For me personally, the moving license is an issue.
I got really into the WEG SW RPG, and I have a nice collections of books. I was just starting to think about getting into d20 SW when they switched it to the "Saga edition", which changed the game. Then, 3 short years later, Saga edition was cancelled. Three years later, the FFG version came out. Then Lucasfilm got sold to Disney, and I assumed that Disney would pull the license.
Maybe the FFG version could be considered relatively "safe" now, but it's hard for me to have faith in any IP that's moved around so much. At this point I feel like collecting old WEG stuff would be a better long term investment.
Edit: typo
I got really into the WEG SW RPG, and I have a nice collections of books. I was just starting to think about getting into d20 SW when they switched it to the "Saga edition", which changed the game. Then, 3 short years later, Saga edition was cancelled. Three years later, the FFG version came out. Then Lucasfilm got sold to Disney, and I assumed that Disney would pull the license.
Maybe the FFG version could be considered relatively "safe" now, but it's hard for me to have faith in any IP that's moved around so much. At this point I feel like collecting old WEG stuff would be a better long term investment.
Edit: typo
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