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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 6040263" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>Well, look at it like this.</p><p></p><p>In 1991, when Heir to the Empire came out, it had been 8 years since the last Star Wars movie. You couldn't go into a toy store and buy Star Wars action figures, you couldn't go into a comic store and buy Star Wars comics. The only Star Wars novels out there were a decade old. The last video game had been an NES game that just came out based on A New Hope, and before that you had to back to a RotJ arcade game from '83, and games that branched out from the plot of the 3 movies was unthinkable. There was the RPG< but that was a niche product that the vast majority of consumers didn't even know existed. There had been a couple of TV movies and a short-lived cartoon series right after the last movie, but there hadn't been anything new in years.</p><p></p><p>Heck, I was born in '78 and was 5 when Jedi was in theaters, and my parents didn't take me to it because I was too young. I grew up with Star Wars on VHS. I watched the films circa '87, then immediately wanted to go out and get Star Wars stuff. . .and found I couldn't. No toys, no games, no comics. I remember making a lightsaber out of a piece of plumbing pipe, a dowel rod and some blue spray paint because you couldn't go out and buy a toy lightsaber. If you discovered Star Wars in the late '80's, you would find slim pickings.</p><p></p><p>Heir to the Empire came out, it hit #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. People who hadn't thought about Star Wars in years were now reading the further adventures of Luke Skywalker, and reading about new heroes and new villains. They wanted more. For the first time in years, there was strong public interest in more Star Wars. Evergreen media "franchises" weren't quite as common 20 years ago, a spin-off novel from an 8 year old movie being a runaway bestseller? That was a game changer.</p><p></p><p>It's 2012, the last Star Wars movie was 7 years ago, almost as far back as Jedi was when HttE came out. I can go into a toy store and buy loads of Star Wars toys, I can buy Star Wars comics, new Star Wars novels come out every couple of months, there is an ongoing animated Star Wars TV series, and an MMORPG. Star Wars is now a big media "franchise", it wasn't that in 1991.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 6040263, member: 14159"] Well, look at it like this. In 1991, when Heir to the Empire came out, it had been 8 years since the last Star Wars movie. You couldn't go into a toy store and buy Star Wars action figures, you couldn't go into a comic store and buy Star Wars comics. The only Star Wars novels out there were a decade old. The last video game had been an NES game that just came out based on A New Hope, and before that you had to back to a RotJ arcade game from '83, and games that branched out from the plot of the 3 movies was unthinkable. There was the RPG< but that was a niche product that the vast majority of consumers didn't even know existed. There had been a couple of TV movies and a short-lived cartoon series right after the last movie, but there hadn't been anything new in years. Heck, I was born in '78 and was 5 when Jedi was in theaters, and my parents didn't take me to it because I was too young. I grew up with Star Wars on VHS. I watched the films circa '87, then immediately wanted to go out and get Star Wars stuff. . .and found I couldn't. No toys, no games, no comics. I remember making a lightsaber out of a piece of plumbing pipe, a dowel rod and some blue spray paint because you couldn't go out and buy a toy lightsaber. If you discovered Star Wars in the late '80's, you would find slim pickings. Heir to the Empire came out, it hit #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. People who hadn't thought about Star Wars in years were now reading the further adventures of Luke Skywalker, and reading about new heroes and new villains. They wanted more. For the first time in years, there was strong public interest in more Star Wars. Evergreen media "franchises" weren't quite as common 20 years ago, a spin-off novel from an 8 year old movie being a runaway bestseller? That was a game changer. It's 2012, the last Star Wars movie was 7 years ago, almost as far back as Jedi was when HttE came out. I can go into a toy store and buy loads of Star Wars toys, I can buy Star Wars comics, new Star Wars novels come out every couple of months, there is an ongoing animated Star Wars TV series, and an MMORPG. Star Wars is now a big media "franchise", it wasn't that in 1991. [/QUOTE]
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