The three major Star Wars RPG systems - published by West End Games, Wizards Of The Coast, and Fantasy Flight Games, respectively - didn't just give Star Wars fans a chance to tell their own stories in the Star Wars universe they also added richness and complexity to the Star Wars universe, their lore and mechanics inspiring books like The Thrawn Trilogy and video games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
A not-so-long time ago, in a decade not so far, far away, George Lucas transformed science fiction cinema with the release of Star Wars, a loving homage to golden-age space operas that spawned a franchise of movies, toys, books, TV shows, video games, and even tabletop roleplaying games.
