"The latest film doesn't fail to disappoint". I'd like to nominate you for an award in the category "Best Use of a Triple Negative". Good work! :)

The accents aren't really divided by Rebels and Imperials. In SW, the American accent is how lower classes typically speak. The British accent is how the educated and upper classes speak. If you watch more carefully, you'll see that Stormtroopers recruited from commoners, for example, sound like Americans while the Imperial officers come from the upper classes. Meanwhile, some of the Senators, defectors, Jedi (like Ob-Wan), and other nobles on the Rebel side speak with British accents. Princess Leia was a 'princess of the people' and naturally tended to speak with the American sounding accent, but she would fake an upper class (British) accent when doing her duties as a noble or around other upper class people. Also, wow - just wow. Clone Wars was one of the greatest depth-adding parts of Star Wars (far superior to Rebels). And no good NPCs in the prequels? Incredible. I grew up with OT since seeing New Hope in the Theaters in original release, so it will always be closest to my heart, but the PT has incredibly rich options for roleplay.

I know I'm late, but starships are not needed. I ran a game set in the coruscant underground and there wasn't a single ship or moment spent in space.

Top-tier American accent.

I did this a few years back, but players could choose in which era to begin: The Old Republic(Revan) Pre- clone wars Clone wars Battle of yavin After Battle of Yavin / New Jedi order This could give very diffrent game modes in which players can play. Don't like the force then play after the clone wars. Love sith? Play in the Old republic. More openings for diffrent games.

"Darth Vader in a corridor with his lightsaber illuminating within." Wait a minute where have i heard that before?

If you want to study Sacrifice as a theme and incorporate that into your Star Wars games, there is no better fiction than Samurai Fiction, particularly Seven Samurai and other works of Kurosawa.

I am watching this video in 2020, month 5, day 9. Soo glad you decided to make this video.

I think we should look to the KOTOR video games for inspiration in building a Star Wars plot. Those games were very immersive and offered all the usual suspects in character types and more. Darth Malick was a truly compelling villain with a story you could relate to. Also that big twist in the 1st game is a feeling I’ve longed for in a D&D game. I really hope they make a new Star Wars tabletop RPG.

Ohhh I've been waiting for this. wouldn't mind seeing more videos about the star wars setting

Coolest thing FFG have done reissue the 1987 1e WEG D6. Can't wait to pick it up next week.

Okay the Clone Wars series was rough if you watch the begining and end. But the middle focussing on Anakin and his interactions Obi Wan and Anakin's apprentice was actually really good. As was Duku's apprentice but the start and end was brutal.

I haft to recommend the newest system: Star Wars Edge of the Empire. The demo gets everything done and explained for new comers, both GM and players, so easily. The system is more story driven than it is stat driven, which I love because it forces my players to also tell a part of their engagement from their perspective instead of me doing all the talking.

there i am thinking about my plot for the Star wars game that i decided to run with some friends and along comes your video about 1 hour later. that was creepy, but you give good advice as always. thank you.

I've been preparing to run an Edge of Empire RPG campaign, this video is super helpful in helping me figure out how I'll be Dming a Star Wars story. Lots of great tips and insight! Thank you!

my GM told me about your channel and i absolutely love it. keep going great work so far

@Great GM Happy New Year and May the Force be with you! I had to re-watch while prepping for a WEG D6 Star Wars one-shot.

I thought the Clone Wars did quite a lot to redeem the story of prequels. I watch them frequently but never watch the prequels. I don't even know if I ever purchased episode 3 even though I felt like it was the best of the prequels. The best of three bad movies doesn't make it worth much to me. Rebels is definitely very good and I'm excited to see where it goes. I thought Rogue One was a great move for Star Wars RPG players. It shows why you don't need or should want to have Jedi in a Rebellion era game.

Great intro!! I'm going to be taking my youngest son into the Star Wars RPG universe very shortly...his first RPG and my first go playing in or even GMing a Star Wars RPG . Hope he likes it

Great insight and ideas. Thank you. I Love how you started the video in charicter too. That was epic.

I'm sorry, but I just always love it so much every time you say "year"

Great to find this video! I am trying to plan an order 66 survivor campaign

While researching Fantacy Flight SW RPG Just stumbled across this video 10-18-20. Wanted to tell say I really loved your intro to this video and it caused me to drop that follow button.

Hello ! I'm a french dude searching for a Star Wars Tabletop RPG, and I want to tell you that I LOVE the way you're talking, your cosplay, the set, everything ! I like and subscribe to your content, you're great :D

I've been gearing up for a Y-Wing squadron campaign using Star Wars d6. This shall be a most useful video.

probably one of your presentation ever made. well done.

I never considered star wars either a fantasy or sci fi , but under the combo fantasy/sci fi . Star wars actually changed the way i interpret other stories like Dragonlance , and star trek.

