Monroville said:

Sepharih said:

Monroville said:

Here's something that came to me the other day: considering in ANH Tarkin doesn't go after an actual threat (pirates, thugs, an actual military threat) but a peaceful world with no weapons JUST for the sake of demoralizing Princess Leia (well... it was her homeworld), would it be conceivable that it was Alderaan's destruction that really got the Rebellion going and (with Adobe and other FX programs) write "Remember Alderaan" on the side of some of the larger ships in the JEDI battle?

That would be a GREAT idea..........except for one problem. Aurebesh.

True, but is Aurebesh the universal language in STAR WARS? And wasn't there english text in ANH (the tractor beam console, etc)? Anyways, just an idea.. maybe if the "Remember Alderaan" were done in an Aurebesh font (as opposed to Arial or Times New Roman)?

Well....it's universal in the same way Basic is universal. It's the most widely used language in the GFFA.

There were roman letters in the original release of ANH and ESB...but the DVD and subsequent releases have removed them and replaced them with Aurebesh. It's one of the best and most appropriate changes that was made to the movies IMHO....makes the world more fleshed out and fully realized.

Again, I like the idea of "Remember Alderaan" and it fits really well with the WWII inspired dogfights....but it would break continuity to have english text, and while putting it in Aurebesh would be a nice little touch for newer assets...it's a lot of work to put on existing ships when most people won't even be able to see what it means.