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<blockquote data-quote="mserabian" data-source="post: 7774797" data-attributes="member: 32539"><p>Actually 1987 was a low point in the Star Wars franchise. </p><p></p><p>Return of the Jedi was in theaters in 1983.</p><p>Star Wars was rereleased on VHS in 1985.</p><p>Star Wars would not be in the theaters again until 1997 with the Special Editions.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The Marvel Star Wars comic was canceled in 1986 due to low sales. There were no new comics until Dark Horse Comics started publishing them until 1991.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The last Star Was novel was 1983's, </span>Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. <span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The Star Wars novels from Bantam which created the expanded universe did not begin publishing until 1991. </span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span>Toys manufacturing had been stopped as well. Quote from wikipedia: "<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">By mid-1985, the demand for </span><em>Star Wars</em><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> merchandise had slowed and Kenner discontinued production of its action figures." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">So Star Wars merchandising and penetration was at its lowest point ever when West End took a chance with publishing the RPG.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mserabian, post: 7774797, member: 32539"] Actually 1987 was a low point in the Star Wars franchise. Return of the Jedi was in theaters in 1983. Star Wars was rereleased on VHS in 1985. Star Wars would not be in the theaters again until 1997 with the Special Editions. [FONT=sans-serif]The Marvel Star Wars comic was canceled in 1986 due to low sales. There were no new comics until Dark Horse Comics started publishing them until 1991. The last Star Was novel was 1983's, [/FONT]Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. [FONT=sans-serif]The Star Wars novels from Bantam which created the expanded universe did not begin publishing until 1991. [/FONT][FONT=sans-serif] [/FONT]Toys manufacturing had been stopped as well. Quote from wikipedia: "[FONT=sans-serif]By mid-1985, the demand for [/FONT][I]Star Wars[/I][FONT=sans-serif] merchandise had slowed and Kenner discontinued production of its action figures." So Star Wars merchandising and penetration was at its lowest point ever when West End took a chance with publishing the RPG. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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