A lot of great points in there - I have been running various star wars games (and systems) for over 20 years. Excellent call outs on the themes, types of adventures, plots etc. I can say - a lot of other adventures easily can be adapted - as most of the time - a story is a story (converted the old ADD A series slavers modules even...). Also, an excellent call out on the notion of growth and sacrifice - after all, the central theme of star wars is a character facing their darkness and overcoming adversity with the help of their friends. I would encourage people to also look at other time periods - star wars has an incredibly rich history to pick from in terms of settings - and some of those can offer alternative themes (i.e. don't always have to be underdog's fighting a greater evil). Finally, while Great GM may not have liked it - the later seasons of the clone wars animated series is some of the best star wars content ever made - skip seasons 1-3 - and go for the laters ones - they really showcase the fall of the jedi and a lot of realistic themes regarding politics, war and institutions. Finally - as someone who is both a star wars and star trek fan (never understood why some people think you have to pick) have also played a lot of star trek role playing - in some ways, almost see star trek as much a fantasy as star wars. The magic in ST is the tech - or rather, the incredibly common use of tech as either a plot device (oh, a transporter malfunction - that works completely differently than before) or almost as savior magic (The Q, the Organians, etc.). Between transporters, phasers, sensors that can find a tin can in a planet, replicators and holodecks - i almost found star trek to be just as fantastical. thanks for the video.

I love that that you have west end games 2nd edition, that was the system that initiated me into roleplay

D6 is the way to go for Star Wars. I've even adapted Star Wars D6 to a Star Trek and Doctor Who setting, and it works well there too. For those settings I added an "Era" mechanic so for such things as operating a transmat device, you'd roll your raw Mechanical unless you're from an earlier era, in which case you need training before you can use it.

The force is strong with this one

I highly recommend you try the later seasons of The Clone Wars. The first few were very...meh, but they really found their footing later on. Disclaimer: There are still the odd droid or Jar Jar episode that are groan-inducing, but the rest is pretty solid.

I've been playing and GMing for decades and you've checked every box that an experienced GM needs to check.

Great opening with the imperial officer voice

The royalty free music at the beginning is the same as Tasting History and it makes me think we're going to learn about cooking a historic meal.

Alas that you didn't mention Star Wars Saga Edition. Great video, though! And don't forget the games and books (that are mostly non-canon now but still fun)!

Another great video... Thank you again Sirrah!

Ah Man!, was waiting for this one!. Thanks :)

Tragic under-appreciation for The Clone Wars aside, this is a great overview of SW RPG campaign-building. Nicely done.

Our group played a group of mercenary traders. We bet on if the "bucket of bolts" (Milleniun Falcon) would fly away form Tattoine intact, then sold Alderaanian relics, after we learned about its tragic destruction. Oh and sold fur coats on Hoth.

You may have hit upon something that I've tried to tie down for a great deal of time. The inherent force-user is really OP. They're the best wizard, the best fighter, the best cleric, the best rogue... they cast a long shadow over anyone whom doesn't have force abilities. Nice for a story, but kind of poor for a game. I don't mean that the game is bad - not at all! I've had and have run some great Star Wars games. In the end, however and ultimately, anyone whom doesn't embrace the Force loses out. My solution to a SW game: Everyone eventually DOES embrace the Force. Even the long-term NPCs do. That ship pilot that the PC team relies on to get them where they're going has to admit after a while that they've left the limits of skill behind them a long time ago, trusting their intuition in order to hit targets that the common man can't even see.

I think a campaign where you're all Jedi padawans whose Masters were killed during order 66 would be really cool and a fun way to balance everyone technically be terrible at using the force

For the emperor!, wait wrong universe

Fantastic info and ideas! Just started my SW Game, currently got the New Guinea Pigs chasing a rumour about a senator...

I greatly appreciate this video and your series. I highly recommend, and would love to hear your thoughts on the rules set of N.E.W. The Science Fiction RPG by Russ Morrissey. (I think I spelled that right.) I've used to it run Star Wars a couple times and am about to start a campaign focused on the "Fringe Factions" of Star Wars. Thanks again!

Sacrifice as a theme is a pretty solid point

This is great! I've played Star Wars for a couple of years and started running my own campaign. The Force is a tough one to handle, but I put in rules to make it harder to learn to use the Force and using it willy nilly is pretty dangerous as powerful Force Users detecting you and hunting you down as well as the average citizen dropping a dime on you if you're waving a lightsaber around. Also limiting the powers to the ones seen in the movies or close to what you might have seen.

Suitable steals for Star Wars: The plot of any WWII movie, Espionage movie, western movie, or fantasy story. I've already run "The Guns of Navaronne" twice.

