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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9551312" data-attributes="member: 54629">Did anyone else catch that At Attin has 1,139 vaults? That's an oblique Easter egg reference to THX-1138, right?Given how huge and deep underground those vaults are makes me think there may have been a grain of truth in Fern's comment about bad children being sent to work in the mines beneath the school. Like, given how At Attin is meant to be secret, the supply of metal needed to make the money would need to be sourced locally rather than delivered from off-world.The piece of the puzzle that doesn't quite fit is the role of At Attin's society. If the planet was hidden because it's where the Old Republic minted and stored its money, why would there need to be a local civilian population dedicated to financial analysis and the like? Couldn't that stuff be done in the open on Coruscant or the like? Why sequester them on the hidden money factory world? And why do it nine times? I know the Old Republic was big but still ...In his message, Wim's dad talked about how the kids weren't supposed to find out about something until after they graduated. It's not entirely clear what all he was referring to ... other than maybe the full purpose of the planet as a mint? I hope that in this final episode all will be revealed and we won't have to wait for a future Star Wars Visual Dictionary or whatever to fill in the gaps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 9551312, member: 54629"] Did anyone else catch that At Attin has 1,139 vaults? That's an oblique Easter egg reference to THX-1138, right? Given how huge and deep underground those vaults are makes me think there may have been a grain of truth in Fern's comment about bad children being sent to work in the mines beneath the school. Like, given how At Attin is meant to be secret, the supply of metal needed to make the money would need to be sourced locally rather than delivered from off-world. The piece of the puzzle that doesn't quite fit is the role of At Attin's society. If the planet was hidden because it's where the Old Republic minted and stored its money, why would there need to be a local civilian population dedicated to financial analysis and the like? Couldn't that stuff be done in the open on Coruscant or the like? Why sequester them on the hidden money factory world? And why do it nine times? I know the Old Republic was big but still ... In his message, Wim's dad talked about how the kids weren't supposed to find out about [I]something[/I] until after they graduated. It's not entirely clear what all he was referring to ... other than maybe the full purpose of the planet as a mint? I hope that in this final episode all will be revealed and we won't have to wait for a future Star Wars Visual Dictionary or whatever to fill in the gaps. [/QUOTE]

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