Derisive Umbaran
Some time ago, someone(s) set up a sci-fi currency converter thingamajig to illustrate the value of real world currency as compared to the currency of science fiction universes. Star Wars was on there and, as it turns out, the Galactic Credit had the same equivalent purchasing power as the United States Dollar. The comparison they used was straight from movie canon- the prices off the menu at Dex's Diner. I'd hardly consider that a fitting thing to go from, but anything will give me closure at this point, so long as I have something to base myself out of.
Except for the fact that that movie took place over eight hundred years ago. In relation to our timeline, that is. That's a pretty wide gulf of time. The purchasing power of the United States dollar in 1940 is roughly equivalent to sixteen dollars today. That was just a paltry seventy-three years. Obviously, we're not going to calculate the exact worth of a Credit eight-hundred years after Dex's Diner ceased existing. I just want to feel what the general consensus is on the value of a Credit.
And don't say that this doesn't need to be discussed. Nothing about a fictional universe needs to be discussed.
I want to write a guide pertaining to the spending power of characters and whatnot so there's less lunacy running around when it comes to... Well, as a totally random and not at all related example: auctions. I'm hoping this will give me a little bit more insight on what the general community thinks.
Except for the fact that that movie took place over eight hundred years ago. In relation to our timeline, that is. That's a pretty wide gulf of time. The purchasing power of the United States dollar in 1940 is roughly equivalent to sixteen dollars today. That was just a paltry seventy-three years. Obviously, we're not going to calculate the exact worth of a Credit eight-hundred years after Dex's Diner ceased existing. I just want to feel what the general consensus is on the value of a Credit.
And don't say that this doesn't need to be discussed. Nothing about a fictional universe needs to be discussed.
I want to write a guide pertaining to the spending power of characters and whatnot so there's less lunacy running around when it comes to... Well, as a totally random and not at all related example: auctions. I'm hoping this will give me a little bit more insight on what the general community thinks.