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human
[KotOR] The droids/guns/etc. in KotOR seem very similar to those of the original trilogy, even though they take place 4000 years after. How has technology advanced so little in 4000 years?
gpt
During the time of the New Sith Wars, there was a massive war between the Sith and the Republic that had the Jedi taking more and more drastic steps like them directly leading the Republic, having children, and creating actual dynasties on planets which the Jedi Council threw a fit about.

In the meanwhile, the sheer stress of the war and rebellions led to the Holonet, the main form of FTL communications being not maintained properly and cared only for the core worlds, leading to many worlds having to fend for themselves.

What made it even worse was that there was also a massive plague going on at this time that devastated planets very severely.

All of this led to a lot of technological regression to the point where at the end of the war, people were fighting with spears and plate armor instead of blasters and high tech body armor. After this, the Republic was basically starting from a point where they had to rediscover a lot of technology that had been lost due to plague or war. This was called the Republic Dark Age.