You mentioned 'independents'. How about a video about the Firefly RPG?

New to the channel, nice video, but kinda makes me want to see what his thoughts on star wars has changed since 2017. Cuz oh boy have things changed here in 2020 xD

Imho it could be neat to have a heroic imperial party dealing with stuff like bandits masquerading as rebels or rogue separatists disturbing the peace with terror attacks.

How can I find you on Petrion? I love watching your videos. I've learned so much already from the ones I've seen so far.

Admittedly the good guy rebels being American and the bad guy imperials being British is basically American Revolutionary War: now with added space combat. So it actually does make sense since Star Wars was invented by us Americans. Admittedly we had basically the same accents at the time but the symbolism is the point.

Star Wars is my gaming bread & butter, but I've never taken part in a game set during the Rebellion era. :)

In my playthrough I'm running my players are awesome, Using Star Wars D&d 5e A Blastromech Droid Trooper Bothan Pilot Wookie Scoundrel Chiss Tactician Gungan Berserker The Wookie and Gungan are my favorites

I haven't watched the video yet, but ive been a GM for over 30 years, and have run SW on 5 different rule sets (one i made myself), and aside from regular GM advice, I give SW an extra rule. I call "STFU , Nerd." Because inevitably you're going to bump up against the minutiae of the EU, or Legends, or modern canon, or whatever its called now. It never fails. You have to establish your right to GM fiat, and you have to (nicely) make it clear to the nerds (and I am one) that this is YOUR galaxy far, far away and mobody else's. Otherwise youll have constant interruptions, and nit picking that sidetracks. Bring mystery and awe to the galaxy, and right up front establish they may know SW, but they dont know this particular corner of the galaxy.

We need a list for non-Corelian freighters for smugglers/players to use. The Millennium Falcon and its lookalikes have been done to death!

what are your ideas for making space travel interesting if you don't highlight the various tasks like repairing the overheating hyper drive. i recognize that this is very star treky but i can't think of another way. i was thinking of FTL for inspiration.

I think the best way of running a Star Wars RPG after the obligatory first campaign as Rebel Operatives vs Evil Empire, is to keep both at arms length. Much less predictable when the focus is on exploring the galaxy with the Rebellion / Empire conflict in the background (barring occasional intrusions to remind players of the "bigger picture"). It can still be 100% Star Wars even if the stakes aren't the size of Death Stars but at a more personal, small-scale level. I have found it much easier to come up with interesting and unexpected plots when I don't try to recreate the movies. I have found the same when running The One Ring: The Fellowship with take care of the big, epic stuff but that doesn't mean there's nothing meaningful to do for the other free people of Middle-Earth. Just my R0,02...

I knew Nick Frost was a Star Wars-fan and a nerd, but this is something else...

9:55 meh, I actually really liked Mace Windu. Anyway, that's intersting, and I think I'm gonna dig a little deeper into your channel content ;)

D6 is the best roleplay system ever!!

Reggie Watts doing English professor. Right?! Anyway thanks for the vid. Planning a SWD6 game and this helped a lot :)

Me, the GM: ok, people, we are going to play a campaign a few months after the Order 66, when Jedi are hunted, the Rebel Alliance aren't a thing yet, and the Empire is ruining the Galaxy. What characters do you want? Player 1: i want to play a Fallen Jedi of the Dark Side. Player 2: i want to play an Inquisitor, trained by Darth Vader to hunt down the Jedi. Player 3: i want to be a Stormtrooper. Player 4: i want to play an Astromechanical Droid. Me: oh shit... So you are the bad guys. Perfect. Changing to Evil Campaign mode.

I'm getting the impression he doesn't like starwars...or americans. lmao

Im starting an FFG Star Wars game from scratch this weekend. Thanks for the tips, you got a new subscriber!

my plot is about perspective how people view the different factions and its about choices

Could you please tell me where you got those models? Are they x-wing? I want them for my campaign

3:30 what if you want to play in the age of the old republic or during the clone wars?

Fun fact : while I believe the whole tone and universe of Star Wars is a ton of fun, the whole intrigue and culture, military mights and mysteries has amazing potential. I feel most of the movies and shows lack a bit, but I am biased and truly enjoyed Rogue One and the original trilogy, as well as Rebels, that I can agree feels superior to clone war, that has too many episodes lacking story wise, the pace was soooo strange and I feel not too enjoyable (there were some gems! but I think three seasons of compiled awesomeness could have made for a more interesting show).

There was a mention of a Player channel mentioning a video on Destiny. Does anyone know where that is? What name it may have?

I want to incorporate Darth nihilus and I seem to not be able to. I don't want to set up a game in the setting of the rebellion. I want a rpg that allows for the old republic. Swtor is cool and all. But I want a tabletop way of making a story. Is this possible?

