How I'd fix Star Wars

[niklinna]

I would fix Star Wars by erasing it from existence. Alec Guinness was right.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I would fix Star Wars by erasing it from existence. Alec Guinness was right.

Well that would be sad. A lot of my childhood joy of learning about the effects, world building, and creation process of Star Wars would be lost.

In what way do you think this would fix it?

 

[Ryujin]

Erasing pseudoscience from The Force and letting it just be Space Magic™ would be my place to start.

 

[niklinna]

Well that would be sad. A lot of my childhood joy of learning about the effects, world building, and creation process of Star Wars would be lost.

In what way do you think this would fix it?

Well, this is a flip side of the picture. We each have our own perspective on things, and Star Wars is, by now, many things to have perspectives on. I suppose on examination that the premise of the thread, that Star Wars needs fixing in some way, prompted my extreme response.

 

[MGibster]

I'm fine with Star Wars if they make a break from the past. The Jedi are done. Whatever force users there are in the future are something different from Jedi. The "New" Republic has broken up and the galaxy is divided into many different confederations. Let's not retread what's already been done.

 

[Vael]

I'm not entirely sure Star Wars needs fixing ... aside from I'd like to use the Death Star Superlaser on the more toxic elements of the fandom. And I'd like to let a diverser group of creators into making more Star Wars. But while I was ready to just let go of Star Wars and walk away, Andor came out, which IMNSHO might be one of the best TV sci-fi shows ever made. I remain a fan of what TLJ was trying to do, and while there's ... issues with The Mandalorian, especially as it has progressed, it's still a solid addition to Star Wars canon.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I doubt Disney to be very happy with the RPG published by Edge Studio. WotC should recover the licence and publish a new d20 RPG. I would bet they would make a better work. And here we shouldn't worry about the canon timeline because that would be our choice. Fandom creating fanfiction about alternate timelines and crossovers with other franchises could help to keep alive the IP.

 

[Zardnaar]

I doubt Disney to be very happy with the RPG published by Edge Studio. WotC should recover the licence and publish a new d20 RPG. I would bet they would make a better work. And here we shouldn't worry about the canon timeline because that would be our choice. Fandom creating fanfiction about alternate timelines and crossovers with other franchises could help to keep alive the IP.

WotC didn't do a good job last time round with Star Wars and iirc there was litigation over what they were doing.

So yeah o don't think WorC will make a SWRPG and the ones they did make 2/3 weren't very good.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

You may be right because now Disney now wants to publish its own TTRPG, and Marvel Superheroes is the first example. This is a relative handicap because they haven't many experiencie in this field. They have got a lot of lore/background/fluff, but the "crunch", the powers and gadgets are a different thing. I wouldn't be too surprised if players would rather to use the rules of Paizo's Starfinder to be mixed with the lore of SW.

Somebody says in the 80's the franchise was dead but the RPG by West End Games saved the IP.

 

[Zardnaar]

You may be right because now Disney now wants to publish its own TTRPG, and Marvel Superheroes is the first example. This is a relative handicap because they haven't many experiencie in this field. They have got a lot of lore/background/fluff, but the "crunch", the powers and gadgets are a different thing. I wouldn't be too surprised if players would rather to use the rules of Paizo's Starfinder to be mixed with the lore of SW.

Somebody says in the 80's the franchise was dead but the RPG by West End Games saved the IP.

Heir to the Empire saved the franchise. The RPG books were an influence though as they gave some to Zahn as source material.