QuoteWhere would I go to read more about the original/early drafts of Star Wars?  I've read Skywalking and some other bios of Lucas, that include quite a bit of evolving storyline info, but not the scripts themselves.  Is there a good definitive reference for the scripts, similar to say, the Babylon 5 scripts series by J. Michael Straczyinski?

Allan.

The best source is The Star Wars comic miniseries, which adapts an early draft to comic book format.

Quote from: Ulairi;989507The Willow universe. The movie + the novels that came out in the 90's were all really good.

There was a Willow Sourcebook contemporaneous with the film, but I believe it's absurdly expensive nowadays.

Quote from: Dumarest;989563Something utterly insane like...
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So many gonzo ideas in this movie...

You'd have to play it straight for it to be hilarious and fun.

Got this on bluray! Love it. Plan 9 is also a good call.

Another, though, I'm not sure if it is obscure, would be Alan Moore's 1963:

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It's basically Silver Age Marvel without any baggage.

Quote from: Voros;989881Got this on bluray! Love it. Plan 9 is also a good call.

I discovered it one day back when there used to be independent video rental stores here and there...there was a hole-in-the-wall place near my high school that had lots of old and relatively unknown movies on its shelves, probably because it couldn't compete with Blockbuster when it came to new releases, but that's why we went there. My friends and I would rent movies based solely on their box covers and how gonzo they looked, and especially if they appeared to be foreign or low-budget attempts to cash in on a fad. So Star Crash quickly became a favorite. How can you beat a very poor man's Italian Star Wars knock-ff with an international cast with Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, a goony-looking blond German (?) with an Afro, and a robot with a Texan accent? Actually you could easily play this with West End Games Star Wars with minor modifications.

Good idea to use WEG. I remember I kept asking myself why the robot talked like a Texas ranger and then realized it was equally stupid that C3PO talked like a gay English butler.

Quote from: Tetsubo;989171There was magic in the Amtrak Wars? I read several of those books and don't remember magic at all...

Clearwater is a summoner and within the first 50 pages of book 1 she summons a tornado to save Cadillac from being killed in a knife fight by Shakatak.

"Roadmarks" by Roger Zelazny would make a great setting or campaign background for game sessions using either GURPS or "Savage Worlds".

Its a Highway that lets you travel to any time or place - you just have to find the secret on-ramps to find it.

Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadmarks

- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;990751"Roadmarks" by Roger Zelazny would make a great setting or campaign background for game sessions using either GURPS or "Savage Worlds".

Its a Highway that lets you travel to any time or place - you just have to find the secret on-ramps to find it.

Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadmarks

- Ed C.

Yes, that would be cool.

Battlestar Galactica; the original series.

The War of Powers by Robert E Vardeman and Victor Milan (<Wikipedia link>).

First published in 1980, these may be the first books to feature a character wielding dual scimitars (however, said character is actually interesting). It's otherwise a classic high fantasy world with lots of magic, lots of history, a flying city, and a living glacier. Oh, and a sense of humour. There's a lot for a DM to work with here.

I was fortunate to find secondhand copies about 15 years ago; it's a shame that these books have never been republished.

Quote from: jeff37923;985556That is no joke, I know too many older science fiction fans (myself included) who would love to see the setting licensed for Traveller/Cepheus Engine.

Yes please this would be an immediate buy on my list.

Quote from: RPGPundit;991416Battlestar Galactica; the original series.

I wouldn't object to this.

Of course, it's not all that obscure.

Quote from: RPGPundit;992179Of course, it's not all that obscure.

Half the titles mentioned haven't really been, so why not? I call dibs on playing Starbuck in the true Dirk Benedict style.