• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    7 hours ago

    In Skeleton Crew, Old Republic credits are apparently worth a shitton during the New Republic period.

    Which makes as much sense as bottle caps as currency in Fallout if it’s by fiat.

    I think SW credits might contain energy or something with actual utility, that’s the only way it would make sense for old credits to be valuable without any government to require taxes be paid in that currency.

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      7 hours ago

      I don’t think it’s so much worth a shitton and more so this particular secret mint-planet has been producing credits nonstop for 30+ years because they didn’t know the Republic fell, was replaced by the Empire, then the Empire was defeated by the rebellion and the New Republic restored.

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        6 hours ago

        I haven’t seen it since I pirated it ages ago so I could be wrong, but I think I remember the smallest amount offered as a tip implied they were worth a lot.

        But them being worth anything more than a curiosity suggests money in Starwars isn’t by fiat, since the government that backed that fiat has been gone for 30+ years.

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          I think what they’re saying is the new republic restored the same currency, so there was suddenly a government honoring it after those thirty years?

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            2 hours ago

            But why would the same amounts of credits be worth more just because they are from the republic…?