end, but rather the beginning of the end. Does anybody think the Empire just quit the day that Vader and the Emperor were killed?

So now you have a destroyed Empire/Republic who will have nothing, and a group of Rebels who already had nothing. No major government or infrastructure... it's basically like recovering from a world war. Picking up the pieces does not allow for a lot of time or money for innovation.