Star Wars d20 is dead

[Darrin Drader]

I would really love to give more information than I already have, but since I do still work directly with them in a freelance capacity, I really shouldn't. My best recommendation would be to email WotC custserv and ask what the story is. It will be interesting to see if they're still using the clip I wrote for them on that subject a year ago.

Oh, and keep your eye on the website. It's a great source of new material.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

It will be interesting to see if they're still using the clip I wrote for them on that subject a year ago.

I think it would frustrate me to no end if I found out they were... :\

 

[Odhanan]

Thanks for your insight on the question in any case, Whisperfoot.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I understand Darrin, I appreciate you showing up in the thread. That way I know someone that has close ties with WotC knows how the fans are feeling.

As for that email, sending it as soon as I get done with this post.

Kane

 

[Darrin Drader]

Believe me, WotC knows. The brand managers are actually very much in touch with what is going on in the community, and they do their best to make the fans happy in whatever ways that they are able.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I just finished sending off an email to WotC customer service.

BTW, there's a new update on the WotC SW site with stats for the heroes of RotS.

Kane

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

and they do their best to make the fans happy in whatever ways that they are able.

Well in regards to the Star Wards d20 community I think their “best” are pretty much completely lacking. (We've been having these threads for what seems like six months now...)

 

[Kanegrundar]

BTW as well, when I filled out their little email form, the SW RPG wasn't on the list. I'm not pointing to that as any sort of proof since they still update the website, though. I just want to hear what they have to say.

Kane

 

[wingsandsword]

Believe me, WotC knows. The brand managers are actually very much in touch with what is going on in the community, and they do their best to make the fans happy in whatever ways that they are able.

Appreciated. The web updates are nice, and certainly enough for most of us to hold out hope for something more and know that if they wanted the line dead, they wouldn't be producing those (and paying people like GM Sarli to write them).

I think most of the fans have concluded that whatever problem is keeping the books grounded is more of a licensing technicalities issue or a corporate profits issue, and more likely the former.

Well, we'll hold out hope. I endured the dark times between d6 and d20 when there was no SWRPG, no company had the license, and all we had were vague rumors that WotC was interested in buying the license (and rumors implying it would be an Alternity setting, since Alternity was their Sci-Fi system at the time).

Having a company actually hold the license, and produce regular new materials on their website, as well as occasional bits of gaming material as part of a related minis line is far better than the worst that Star Wars RPG's have been through, far from the best though (I'd call the Hero's Guide the peak, that book was sweet, and produced at probably the zenith of the SWRPG's popularity and production).

We'll wait, grumble, complain, keep playing, keep homebrewing stats and rules when there are gaps, and wait and hope for more books in the future. Star Wars is probably the most lucrative license in RPG's, you don't leave a gold mine untapped forever, after all.

 

[Colonelpuddinhead]

I love how misinformation and speculation are distributed as fact on the internet.

There was no misinformation offered, merely my observations. If you "love" the speculation so much, yet poke your head from behind the curtain to tell us "hush hush", then end the speculation. I actually like the speculation and would like to continue reading it, until light is shed on the actual facts.

I can say that most of the "facts" I've seen in this thread, in terms of the license and the popularity of d6 vs. d20, are either wildly inaccurate or outright false.

Wow... thats quite the bold statement. No one here has offered their speculation as "fact", and have not claimed to know whats really going on (except you). I seriously doubt you know every d6 and d20 player and can atest absolutely to the popularity of one or the other. No one can.

You can go back to your pandering now...