A thought just struck me as I ride on a 10 some hour drive to Chicago- What's the cost of living in the Star Wars galaxy. Now going by America, the cost of living is 20000$ to live in decent conditions for a 4 person family. I ask because I'm curious about how much Han's price for a trip to Alderan would have really cost. We may want to include the cost of living in the 70s (about 8000) since that's when Lucas made the films, and thus would have more impact on his choice for the price. I would contribute more, but I don't have a very in depth understanding of Economics.

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From my understanding of the setting, it would vary hugely based on the planet we're talking about. Is there any generic SW planet we want to focus on?

What exactly do they use for fuel there anyway? It all depends on the abundance, demand, and how quickly it can be shipped to fuel depots.

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But seriously, you'll never figure that out. Even George Lucas couldn't answer than question.

As a frame of reference, Luke had to sell his speeder to get to Alderaan, which we can assume was analogous to a small car. So the trip cost a few hundred pounds in Earth money, which is about the same as a trip to the United States from the UK.

But the bottled water on Tatooine is a lot dearer...

Stammer:
What exactly do they use for fuel there anyway? It all depends on the abundance, demand, and how quickly it can be shipped to fuel depots.

Well, many of the really big ships required Hypermatter to run-- I can't imagine that stuff is cheap... the SW equivalent of premium, perhaps. Other ships used Anthracite.

You have to remember that the "SW Galaxy" is extremely diverse-- I doubt even .00001% (arbitrary number based on nothing) of the galactic population owned a starship. You can bet that those who did own one (outside of the military) paid a pretty credit for it.

Determining the economics of, say, Coruscant, Corellia or Naboo would probably be a lot easier. People there need a place to live, shop at local vendors, use transportation... etc, etc. Just like in real world society you'd probably have a large number of lower class, a moderate number of lower middle, a small number of upper-class, and then the top 3 percentile that controls 90% of the money.

this maybe the nerdiest topic ever....

frist youd have to learn the stucture of the interglatic trade rate would be in phantom mence its made clear rebulic credits dont trade for as much as other forms of currancey so given that fact id say itd be hard to deterime such things however it dose lead me to belive inside the rebulic there is only one currancey

I was under the impression that the reason that Watto didn't want to take Republic credits is that they aren't worth very much on Tatooine, as it's not a part of the Republic, not because they are inherently less valuable than other forms of currency.

Hmm, I'm a much bigger Star Wars nerd than I thought...

Shadows of the Empire goes into some economics. However it's mostly about the planet that Xizor lives on, and that's very mob related anyway. It's probably not too far off to say that each planet could represent a country at certain times. Tatooine could have been like America. Outside credits, such as that of the Rebulic, weren't very good. As such, non-American dollars sucked in America.
It's feasable to work from there. However it would all become speculation afterwards, what with corporate, Republic, Empire, and mob run planets. It may even be understandable to say that there is no economy, and that each type of credit has it's own worth per planet. Like how little of a presence (see: none) that the Republic had on Tatooine, thus making their credits rather worthless. The Hutts didn't want a Republic paper trail where there was none before.

TBF, I would reason that the economic state of Tatooine is roughly Africa's(*); as that's where it's based on. I really doubt Lucas or the rest thought that much about it.

* Sand People and Jawa's language is derived from Afrikaan. Same way that Naboo is based around the Deep South.

If I had to pick a planet to represent America, it would probably be Corellia.

There are so many variables to consider when tackling this topic it's boggling.

This is why you join the imperial army. They will provide for you.

shatnershaman:
This is why you join the imperial army. They will provide for you.

Fbbt, the Galactic Republic is our only hope for Galactic peace and prosperity. The Empire is poop.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *FAKOOM*

What Galactic Republic?

HSIAMetalKing:

shatnershaman:
This is why you join the imperial army. They will provide for you.

Fbbt, the Galactic Republic is our only hope for Galactic peace and prosperity. The Empire is poop.

No George Lucas fairy tale stormtrooper aiming-Ewok-Imperial navy not firing in six bullshit is poop.

shatnershaman:
This is why you join the imperial army. They will provide for you.

Does the Imperial Army have a dental plan?

Given than Han shot First... Id say it varies plant-to-planet, species to species.

Ultrajoe:
Given than Han shot First... Id say it varies plant-to-planet, species to species.

And if we ever get used to it, El Puta will change it.

Dance The Revolution:

shatnershaman:
This is why you join the imperial army. They will provide for you.

Does the Imperial Army have a dental plan?

...yes all will be provided.

Where's Darth? He would know.

well, you see, the galactic economy works like this:
the most important commodity in the galaxy is lebensraum. and emperor palpatine is like "OMFG GET OUT WE NEED MORE LEBENSRAUM!" and Darth Vader is like "OMG I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA TO GET US SOME MORE LEBENSRAUM!" and palpatine is like "ZOMG WAT?" and vader is like "we can take the ewok's planet. they are inferior anyways!" and so the imperial war of conquest began. but the empire did not realise how awesome the ewoks are at setting up TRAPS to kill the imperial army so the ewoks won. and then darth vader was like USE THE PANZERSCHRECK! and the death star gunna was like IMA FIRIN MAH LAZAR and blew up the ewok planet...
the end :D
overall id give that little tale a B- for creativity, a C for delivery and a WIN for humour ;)

The_root_of_all_evil:

Ultrajoe:
Given than Han shot First... Id say it varies plant-to-planet, species to species.

And if we ever get used to it, El Puta will change it.

DAMN HIM!

All this would be in todays current money worth. Well to live on tatooine, about average cash, about £6000 now Its basicaly a slum planet. If its somewhere like Naboo then thats an average area, their economy is growing, so about £20000. If it was somewhere like Coruscant, it depends, mostly it would cost alot, like £60000 just for a place to live, an apartment price. But I'm sure you can get some lower class stuff for about £25000-£30000.

But yea, join the Imperial Army, get a free cookie!

Id say Han is just riding around using Jubbas money to get him settled, as there no doubt on some lover, scandal, go do this and while you do it you can use all my monies thing.

talon92:
well, you see, the galactic economy works like this:
the most important commodity in the galaxy is lebensraum. and emperor palpatine is like "OMFG GET OUT WE NEED MORE LEBENSRAUM!" and Darth Vader is like "OMG I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA TO GET US SOME MORE LEBENSRAUM!" and palpatine is like "ZOMG WAT?" and vader is like "we can take the ewok's planet. they are inferior anyways!" and so the imperial war of conquest began. but the empire did not realise how awesome the ewoks are at setting up TRAPS to kill the imperial army so the ewoks won. and then darth vader was like USE THE PANZERSCHRECK! and the death star gunna was like IMA FIRIN MAH LAZAR and blew up the ewok planet...
the end :D
overall id give that little tale a B- for creativity, a C for delivery and a WIN for humour ;)

EPIC FAIL for humour, and Godwin's Law has been invoked.

Now, I think we should take a look at Naboo, Coruscant, or Corellia as perhaps America, England, and France perhaps.

Do you think outsourcing was much of a problem for those planets?