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<blockquote data-quote="Markn" data-source="post: 5203374" data-attributes="member: 21827"><p>I agree with you on all of this except when you factor in that the license is currently owned by WotC. As Mathew L. Martin points out, Star Wars has diminished returns after the first few main books are put out and the numbers likely aren't big enough for corporate shareholders to be invested in retaining the license.</p><p></p><p>In my own experience, I have played Star Wars since the d6 days when it was owned by WEG and I am aware that a lot of the original EU stuff was based on the WEG Star Wars RPG material - whcih I think speaks to the strength of WEG back in the day. I am a hard core Star Wars fan and don't require anything beyond the original 3 movies to keep me interested in playing (Star Wars IV is easily my most watched movie - I am certain I have seen it over 100 times and can recite it word for word). However, the interest in playing a Star Wars RPG by players joining my RPG group over the years has waxed and waned in time with major releases by George Lucas - with the movies having the largest effect. I've spoken to local stores and they echo the same thing - with the release of the prequals they saw a big boost in sales. The further removed from the date of the last movie the sharper the decrease in sales - both in core Star Wars producs as well as recently released supplements.</p><p></p><p>I'm not claiming this is the only reason for WotC dropping the license but I believe it is one of the largest contributing factors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Markn, post: 5203374, member: 21827"] I agree with you on all of this except when you factor in that the license is currently owned by WotC. As Mathew L. Martin points out, Star Wars has diminished returns after the first few main books are put out and the numbers likely aren't big enough for corporate shareholders to be invested in retaining the license. In my own experience, I have played Star Wars since the d6 days when it was owned by WEG and I am aware that a lot of the original EU stuff was based on the WEG Star Wars RPG material - whcih I think speaks to the strength of WEG back in the day. I am a hard core Star Wars fan and don't require anything beyond the original 3 movies to keep me interested in playing (Star Wars IV is easily my most watched movie - I am certain I have seen it over 100 times and can recite it word for word). However, the interest in playing a Star Wars RPG by players joining my RPG group over the years has waxed and waned in time with major releases by George Lucas - with the movies having the largest effect. I've spoken to local stores and they echo the same thing - with the release of the prequals they saw a big boost in sales. The further removed from the date of the last movie the sharper the decrease in sales - both in core Star Wars producs as well as recently released supplements. I'm not claiming this is the only reason for WotC dropping the license but I believe it is one of the largest contributing factors. [/QUOTE]
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