Spoilers Star Wars: Andor season 2
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Zardnaar
Legend
Be interesting to see the differences.
Now I want to play star wars RPG. And use TIE Avengers. They're basically an A-Wing and X-Wing combined.
MarkB
Legend
We know from The Bad Batch that the Empire introduced chain codes as the new universal ID, so they could have used that, but a work visa seems distinct from that - and if they introduced a new term they'd have to explain it.
At least "kinderblock" is pretty self-explanatory - same root as kindergarten but with none of the charm, plus the implication that Coruscant's orphaned / abandoned children numbers are on a scale that entire tower blocks are dedicated to them.
pukunui
Legend
Apparently the concept of Imperial kinderblocks was first introduced in a book published last year called The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
It really comes down to poetry and immersion. When you didn't know what they were, the term 'Clone Wars' evoked something. 'Droid' is a great word (imagine if they'd chosen 'robot'). The words 'kinderblock' and 'visa' do not evoke wonder in a galaxy far, far away to me (that's also why I hate Krennick saying "swell" in the trailer). I guess for all of Lucas' faults, his word choices were evocative and immersive. They feel Star Warsy. 'Kinderblock' is just a really rubbish portmanteau which feels workshopped. But hey, that's just me. Maybe those words work great for you!
Enevhar Aldarion
Hero
Nah, kinderblock definitely gave me the Space Nazi vibes that have always been the basis for the Empire, so I found it sounded both fitting and brutal.
Zardnaar
Legend
Coukd be evoking the Nazi baby factories as well. Tweaked for Coruscant.
MarkB
Legend
Kinderblock to me works for exactly the same reason that Droid does - it's unfamiliar enough, while still conveying a sense of the underlying concept, so you can hear it without requiring further elaboration and then accept it as being part of the texture of this world.
As for "visa", I think they used it deliberately because they wanted to be exactly as on-the-nose about that whole situation as they possibly could be.
IMNSHO, "kinderblock" does give those vibes, but has the problem that it goes a little too far in terms of obviousness. It's like they named an angry, fascist quarry boss "Mine Furiouser".
Or named a random drug dealer "Elan Sleazebaggano".
RangerWickett
Legend
edit: Nevermind, someone else made the same comment about paper.
There were some Jedi scrolls at the end of the The Last Jedi. But that's it, I think.
There were some Jedi scrolls at the end of the The Last Jedi. But that's it, I think.