Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9112210" data-attributes="member: 6779310">I've got to go with Alien, but really only for the cinematic adventures. FFG Star Wars second.Why not WEG? WEG Star Wars, at time of release, was a mediocre adaptation, and a great game. 7 hours of film, 20 of TV, and none of the TV considered canonical by LFL. So, since there wasn't enough, they went and grabbed the licensed Novels (The Han&nbsp; and Lando trilogies). But not the Marvel comics, nor the daily strips.&nbsp; WEG created a setting based off of hyper-extrapolation and filling in the gaps. They're just lucky that George Lucas gave them the leeway which revitalized the fandom. Lucasfilm staff have been quoted as seeing the game's relationship as symbiotic with the rest of the EU. Lucas himself? I've not seen any comments one way or the other, but his commentary on the revised DVDs noted that there was a resurgence of the fandom, and he had the time and money to bring his vision forward... but that vision seems to have been very much influenced by the toys, the games, and especially the RPG.Plus, I honestly prefer the mechanics of FFG's version. (And I think the breaking up of FFG by Asmodee was a jerk-move from hell. Anti-Fan, and bad for all the involved IPs.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9112210, member: 6779310"] I've got to go with Alien, but really only for the cinematic adventures. FFG Star Wars second. Why not WEG? WEG Star Wars, at time of release, was a mediocre [U]adaptation[/U], and a great game. 7 hours of film, 20 of TV, and none of the TV considered canonical by LFL. So, since there wasn't enough, they went and grabbed the licensed Novels (The Han and Lando trilogies). But not the Marvel comics, nor the daily strips. WEG created a setting based off of hyper-extrapolation and filling in the gaps. They're just lucky that George Lucas gave them the leeway which revitalized the fandom. Lucasfilm staff have been quoted as seeing the game's relationship as symbiotic with the rest of the EU. Lucas himself? I've not seen any comments one way or the other, but his commentary on the revised DVDs noted that there was a resurgence of the fandom, and he had the time and money to bring his vision forward... but that vision seems to have been very much influenced by the toys, the games, and especially the RPG. Plus, I honestly prefer the mechanics of FFG's version. (And I think the breaking up of FFG by Asmodee was a jerk-move from hell. Anti-Fan, and bad for all the involved IPs.) [/QUOTE]

Verification