George Lucas Should’ve Followed This 1994 STAR WARS Style Guide
West End Games had a Star Wars tabletop RPG from 1987 to 1999, and it’s one of the many things that fans had to immerse themselves in the Star Wars universe when no movies were being made. Over those years, West End regularly released supplements and expansions.
In 1994 West End released a writer’s guide for authors who were looking to write content for the RPG. Excerpts from that guide have been released by Pablo Hidalgo, who happens to be part of Lucasfilm’s story team.
The information found in this guide is great stuff, and there are things here that not only should George Lucas have followed when making the prequel trilogy, but that Lucasfilm should take note and follow in the upcoming films they are making. You can find several great gems from the book that were tweeted by Hidalgo below. Read them over and let us know what you think in the comments.
Here's a blast from the past (that is likely to cause @mercuryeric some night terrors) - my old WEG writers guide. pic.twitter.com/GVd3xTYKjz
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
"not everything or everyone should be from Tatooine" The struggle is real. pic.twitter.com/Lkoir5aPGg
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
I learned so much about writing Star Wars from this booklet. I'm still quoting this to writers. pic.twitter.com/5p2ScXsZ53
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
That last one. Lol. pic.twitter.com/FjYbNFwPBm
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
Oh, 1994 style guide, you so crazy. pic.twitter.com/8GY62JP2y2
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
This would have saved a lot of EU headaches has this rule been universal. pic.twitter.com/ojj4dprfoh
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
Here you go @admiraljello pic.twitter.com/MqdYo35pyn
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) March 1, 2016
via: The Verge