A question in galactic population (SPOILER).

Murazor · Post by **Murazor** » 2005-05-19 11:30am

During Palpatine's conversation with Anakin in the novelization, galactic population is mentioned to be of "countless quadrillions" or something like that. Is there a similar mention somewhere in the film?

Post by **NecronLord** » 2005-05-19 11:54am

Nope. It's apparently C level.

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-05-19 11:58am

NecronLord wrote:Nope. It's apparently C level.

Huh? How does that work? It's in the novelization.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2005-05-19 12:01pm

Things that are added in the novelisation that don't come from the films are C level, according to my reading of the rules.

For example, the Shurra fruit, being in the film, is G level. Its name, being a description of the film, is G level. An additional scene in the novel where Anakin threw it at Padme, would however, be C level.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2005-05-19 12:03pm

To wit, Chee says:

In a nutshell, anything created by the author would be C-level. Anything in the the novels created by George Lucas (whether it comes from unpublished early script versions, unpublished author interviews with George, or George's revisions to the novelization manuscript) would be G-level unless contradicted by the films.

If that line was in early scripts or written in by Lucas, it would be G, but I'm not aware of it being so.

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2005-05-19 03:36pm

I've always read that the novelizations themselves were G-level. I don't recall seeing anything that only parts of them are G. The "author would be C-level" bit I always interpreted as dealing with the novels written in the EU.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2005-05-19 03:44pm

C-level and G-level do not attribute canonical authoritative status; they're labels of convienence within the scope of the Leland Chee's holocron. Anyhow, novelisations occupy a closer-to-film, higher-than-EU status with comic depictions, radio dramas, screenplays, and DK nonfiction. "Countless" quadrillions is a character statement which is not necessarily incogruent with a technical reference in a technical source in AOTC ICS implying "quintillions of pioneering engineers" at the Republic's founding.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-05-19 08:09pm

Well, we know that during the war, the Vong killed something like 64 trillion people and this doesn't appear to have greatly hurt the SW galaxy.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2005-05-19 08:10pm

IIRC there were over 315 trillion casualties in the Vong War