tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post5153372300265856261..comments2024-03-29T03:32:03.363-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: The Problem with Star Wars...JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-64395585361631167002011-10-24T01:51:15.071-07:002011-10-24T01:51:15.071-07:00The easiest and most complete (from a gaming stand...The easiest and most complete (from a gaming standpoint) Star Wars reference is to be found in the d6 1e Star Wars rpg, plus the Star Wars sourcebook. These two cover all the essential themes of the setting, giving an overall view without entering the details of the films.Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258180992723371727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-48447684155341961502011-10-23T01:54:26.338-07:002011-10-23T01:54:26.338-07:00This version of the scripts includes extensive ann...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Screenplays-Laurent-Bouzereau/dp/0345409817/" rel="nofollow">This version</a> of the scripts includes extensive annotations explaining the original script treatments and drafts. However, <i>The Secret History of Star Wars</i> has a much more complete version of those notes.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-35603801789403885922011-10-23T00:31:33.089-07:002011-10-23T00:31:33.089-07:00After reading your post I had another look at the ...After reading your post I had another look at the d6 Star Wars role-playing game. It's surprising how little explanation of the setting there is in the rule book. It's more like it assumes you know the setting, then tells you how to turn that into rules (for example "here are the stats for an Ewok").anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-17058949930336661862011-10-22T15:09:22.479-07:002011-10-22T15:09:22.479-07:00I highly recommend anyone interested in this topic...I highly recommend anyone interested in this topic to check out <a href="http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/" rel="nofollow">The Secret History of Star Wars</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-8431996144145582072011-10-22T12:27:32.102-07:002011-10-22T12:27:32.102-07:00So, in other words, SW is original D&D, ESB is...So, in other words, SW is original D&D, ESB is B/X, ROTJ is 1e/2e, and the prequels are 4e? :)Anthony N. Emmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017952532295866111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-45713783976860012762011-10-22T12:10:01.225-07:002011-10-22T12:10:01.225-07:00@ Desert Scribe: Yes, I was aware of that. That be...@ Desert Scribe: Yes, I was aware of that. That being said, it is still...um..."undiluted" by the material that came thereafter (and originally, my understanding is that Foster's "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was supposed to be the sequel to the original film).<br /><br />@ Kelvin: I've still been meaning to pick up that book, "The Secret History of Star Wars," but just haven't had a chance yet. The family life has been pretty busy of late.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-32271336421665202292011-10-22T11:52:20.654-07:002011-10-22T11:52:20.654-07:00Just before the prequels came out SFX magazine did...Just before the prequels came out <i>SFX</i> magazine did quite an in-depth examination of pre-<i>Star Wars</i> <i>Star Wars</i>, with all the Starkiller stuff. Good luck finding that one though!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-17189533108753902082011-10-22T11:48:28.120-07:002011-10-22T11:48:28.120-07:00Once I read about this dude, Leland Chee, whose jo...Once I read about this dude, Leland Chee, whose job it is to keep track of the "levels" of Star Wars canon. These levels of canon are divided out and ordered from most canonical to least canonical. I'd try to explain it in further detail, but I'm pretty sure it would cause me to have a brain aneurysm, and I don't want to die face down on my keyboard. <br /><br />Looking forward to your further B/X work.DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-64289811242152937002011-10-22T11:07:27.345-07:002011-10-22T11:07:27.345-07:00When you're a child, the massive plot holes an...When you're a child, the massive plot holes and lack of continuity doesn't stand out to you at all. All you see is are the cool spaceships and lightsaber fights and wonder how long before Kenner puts out an action figure of that particular character. Thirty years later; however, you start to notice that things don't add up.<br /><br />IMHO, the entire Star Wars saga jumped the Sarlacc Pit with those famous words "No Luke, I am your father." It was all down hill from there: the second Death Star, teddy bears defeating Stormtroopers with clubs and arrows, Liea is really Luke's long lost twin sister... All culminating in the abomination that was the Prequel trilogy: Anniken as a boring 9-year-old wunderkind, celibate Jedi, Yoda bouncing around with a lightsaber, midichlorians, Padame dying in childbirth because she "lost the will to live," and the intellect-insulting horror that was Jar Jar Binks.Mark Sieferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409314388156575545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-60637488378707082292011-10-22T10:49:02.486-07:002011-10-22T10:49:02.486-07:00Interestingly, Lucas didn't actually write the...Interestingly, Lucas didn't actually write the <i>Star Wars</i> book; SF novelist Alan Dean Foster ghost wrote it from Lucas's script.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_SkywalkerDesert Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862907749003106864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-86026817724503417212011-10-22T10:24:43.627-07:002011-10-22T10:24:43.627-07:00I'm certain there are at least samples or exce...I'm certain there are at least samples or excerpts of Lucas' developement notes somewhere. Just can't think of where I have seen them right now. Maybe Star Wars Galaxy magazine?<br />Details probably got a little confused from the very first movie. The way I understand it, Lucas wanted to do a series, at least a trilogy, but wasn't sure if there would be sequels at all.<br />So some stuff, like the death star, got shoehorned in that one episode.<br />I could be wrong, but I could swear I read that somewhere.<br />And then there are the ideas from the Marvel comics and the later explosion of the expanded universe that have to be dealt with.Timothy Paul Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279725399542404987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-41370669730502444462011-10-22T09:50:37.384-07:002011-10-22T09:50:37.384-07:00One of my back-back-back-burner projects is a Star...One of my back-back-back-burner projects is a <i>Star Wars</i> campaign that only takes the original film as canon, and goes from there. One day!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-79400869976869848922011-10-22T09:33:18.011-07:002011-10-22T09:33:18.011-07:00Star Wars is the only part that was written/filmed...<i>Star Wars</i> is the only part that was written/filmed on it's own merits. Everything else was written as a <b>part</b> of something else. In other words, <i>Star Wars</i> is pure; everything else has ulterior motives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-35858735399359465962011-10-22T09:28:31.392-07:002011-10-22T09:28:31.392-07:00I'm excited to see where this post is going in...I'm excited to see where this post is going in relation to the "promise" which is B/X.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494391031541363595noreply@blogger.com