Talk:The New Essential Chronology

I have some doubts about how much we should to accept about the NEC. Please understand that while at no time I advocate dismissing it as canon, I believe that it causes far to many contradictions. First, the fact that the Infinite Empire possessed a foothold in the Core Worlds is to suspect for me to find credible. The fact that they held Core Founders is not in of itself strange. The fact that these planets seem to posses no knowledge of it is. The method of Coruscant's colonization efforts, sleeper ships which the Rakata just happened to not notice is totally implausible. A race which builds something like the Star Forge yet doesn't notice some capital ships leaving is almost laughable. Also, why would the Rakata leave Coruscant as an ecumenopolis? wouldn't that leave too many places for slaves to hide?

I also have doubts about the founding of the Sith Order being retconned from the Great Schism to the Hundred Years Darkness. The Dark Jedi taking over Korriban is more plausible in 24,400 BBY, just a few centuries after the fall of the Infinite Empire, than in 6,900 BBY, over 18,000 years later.

Finally, I find it doubtful, almost offensive, that the Hutts were members of the Galactic Republic. The economy of Hutt Space is dependent on criminal activity, and the Republic would have atlest tried to stop the Spice and Weapons being exported. The fact that the average Hutt seems to have an intense hatred of the Jedi Order also causes me to doubt it. Now, I realize that Del Rey's attitude toward the Bantam continuity is dismissive at best (and contemptuous at worst) I have to raise issues of the credibility of this peice. While I'm well aware that one cannot chose whatever they want as canon (and have stated so myself on several occasions) I simply wanted to point out some reasons why we may want to be cautious as to how much credibility we should give this. That's just my thoughts. I had tried to bring it up on their individual talk pages, but nobody answered my questions. -- SFH 03:21, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)