It would be cool to see a timeline for that pre-Prequel era, with events and also character bios. Including links to actual sources like the films, WEG sourcebooks, guidebooks, novels, comics, games and any other stuff like Making Magic and Behind The Magic CD-Roms. Or even a single thread covering those events and characters, their life and lore pre-PT.
Some OT threads that have covered what you are posting about (from a quick look around the Indexes on here):
• What if The Prequels were based on the Pre-PT EU and were more “OT Accurate”
• Were the Jedi supposed to not be allowed to get married, have children or any possessions when the OT was made?
• At what point did Tatooine robes become Jedi uniforms?
• OT lightsaber colours; and some waffling on about the various colours used across the OT & Expanded Universe
• Wars, organizations, relationships, and galactic history before the Prequels
• Putting The Original-Original Trilogy’s Prequel Story together
• Implied starting date of the Empire from OT dialogue; + character ages + when certain events took place
• Did G. Lucas ever intend to portray the Jedi as a flawed institution in the Prequels? Or was it added later in the EU?
• Original Trilogy vs The Prequels: inconsistencies, retcons, plot holes and discrepancies… (‘50+ issues’ list)Some OT film drafts and character threads for the OT are in An Index for Original Trilogy Discussion
There is also a section in the ‘An Index for General Star Wars Discussion’ for this topic; with many relevant threads:
‘Star Wars before the Prequels (with the PT ushering in George’s ‘nu-SW rules’) : life and lore from both the Original Trilogy & EU’
Edit: I thought I had deja vu! You posted asking about ages of characters here just a month ago?:
Ah yeah I’m really starting to get into the Pre-PT prequels so I’m posting a lot of questions if its okay
That’s great, I think there is a number of us on here interested in that era, and some even old enough to remember it!
Although wouldn’t it be better to put it all your questions in one “mega” Pre-Prequel thread? So anyone can easily find and answer any of your questions, and not have repeat questions and answers? Up to you DarthStarkiller1234, I hope you find the answers and information you are looking for.
I edited in 2 more threads to my original list above.
I am surprised there aren’t YouTube videos or even websites covering the topic. There seems to be hundreds of videos online out there repeating the same things on Star Wars, but not so many on the “pre-Prequel” era?
Yeah I think we should have our own thread for this. I’ve actually considered doing a YouTube channel or at least a video in the past, but never had the time.
A video through the lens of OT fans at the time, expectations and hopes, based on those snippets of information from the official material at that time would be so cool. I hope someone does do such a video one day.
I’ll create a thread trying to cover the “pre-PT era lore and content” soon. I’ve been messing around with some ideas and got some encouragement & ideas for layouts and how the formatting on here works. It’ll ask for anyone with knowledge and memories of that time to post what they know, along with any sources or references.
Try and build a scrapbook kind of resource full of links, screenshots or something? The “road no longer traveled” kind of thing.
01/12 Edit. I’ll post it up over this weekend.
Now posted in the ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ forum:
Pre-PT era lore | an OT & EU scrapbook resource | additional info & sources welcome