Near the end... you mention you didn't like the Clone Wars? Wow... it puts everything you say in doubt - in my opinion. Dave Filoni is a genius. Are you Sith?

Clone wars is the best show of all the Star Wars shows ever, except “the book of boba fett” that I have only seen two episodes of end don’t know the other material of. But clone wars is building on expanding the Star Wars universe and bringing new lovable characters with their own story’s and old ones who need something more. It has the best version of anakin and obi wan is really well made. Darth maul is just epic and boba fett starts his path on being a bounty hunter. There is so much in that series that makes Star Wars more interesting than ever and saying that droids is better is just miserable!

I'm not 100% sure I'd say Star Wars isn't a Sci-Fi. I mean, it IS definitely a fantasy, but its sci-fi elements aren't much softer than many other sci-fi settings (Star Trek's science isn't much "harder" than Star Wars). What does make it interesting though as a Sci-Fi is that, where as most sci-fis talk about how technology changes us, Star Wars talks about how it does not. Even with weapons like the Death Star, the Empire can't escape the will of destiny-this is essentially the moral of Star Wars ANH.

I had a friend who wanted to be a Sith lord on the rise.

It's really hard to sell a Star Wars campaign to your players that deviates too far from their expectations (usually setting somewhere in the neighborhood of A New Hope.) I put together plans once for an Old Republic campaign set just after the Ruusan Reformation. It was supposed to be kind of like a samurai movie set at the end of feudal Japan, when the whole culture was changing and the old warrior class was being dismantled. The Sith are out of the picture for a while and the main bad guys are other Jedi who can't adapt to the new ways and refuse to give up their castles and armies. Not much of a change, but it was still too much for them for the bad guys to have blue lightsabers instead of red.

Name of the music used in this video please?

For me i read all the novels so have a large scope to work with fitted between the books or later on 20 years aby or even 4000 years before bby

Hey man, you should do a video on how to be a GM for a post-apocalyptic setting.

What are the best games to play sith or imperials?

Hey Guy, I need an advice. (again) We managed to run our campaing for 3 years. Now one of PCs became a king and the rest, are his advisors, or personal guards. I wasn't always a GM and the other GM had a completely different vision about the campaing and drastically increased the levels of PCs. I am at the point, where the PCs are just too high level for any mass of creatures, because 2 characters are great at crowd control and one is a duelist which with the support from others is enough to defeat dragons, because of their advantage. Only thing that can now seriously challenge them is great bird Noh, or godzilla like cretures. And of course they can not meet steel birds on every corner, so what do I do to make the fights still interesting? I can not keep this forever. So what can I do to detach players from their characters and encourage them to start with a new one, to start a new campaing?

Where did you get the awesome ISD model and the scale fighters?!?!

I'm running a Star Wars game but I added vampires and the players are basically gonna be bounty Hunters who scour the Galaxy hunting Sith Vampires

Call of Cthulhu next? I'm a beginner Keeper and would love some advice.

do these use normal Dice or the weird FFG Dice?

Who the hell stopped the deathstar mid flight ? :O 4:36

Am currently running a Star Wars game for 2 players. One is an experienced player, one is new to RPGs as a whole. Veteran player dominating all encounters and conversations. How do I encourage new player to engage and convince veteran to back off? Veteran having a blast playing in my world, but the rookie is sheepish and intimidated.

you think you can do a video on initiative making it smoother sometimes it just takes to much time and i lose my players a little sometimes i let my players move freely or roll for side b then side a and let all the players move as a group anyways it feels like it hurts the story a little when combat is so slow

What is the background music?

Citataion. Improper dress. Where are your code cylinders, Captain/Commodore?

I’m only halfway through and am already thinking twice about running a Star Wars game for my Star Wars fan friends. This all just seems…. Daunting.

3:37 you know, in canon this has basis. In the center of the galaxy, you know, where there's more money and better education and stuff, people speak using what's known as a "Core Worlds Accent" or just a "Core accent", whereas most of the Rebels come from the Outer Rims where people are largely uneducated and on the fringes of the Core Influence, so they speak with a more generic accent. Actually, listening to Hayden Christensen speaking Huttese, I'm lead to believe this may be a variant Huttese accent.

WEG, still the best system for Star Wars IMO.

Prequeals was better then 4 5 6 only bad part was jar jar

Not gonna lie I’m seriously curious as to where the Star destroyers are from so I could get some for my own games

8:38 R2-D2 and C3PO?

(If this is the version I'm talking about, I'm gonna look dumb, but...) why does nobody talk about the 2002-2007 Star Wars TRPG made by WotC that supports the prequels, originals, and even the Old Republic eras?

One day, I really hope they release a book for playing in the Empire.

4:17 or jedi on the rocks