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apologies for the god awful thread title

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/16/dont-underestimate-the-force/


"Don't underestimate the Force."
–Darth Vader

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of the Star Wars™: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition!

First published in 1987 by West End Games, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game arrived at a time when the future of the Star Wars galaxy was uncertain. The original trilogy had been completed. There were no plans for additional films. It was as if a hundred million voices had cheered at the Rebellion's triumph and then suddenly went silent…

But the Star Wars galaxy is too vibrant, too dynamic, and too full of adventure to simply fade away. Even after the Jedi had returned, the Empire had been toppled, and the original trilogy had been completed, the galaxy begged for further exploration.

This was where Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game came in. With its award-winning ruleset, its focus on operatic space adventures, and the many starships, vehicles, droids, creatures, and aliens detailed in its sourcebook, West End Games didn't just allow Star Wars fans to continue pursuing the ways of the Force, it left an enduring impression upon the galaxy itself.

Now, forty years after the debut of A New Hope and thirty years after its first printing, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game makes its return as a limited edition set of two lovingly recreated, hardcover books, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and The Star Wars™ Sourcebook!

Relics of an Earlier Age

"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic."
–Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition faithfully recreates Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and The Star Wars Sourcebook as high-quality, hardbound tomes that feature all the original game rules, information, and graphic design. These are printed on higher quality paper than the original versions and shrinkwrapped together in a stylized slipcase that features the original cover art on a clean black background.

Every bit as playable now as it was in 1987, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game offers fast d6-based action along with unique takes on the ideas of roleplaying, designing adventures, running adventures, and the nature of the Force. The rulebook also introduces a full-length adventure, "Rebel Breakout," and The Star Wars Sourcebook provides you with a wealth of information that you could use to populate additional adventures, including detailed descriptions of starfighters, capital ships, droids, aliens, blasters, lightsabers, and combat vehicles like the AT-AT and AT-ST.

Notably, these books and their contents did more than inspire countless gamers at their tables; they helped shape the Star Wars galaxy itself.

Elements from The Star Wars Sourcebook have since become Star Wars canon, such as the names of the alien races, Twi'lek, Rodian, and Quarren. Timothy Zahn was given the books as reference when he was developing Grand Admiral Thrawn and his Thrawn trilogy. And the rulebook's chapter on "Designing Adventures" so clearly and effectively deconstructed the particular nature of space opera to which Star Wars belongs that Pablo Hidalgo cites it as inspiration for the writers' bible he developed for the Lucasfilm Story Group.

This critical tie between Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and our current apprecation of everything Star Wars is brought to life in the foreword Pablo Hidalgo wrote for the 30th Anniversary Edition, and it's one of the few changes between this edition and the original. You'll also find a few updated photos, pieces of concept art, and advertisements, but they're all carefully designed to match the book's original style, including its alternating use of black-and-white and full color.

The Game that Grew the Galaxy

"Kid, I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff."
–Han Solo

Forty years after A New Hope, the Force and the Star Wars galaxy are more powerful and resonant than ever before. They permeate all walks of life by way of movies, television shows, comic books, novels, games, and licensed merchandise. They bind us together.

West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game is a significant part of the wider Star Wars legacy, and Fantasy Flight Games is proud to present this limited, commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition!

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition (SWW01) is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2017. Pre-order your copy from your lcoal retailer today or from FFG here. Then find more information on the game's description page!




...ahh.. the memories....

Was hugely influential with regards to keeping the torch lit, so to speak,

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WEG SWRPG was pretty fun back in the day. Very neat that FFG is reprinting it, albeit the "limited edition" portion puts me off as I am not interested in preordering from FFG direct - paying retail plus FFG shipping for a product I essentially already own? Nah, no thanks. I see it says preorder from local retailer as well, so I wonder if that will include MM and CSI?


   
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I regret ever selling my copies...but I don't know if I could go and buy it again. I could never get a group together for it and already lug around a lot of books as it is.

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I still have my copies and bought a second set for my brother. We tried a lot of RPGs in our youths, but this one was always the gold standard.

   
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Is this 1st edition or 2nd edition? Because it looks like the cover art for 1st edition. I'd be... less excited... for a reprint of 1st edition than I would be for a reprint of 2nd edition. My 2nd edition book is falling apart (technically it has been falling apart since 1995) and I could use another, especially considering I run the game every Tuesday night.

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Some pics are up on BOLS. While this was never my personal cup of tea (although I owned several of the books), I'm glad fans of the classic rules system can get it again.

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I did not understand.
But re-release the West End Games version ....
Changing the rules from the old and dear d6 version to that of the symbolic dice :-) FFG?!?!
   
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Hmm, where do you see that they changed the dice?

It's still d6 based from what I can tell.
   
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MN (Currently in WY)

I still own and use this book. Solid enough system for space opera.

A new release of WEGs Star Wars Miniature Battles would be much apprecaited too.

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