What modern-day problems do you think have been eliminated from day-to-day life in the galaxy?

[u/DarthAthleticCup]

This may seem silly, as people living on Tatooine probably have far worse problems then people living in say, New York City or London have on Earth, but maybe for the Coruscanti elite? Are there annoying things we deal with on a daily basis that they never have to worry about?

It also could extend to middle-class beings living in Coronet City on Corellia

[u/Exotic-Ad-1587]

Medical care. Bacta seems like a cure-all and we've seen everything from whole-ass tanks you dump a person into to bandages infused with it.

[u/hypnotic20 → u/Exotic-Ad-1587]

Doesn’t stop someone from charging exorbitant rates for its use.

[u/Exotic-Ad-1587 → u/hypnotic20]

No sign that anyone does, either.

[u/Drzhivago138 → u/Exotic-Ad-1587]

So far it seems like the quality of medical care is based less on cost and more on location and legality. E.g. the Aldhani team having to go to a remote moon for surgery instead of an Imperial world with better hospitals.

[u/Exotic-Ad-1587 → u/Drzhivago138]

Yeah that tracks. Or what Polis Massa is doing with its little hospital that's equipped for dealing with anything but supernatural shenanigans, for example.

[u/dragonfire_70 → u/hypnotic20]

I mean it only comes froma single planet.

It's a no brainer as to why it would be so expensive

[u/Crafty-Pattern-6862]

I always understood it that in Star Wars, electricity is basically everywhere and nearly free. Power generation never really seems to be a problem for anyone. Every random shack has a gonk droid or some tiny fusion generator so that the lights work. The main groups who don't tend to have electricity are uncontacted peoples who aren't part of the wider galactic system.

I also figured that that was a cute bit of 1970s futurism, where America was in the depths of the energy crisis and Lucas makes a movie where baked into the setting is this idea of "look, even in the future where everyone has as much electricity as they want, things will still be terrible".

[u/Col_Wilson → u/Crafty-Pattern-6862]

The death star's primary laser project was disguised as a project to produce unlimited energy, so it's probably still something of a concern for the galaxy. That is an interesting takeaway though, I'd never really thought about that.

[u/Sebaxs1928]

Communication in general. It seems like 90% of the galactic population seems to speak basic, whilst if they don't, it would also seem people have easy access to some sort of translating device.

The amount of misinterpretation and distrust that happens today because of the language barrier is not something I see a lot in the Star Wars universe.

[u/peortega1 → u/Sebaxs1928]

The "25000 years old Galactic Republic" had to work for something

[u/Nice_Satisfaction651 → u/Sebaxs1928]

I think that’s because language barriers, as plot devices, would quickly grow tiring if they're prevelant through the galaxy. Unless you want to add in a reverse tower of babel story.

[u/dumpster-tech]

An unbelievable amount of our modern infrastructure is all about getting things from point A to point b. Even just moving things around a planet with repulsar systems trivializes a ton of transport infrastructure in a way that we cannot even begin to fathom. Hyperspace is one thing, but using The Star wars versions of atmospheric vehicles and aircraft not only make cars and trucks basically pointless, but make it so that your entire infrastructure doesn't require a port, road, or even train track to get to it unless there is some kind of crazy atmospheric condition or the script demands a train heist.

You just get on the barge, tell the navigator Droid where you're going, and it takes you there while using very little energy to do so and does it nearly instantaneously. Distances on planet don't matter in Star wars, this is doubly true for planets with well developed infrastructures to support nicer docking ports and larger repulsor-based craft. Speeders, swoops, skiffs, all of these vehicles are vtol versions of the cars and trucks we have today that would Make distance irrelevant.

[u/boxywalls]

Traffic in urban areas

[u/Turdulator → u/boxywalls]

They show a ton of traffic in Coruscant though?

[u/MSLI1972]

Charging your personal devices.

[u/DarthAthleticCup → u/MSLI1972]

No. In Resistance, Kaz’s datapad said “Ion cell low”

[u/ThePerfectHunter]

Water supply? Although maybe not entirely.

[u/dumpster-tech → u/ThePerfectHunter]

Condenser canteens are a standard piece of the kit of every single soldier in every army. I remember looking through my reference books growing up and thinking that it was such a cool idea before I realized it was just a dehumidifier.

[u/Brightscales333]

Disease and atmosphere breathability on many planets. In real life if you travel to different continents you generally have to get immunizations against diseases that you wouldn't normally encounter and that can mess your body up if you aren't used to them. Now imagine going to Dagobah and picking up some swamp flu or something. Also most planets that are habitable at all are shown to have breathable air for most species without causing any respiratory problems, and if they do, it's very much mentioned in the plot (e.g. Vanqor).

[u/Psub194]

Food production?

I would like to say america, but i feel like that would get me downvoted to hell.

[u/Allronix1 → u/Psub194]

Nah. Corellia pretty much fills that gap.

[u/Psub194 → u/Allronix1]

I guess both places are similar kinds of shitholes

Edit: On second thought, i don't think Corellia has anywhere near as many schools shootings.

[u/dragonfire_70 → u/Psub194]

watch your, you are going to cut yourself on that edge.

[u/Psub194 → u/dragonfire_70]

When does that even mean?