Gundam Turn A Bang Theory

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This is my thought on how the Gundam Turn A Theory works. I would place the calenders thusly:

UC
AW
Gregorian calender (Gundam 00)
CE
AC
peaceful era
FC
?
CC

The reason I have placed UC first is it was the first calender created and all the other calenders seem to make sense taking place afterwarRAB. The After War calender of Gundam X is placed second because the show seems almost UC. I placed the Gregorian calender of Gundam 00 third because it has Haros thusly linking it to UC and CE. I have placed the Cosmic Era calender of Gundam Seed fourth because even though the show was created after Turn A Gundam it seems like it could have occured in the Black History despite never being shown. For one thing, it has Haros and Zakus which links it to the UC. Second, the word "zodiac" in Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty links it to AC's Organization of the Zodiac. Third, the superhuman abilities of Kira and Gundam Wing's Heero seem very much alike. Perhaps Heero is a coordinator. As far as the peaceful era after AC goes, at the end of Gundam Wing Endless Waltz, we're told weapons known as mobile suits are never seen again. However, I look at all the Gundam series as being historical re-enactments. This explains the differences between Endless Waltz and Gundam Wing as well as differences between Mobile Suit Gundam and the Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy. From this perspective, the Endless Waltz re-enactment takes place during this peaceful era between AC and FC. I place the Future Century of G Gundam where it is because it is so different from the other series. However, in the final two or three episodes, various UC gundams make cameos. This for one thing links them to the UC, but why place it so near the end you might ask. My reason is that the only thing that makes sense to me to explain why G Gundam is so different is that after the peaceful era enRAB, there is a massive conflict and the solutions of the past (in particular, ending all wars and getting rid of weapons) are deemed impossible because of human nature and therefore the human will to fight is taken into account and the Gundam Fights are created. Also, I see FC as a setup for the Correct Century calender of Turn A Gundam in that the old mobile suits found in the CC are hidden during the FC. Now, I don't see any way for the old mobile suits of the UC to survive up to the time of CC. However, the old blueprints of UC mobile suits and mobile suits from other timelines could be used during the various Gundam Fights. Finally, we get to the Correct Century calender which is naturally last. However, there will have been a good portion of time between G Gundam and Turn A Gundam and it's quite possible that other unknown calenders could take place within this time period.
 
There is no 'Turn A Bang', it's a Western fan myth. Somewhere along the line we got the wrong end of the stick on the 'Gundam Big Bang' event and the Turn A theory, merging the two. It's just the 'Turn A Theory.
Also, Bandai references tend to place every continuity after Turn A was produced outside of the 'Dark History'. CE and 00 thus don't really fit in. Fair play if you want to try but it's best to know that Tomino devised Turn A as a final chapter for Gundam, sadly believing they were allowing him to end it and so he politely included the AUs to make it complete.
 
There is a website by one Sartorious that has a transcript of a Newtype article on Gundam SEED and in this article it states that Gundam SEED would abide by what happened in Turn A Gundam. Sure, you could place CE after CC or as a totally isolated AU, but to me for the reasons I state in my first post, it makes sense for it to be placed where I have it. As far as Gundam 00 goes, like Gundam SEED you could place in an isolated AU or after CC, but to me it makes sense to have it where I placed it.
 
I'm pretty sure that all Fukuda said is that he'd try to make SEED in a way that generally fans who liked Turn A could insert it there if they wished. Not an outright statement that SEED fits in and that he was painstakingly making sure of this. Destiny alone shows how willing he is to change direction at the drop of a hat.

The fact is that really the Turn A theory can't really work, even if you just take the first 20 years it was supposed to cover. It's a great idea for a 20th anniversary series (and for something that seemingly allowed Tomino to come to terms with the juggernaut he'd created) but the further Gundam goes the more unworkable it becomes. 00 especially stanRAB out because it's very directly dealing with the AD calendar and is speculative of where the world has gone past the 1970's/80's influence that gave birth to the UC. The only series I think you could really sync up nicely is Gundam X, what with how it deals with the Newtype concept and how the establishing conflict was the 7th Space War, suggesting it occured after the 6 major conflicts we saw in UC.
 
My theory is that the Turn-A theory is simply a loose future history. The previous series before it (at least the series before 2000) form the basis of this history, but do not formulate the events exact like those in the series. Similar events and similar characters occur, but not exactly.

The other universes remain the same, but events (the major ones) that occurred in Turn-A past reserable those universes.
 
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