What I'd say is more likely is that the entire fleet is neutered.

Again... The bulk of the New Republic's military belongs to the member worlds. With the idea that the republic helps pay for it, in return they can activate units when needed.

So the fleet that was officially owned by the Republic may be gone, but that's going to be a fairly small % of the total force it has access to.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

What I'd say is more likely is that the entire fleet is neutered.

Again... The bulk of the New Republic's military belongs to the member worlds. With the idea that the republic helps pay for it, in return they can activate units when needed.So the fleet that was officially owned by the Republic may be gone, but that's going to be a fairly small % of the total force it has access to.

The systems have to be willing to 'donate' those ships first. Many systems might see the failure of the New Republic as the latest in a long line of central government boondogles stemming back to before the Battle of Naboo, since many member worlds have species that live hundreds of years. It might be they see it as time for those worlds to break away from the Republic again and form an independent state, thought that may foolishly leave them vulnerable to the FO.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

Why not?

That's Palob Godalhi telling you what's what, that is!

Was my first thought as well. He was probably just trying to steal his focus.

Historically it always was, I mean i just did some reading and the elected planet kind of makes more sense, but I always liked Coruscant 0, 0, 0 (galactic co-ords).

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

Well you try taking a planet with deep rooted Imperial loyalties!

That was formerly the base of The Empire..!

Wait, hold up... So in the film are we to assume that Coruscant was destroyed because you all keep referring to the New republic capital.. I know the SK base Super weapon was crazy, but could it make it all the way to Coruscant?

The systems have to be willing to 'donate' those ships first.

They might do that, but the NR is in fact paying to support their local military, so the only way they could really refuse is by declaring that they are no longer part of the New Republic, either because they're leaving, or because it no longer exists.

But frankly if they pull something like that in the next movie I'll be greatly disappointed. I made sense for the NR fleet not to get involved in TFA, but if they come up with some convoluted reason why there's no fleet any longer it will be poor writing.

Every member world lost it's senator so they're all going to have a reason to want to strike back at the First Order.

Wait, hold up... So in the film are we to assume that Coruscant was destroyed because you all keep referring to the New republic capital..

The New Republic Senate is not on Coruscant it was on the planet that was destroyed. Apparently it can move from time to time based on a vote in the senate.

IT DESTROYED THE HOSNIAN SYSTEM.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

Probably because Coruscant was under imperial control for a significant amount of time after rotj.

Probably because Coruscant was under imperial control for a significant amount of time after rotj.

Even if it wasn't... It might be seen as too much of a symbol of the failures of the past, how the Old Republic failed, which lead to the Empire. So making that the home of the New Republic could be seen as everything just staying the same.

In Aftermath, Mon Mothma seemed to be fairly concerned about appearances, that's the main reason she wanted the military disbanded.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

According to sources, it's because the New Republic uses a system where the Capital rotates to different planets, to prevent any one world from consolidating too much power, and to make the Republic feel as inclusive as possible.

It's like the Olympics. Only with the seat of your government, instead of a sporting event.

I'm hoping that ep8 will have a newer looking Y-Wing as well as a look at a proper 85.

I'm hoping they actually, you know, design some new ships instead.

Yeah, but remember that this is just the first film of the new trilogy.

ANH had only X-wings, Y-wings Tie Fighters and Vader's Advanced if I recall correctly (as far as fighters go at least). Hoping Episode VIII has more goods for us, though

ANH had only X-wings, Y-wings Tie Fighters and Vader's Advanced if I recall correctly (as far as fighters go at least).

ESB added the TIE Bomber, and RotJ added A-Wings, B-Wings and Interceptors.

TFA added zero new ships. Just new models of old ships.

Corusant may still well be Imperial - or split like cold war Berlin - there hasn't been a story where Corusant was fully taken by the New Republic in the new canon that I'm aware of.

Well the novel New Republic: Bloodline will probably flesh out how the NR fails to work in the new Disney canon - thats coming in Mar. So far all we have are snippets of info here and there in shorts.

I always fasinates me how the Galactic Republic (New and Old) is not a republic at all, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems is not a confederacy.

ANH had only X-wings, Y-wings Tie Fighters and Vader's Advanced if I recall correctly (as far as fighters go at least).

Yes, but that's technically still 4 new ships at the time.

ESB added the TIE Bomber, and RotJ added A-Wings, B-Wings and Interceptors.

TFA added zero new ships. Just new models of old ships.

From your point of arguement then all TIEs are just new models of and old ship.

From your point of arguement then all TIEs are just new models of and old ship.

The TIE Bomber is not a TIE Fighter.

A First Order TIE Fighter is a TIE Fighter.

No it's not.

Yeah it kinda is. The Tie Interceptor is no more different than a Tie Fighter then the T-70 is from the X-Wing. The Tie Advanced isn't that much different either really.

No, it's not.

I'm not going to argue semantics with you people. If anyone doesn't understand why this and this and this are different ships but this and this aren't, then they're a dip***** being intentionally obtuse.

One has better engines and shields.

lol.

I'm not going to argue semantics with you people.

Bombers sure they're a completely different model, but they're hardly a massive departure from the TIE aesthetics.

But to try to claim that there is a larger difference between a Fighter and Interceptor then there is a T-65 and T-70 is nonsense.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

Because it moves from time to time based on voting. It was at first on Chandrila,the home world of Mon Mothma, right after the founding of the Republic after the battle of Endor.

I'm not going to argue semantics with you people.

Bombers sure they're a completely different model, but they're hardly a massive departure from the TIE aesthetics.

But to try to claim that there is a larger difference between a Fighter and Interceptor then there is a T-65 and T-70 is nonsense.

If you were saying between a fighter and a /sf or /fo then I might agree but an interceptor has completely different wings. A T-65 and a T-70 have differences as well but maintain the same silhouette.

So.... why was the Republic capital not Coruscant?

Because it moves from time to time based on voting. It was at first on Chandrila,the home world of Mon Mothma, right after the founding of the Republic after the battle of Endor.

The seat of the new government is on rotation basis also because it is an attempt by the NR to rectify the mistake of the Old Republic which based much of its political power permanently on a single planet, namely Coruscant. If I recall correctly this was a major point of resentment amongst Separatist systems and one of the main reason that sparked the Clone Wars. So when the NR took over from the Empire one of their first acts was to ensure that important member worlds would share in responsibility of governing the NR.