Cut WEG Sourcebooks

[cheshire]

We would probably have to look even farther. At this point we do not know who owns the stories. They may have been sold to WEG, WotC, Lucasfilm, or they may remain the property of the authors. The latter is the most likely. In that case, any one of the stories' authors could come after you as well.

The "lost" adventure journals are just too legally dangerous to touch.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Darth Ebriate]

*lovingly strokes his framed piece of original Joe Corroney artwork from AJ #16*

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[Whill]

[cheshire]

When I was doing writing for a magazine, I retained certain rights the material that I wrote. Generally authors retain the right to grant or deny permission to reprint an article in a different publication, particularly one that is not owned by the original editor or publisher.

Unless the authors signed a contract with WEG signing over their rights, then I would expect it to be the same.

Ergo, I'm really hesitant to touch these.
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Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind.

[Whill]

I understand, accept, and don't doubt your experience with magazines, and in general. But have you ever written an article for an official Lucasfilm publication? Lucas maintains a tight grip on everything published with the Star Wars name on it. Lucas even goes as far as owning the rights to the terms "lightsaber" and "droid" for example. Look it up if you don't believe me. Trust me, the only Star Wars material that WEG still owns the rights to is the text purely describing game mechanics. So authors that were hired by WEG to write Star Wars material also signed over the rights, like WEG did in their license with Lucasfilm.

This was also confirmed by Eric Gibson, the current owner of WEG, who knows a little bit about the history of the business.

And of course, this is reason enough not to mess around with Star Wars stuff. Lucas doesn't play around with stuff he owns the rights to. I think we are lucky to even be able to have this wonderful (non-profit) Star Wars website, so I don't begrudge Lucas at all for his ownership. It's his backyard and I'm very happy he let's me play in it.
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[Red 331]

It still would be interesting to try and get Lucasfilm's direct and official take on the unreleased SWAJ material. Perhaps if they received enough requests, they might publish some or all of it via their online Hyperspace site, as they have in some cases, or they might prompt WotC to incorporate it into their D20 materials.

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