Comments on: Take 5, Star Wars

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:17:49 +0000

This is somewhat off-topic, but the thing I liked the best about the WEG Star Wars system was the use of Force Points and Dark Side points. It was a great carrot and stick system for the GM to corral the players into behaving like the good guys that they were supposed to be.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:38:45 +0000

Star Wars is still everywhere and most of what passes for it is just crap (starting with the dreadful sequels).
I read this as a critique of WotC (amongst others) work. I apologize if this was not your intent.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:20:30 +0000

The post was not about what WotC did, so I don't see how it devalues anything.

What a break does is give people a rest from an overexposed property. If there's nothing for a few years, interest will be higher when it comes back.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:25:13 +0000

I think you unfairly devalue the work of the Star Wars RPG team at WotC with this post. Also the Clone Wars TV show is worth watching as well.

I just don't buy the idea that five years of nothing does anything. A fresh take on a stale franchise seems a far more compelling reason and that can happened at anytime. No one stopped publishing Batman comics for Christopher Nolan to find his take on Batman and the huge gap between Superman films wasn't enough to tell Bryan Singer to avoid continuing the story from Superman II.

Finally I still think there's a place in the RPG market for a Star Wars/Star Trek/Mass Effect RPG and until someone steps up to the other two I'll be interested in anybody who produces the Star Wars RPG.