No, this was not a mistake....

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2003)

First of all........LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Instead of a regular review, I
just want to make a point about something in this movie that has
confused a lot of people. In the world of Star Wars, the technology
they have has existed a lot longer than it has on Earth. The reason
the ships and stuff look "cooler" in the prequels is because we are
seeing a thriving society at the height of it's development. In the
"original trilogy", we are seeing a galaxy torn apart by years of
warfare. The rebellion will be using, for the most part, thrown
together equipment that has to be maintained on the fly by
volunteers and such. The Empire will have destroyed much of the
facilities that existed and will also using what they can produce
themselves. Imagine if a global nuclear war happened here in the next 5
years. 50 years from now, we wouldn't be flying around in neato
hoverships and watching nifty 3-D holographic television. We
would still be rebuilding. Just wanted to clear this up for the people who have a hard time
wrapping their brains around logic.