To be clear, I’m not saying that the planet that would become Mira
has to still be in a pocket dimension after XC3, I’m saying that, if it
isn’t still in a pocket dimension at the end of XC3 (which seems to be implied to be the case, though it’s vague enough that it’s not impossible for it to be interpreted other ways), it just has to find itself in a similar position again through unknown circumstances—perhaps the same circumstances that lead to the planet becoming Mira as we know it in the first place, including the other worlds that seem to be mashed into it. Of course I couldn’t tell you exactly what those circumstances would be, but surely it would be explained in a future game somehow if this theory were to be true.
As for there not being any Nopon among
the Samaarians, well, why would there be? They wouldn’t have existed! Like I said, in my theory
the Samaarians wouldn’t be from the reformed “Earth” in XC3 (AKA Mira), they would be from the previous Earth (call it radio Earth, lol)
before it ever became that due to Klaus’s experiment and Origin—and, as such, before the Nopon ever came to exist. These would be the humans that left the planet in
that version of Earth’s Project Exodus, and then stuff happens (probably very Xenosaga-esque in ways) and they eventually find a way around Eternal Recurrence somehow and make it into the next iteration of the universe, essentially becoming gods.
Actually, here, let me list it all out chronologically to make myself crystal clear on what I’m saying with this theory:
- The Earth is as it is in FR’s radio scene, before Klaus’s experiment. Some humans leave the planet via Project Exodus.
- The experiment happens, localized to the planet, and creates the worlds of Alrest and the Bioinis/Mechonis. Many thousands of years pass, and XC and XC2 happen.
- The two worlds begin to collide, so Origin is made to save everyone. XC3 happens. The two worlds are restored and merge to form a new planet.
- Eventually (likely many years later) this new planet ends up in a pocket dimension or otherwise sealed away somehow. It also seems to merge with some other worlds to some degree at some point, becoming Mira. These events may or may not be related to the humans who left via Project Exodus.
- At some point in the future, Eternal Recurrence is invoked, resetting the universe. Some of the humans who left the original Earth somehow find a way around Eternal Recurrence and into the newly reset universe, as does the planet Mira by way of it being sealed off from the universe.
- Those humans arrive at the dawn of the universe after the reset, becoming the Samaarians. In this version of the universe, Earth has a similar yet slightly different history, until it’s destroyed by an alien war. Some humans escape via this version of the universe’s Project Exodus on the White Whale. Mira eventually starts to pull things into wherever it resides outside of the universe, for some reason, including the White Whale. XCX happens.
It just all works out so well! It also explains how
Mira is the Samaarian’s original home world.