Canon ?
Please tell me this isn't canon. --Admiral06 05:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Having heard the audio version that accompanies the book, I can say that while the child-friendly prose is grating to the adult ear, there's nothing inherently abhorrent to canon in it. jSarek 06:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know, having a colour-coded system doesn't seem to mesh too well with the idea of maintenance and astromech droids, who are of course colour-blind, not possessing human sight and all, being able to repair hyperdrives. Maybe I'm clutching at straws here, but I just don't see how a plot device whose sole function is a kid's learning tool can be considered alongside dedicated reference books in terms of canon. Can we at least put an ambiguous template up? The 95 Headhunter (radio) (mission log) 18:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Color blind? Do you have a source for that? As far as I know, astromechs have the full range of Human visual perception and then some. Since lots of important repair functions are color coded on Earth (wiring being the best example), I don't think it's improper for that to also be the case in Star Wars. jSarek 18:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Admittedly no, I don't have a source. Maybe I've just got the idea in my head because the first-person view for T3-M4 is blue-coloured (and therefore there is no distinction). You make a good point about the colour-coded wiring as well. Still, I'm sure that there are species like the Verpine (who I believe see in UV) who would have problems with the system. Ah well, like I said, I was probably just clutching at straws. The 95 Headhunter (radio) (mission log) 16:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, T3-M4 is 4,000 year old technology by the time in which this story is set. As for color coding and aliens, I imagine they can only do so much to allow cross-species compatibility, and the majority of species seem to have visual ranges roughly equal to those of Humans. In the specific case of the Verpine, who might well get special treatment due to their dominance in the fields of repair, there may also be UV tags or other UV- visible identification on the plates invisible to us. jSarek 22:46, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- Please, let's maintain some credible perspective here. I know someone will try and disagree with me, but no this is not canon. Just because this kids' learning book/tape was licensed to use the Star Wars name and characters in their product, does not entitle it to the same canonical weight as the rest of the Expanded Universe. Maybe you can argue that point on purely technical grounds, but trying to somehow justify anything introduced in a preschool colors and shapes learning book as meaningful canon is just ludicrous. Frankly, not flagging this as ambiguously canon is embarassing. IMHO. Xavic Kae 15:37, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
- Well, T3-M4 is 4,000 year old technology by the time in which this story is set. As for color coding and aliens, I imagine they can only do so much to allow cross-species compatibility, and the majority of species seem to have visual ranges roughly equal to those of Humans. In the specific case of the Verpine, who might well get special treatment due to their dominance in the fields of repair, there may also be UV tags or other UV- visible identification on the plates invisible to us. jSarek 22:46, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- Admittedly no, I don't have a source. Maybe I've just got the idea in my head because the first-person view for T3-M4 is blue-coloured (and therefore there is no distinction). You make a good point about the colour-coded wiring as well. Still, I'm sure that there are species like the Verpine (who I believe see in UV) who would have problems with the system. Ah well, like I said, I was probably just clutching at straws. The 95 Headhunter (radio) (mission log) 16:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- Color blind? Do you have a source for that? As far as I know, astromechs have the full range of Human visual perception and then some. Since lots of important repair functions are color coded on Earth (wiring being the best example), I don't think it's improper for that to also be the case in Star Wars. jSarek 18:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know, having a colour-coded system doesn't seem to mesh too well with the idea of maintenance and astromech droids, who are of course colour-blind, not possessing human sight and all, being able to repair hyperdrives. Maybe I'm clutching at straws here, but I just don't see how a plot device whose sole function is a kid's learning tool can be considered alongside dedicated reference books in terms of canon. Can we at least put an ambiguous template up? The 95 Headhunter (radio) (mission log) 18:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)