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 Topic: 1E + IAG deep dive |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 43633 |
 Forum: First Edition and IAG Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:40 pm Subject: Re: 1E + IAG deep dive |
| You're conflating two different characters. The Gold Squadron pilot in ANH is
What you say is true… from a certain point of view. It appears there was a retcon to that effect in 2000, after WEG lo ... |
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| Topic: 1E + IAG deep dive |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 43633 |
Forum: First Edition and IAG Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:44 pm Subject: Re: 1E + IAG deep dive |
| This is amazing, Falconer! I'm looking forward to your future posts!
I appreciate the response, Whill! Sorry there’s no ETA on the continuation of this project, but I do plan to continue it over ti ... |
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| Topic: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map |
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| Falconer Replies: 14 Views: 4996 |
Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:17 pm Subject: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map |
| I’m really inspired by this 1990 map. I may just make my own map like this, cataloguing all the planets from all the sources that inspire me, and throwing them up on a grid. Since most planets are j ... | |
| Topic: The galaxy |
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| Falconer Replies: 13 Views: 19659 |
Forum: Planets, Locations, Eras, and Settings Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:13 pm Subject: The galaxy |
| “My” Star Wars galaxy is Messier 32. Messier 32 is an old galaxy with stars relatively nearby each other, which I like because in some of the stories (ESB for one) it feels like the systems blend ... | |
| Topic: 1E + IAG deep dive |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 43633 |
Forum: First Edition and IAG Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 8:39 pm Subject: 1E + IAG deep dive |
| So you want to get into West End Games Star Wars, and you have sensibly obtained the two gateway products: the First Edition Rulebook and the Introductory Adventure Game Set. Step One, to demystify wh ... | |
| Topic: What's your Star Wars Universe? |
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| Falconer Replies: 288 Views: 307790 |
Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:31 pm Subject: Re: What's your Star Wars Universe? |
| Primary influences: Archie Goodwin, Brian Daley, and 1990s Timothy Zahn.
Secondary influences: Everything WEG and Bantam, plus the Essential Atlas. The Clone Wars ended 35 BBY as per A Guide to ... |
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| Topic: Galactic Coordinates |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 16497 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 11:49 am Subject: Galactic Coordinates |
| How do you envision using the X-Y coordinates in your game? Do you envision hyperspace as just traveling directly from point to point without the use of the hyperroutes in the Atlas.
I’m not really ... |
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| Topic: Obi-Wan Kenobi (D+ series, original speculation thread) |
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| Falconer Replies: 100 Views: 100059 |
Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:34 am Subject: Obi-Wan Kenobi (D+ series, original speculation thread) |
| IIRC, other than the premiere, it will be on Wednesday. | |
| Topic: TRoS, The Sequel Trilogy & The Skywalker Saga |
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| Falconer Replies: 149 Views: 242502 |
Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:36 pm Subject: TRoS, The Sequel Trilogy & The Skywalker Saga |
| The thing about Star Wars is... what are we gonna do? NOT watch it when it comes out?
Yes! I remember growing up in the 80s and 90s when Star Wars was a purely joyous thing to talk about (other than ... |
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| Topic: Galactic Coordinates |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 16497 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:31 pm Subject: Galactic Coordinates |
| I just… for all intents and purposes… handwave the Z-axis! Ignore it. I don’t think a single map in the entire Essential Atlas takes it into account. | |
| Topic: Galactic Coordinates |
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| Falconer Replies: 5 Views: 16497 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:25 pm Subject: Galactic Coordinates |
| Hey, guys—
The Essential Atlas has this interesting tidbit the introductory matter: GALACTIC COORDINATES Every star system in the known galaxy (and many more that have been imaged but not p ... |
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| Topic: Rank the 11 Star Wars films |
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| Falconer Replies: 56 Views: 103053 |
Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:27 am Subject: Rank the 11 Star Wars films |
| Here’s my ranking of my favorite stories:
1. Star Wars 2. Thrawn Trilogy 3. Empire + Jedi 4. Hand of Thrawn 5. Han Solo novels (Brian Daley) 6. Force Awakens 7. X-Wing novels (Aaron Allston ... |
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| Topic: WEG Star Wars D6 Editions |
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| Falconer Replies: 23 Views: 89443 |
Forum: Official Rules Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:57 pm Subject: WEG Star Wars D6 Editions |
| I’m the one who voted 1eRU. But I haven’t really incorporated all the Upgrade; just the Difficulty Numbers. | |
| Topic: The 1st Edition Rulebook and Sourcebook's Mystique |
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| Falconer Replies: 6 Views: 10627 |
Forum: First Edition and IAG Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:21 pm Subject: The 1st Edition Rulebook and Sourcebook's Mystique |
| I think a big part of it is the fact that it was done in 1987, and just how much ground they broke. They had to make sense of the OT and put it into RPG terms. They had to nail the feel of the OT whil ... | |
| Topic: WEG STAR WARS COLLECTION LIST |
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| Falconer Replies: 46 Views: 163853 |
Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:44 pm Subject: WEG STAR WARS COLLECTION LIST |
| Finally, in some supplements there is a read aloud section for players to read at the start of the first adventure. Do you ever use it? For me and my mates it seems a bit forced to tell players what t ... | |
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