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Blackavaar
09.13.2012 , 11:22 AM | #91
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So are you saying we need to read books now in order to get into this game.........Really?
LOL..........unreal.
No, I'm just saying that the Star Wars universe is a lot bigger than just the movies.

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Blackavaar
09.13.2012 , 11:26 AM | #92
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There would be no Star Wars Universe or its creation without the movies.The movies kicked all that off.
There was no writing books on star wars until after the first movie came out.Then the writers started there history but only when Lucas approved it.
And so that all should be ignored? Go ahead and bury your head in the sand and pretend the books don't exist then. Like anyone cares.
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Kahotep
09.13.2012 , 11:29 AM | #93
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Maybe your friends need to try reading a book or two.
There's more to Star Wars than just the movies.

Maybe has friends have no interest in reading Star Wars books. I certainly don't. I've never read a Star Wars book in my life and I doubt I ever will.

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Quraswren
09.13.2012 , 11:30 AM | #94
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Maybe has friends have no interest in reading Star Wars books. I certainly don't. I've never read a Star Wars book in my life and I doubt I ever will.
Fair enough but do you stand your ground in thinking the movies are all there is as if nothing else happened and the stories stopped cause the movies did?

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AERHAE
09.13.2012 , 11:31 AM | #95
Quote: Originally Posted by Blackavaar View Post
No, I'm just saying that the Star Wars universe is a lot bigger than just the movies.

I agree,but again most people who play this game have not read the books.
And it is starting to sound like it may be a factor as to why people are leaving the game as well.
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Urael
09.13.2012 , 11:32 AM | #96
Quote: Originally Posted by AERHAE View Post
There would be no Star Wars Universe or its creation without the movies.The movies kicked all that off.
There was no writing books on star wars until after the first movie came out.Then the writers started there history but only when Lucas approved it.
Actually you are wrong. In 1977 when the the FIRST movie game out ( later titled Episode 4: A new Hope ) there were not books other than the novel based on the screen play. But, in 1978 the first book of the EU was released. That book was Spinter of the Mind's Eye. The EU was established long before The Empire Strikes back hit the movie screen.

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Quraswren
09.13.2012 , 11:38 AM | #97
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I agree,but again most people who play this game have not read the books.
I disagree with that. Id say most SWTOR gamers have been affected by the extended universe be it reading a book or simply playing other SW gamers.

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And it is starting to sound like it may be a factor as to why people are leaving the game as well.
Nah, its not the RPG element thats causing players to lose interest. It's a lack of end game FP's, PVP and operations. Sure you can stack a ton of mini-game like RPG elements that are not better than doing dailies but like SWG - that wont hold subscriptions to any great number.

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Kahotep
09.13.2012 , 11:38 AM | #98
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Fair enough but do you stand your ground in thinking the movies are all there is as if nothing else happened and the stories stopped cause the movies did?
I never said that (perhaps someone else did?). I will stand my ground in claiming that the vast majority of people are not what any of you would term "Star Wars fans" and could not give a rat's **** about the EU in any form. I bet if you asked a group of random teens to twenty somethings (the majority demographic for many MMO's) that many of them would say that this being Star Wars is actually a turn off rather than a draw.

If you then start calling people ignorant for being unaware of some books which, let's be honest, are probably not what anyone would actually call literature, then you are going to turn away many more potential players.

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AERHAE
09.13.2012 , 11:41 AM | #99
Quote: Originally Posted by Urael View Post
Actually you are wrong. In 1977 when the the FIRST movie game out ( later titled Episode 4: A new Hope ) there were not books other than the novel based on the screen play. But, in 1978 the first book of the EU was released. That book was Spinter of the Mind's Eye. The EU was established long before The Empire Strikes back hit the movie screen.
No Im not
EU was based off of the original script for the First Movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...anded_Universe
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Quraswren
09.13.2012 , 11:42 AM | #100
Quote: Originally Posted by Kahotep View Post
I never said that (perhaps someone else did?). I will stand my ground in claiming that the vast majority of people are not what any of you would term "Star Wars fans" and could not give a rat's **** about the EU in any form. I bet if you asked a group of random teens to twenty somethings (the majority demographic for many MMO's) that many of them would say that this being Star Wars is actually a turn off rather than a draw.

If you then start calling people ignorant for being unaware of some books which, let's be honest, are probably not what anyone would actually call literature, then you are going to turn away many more potential players.
Doesn't have to be the AU from a book. Plenty of AU just from video games and I really don't want to get into a debate about whats literature and whats not so I'll let that one go.
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