{"id":10867,"date":"2020-10-12T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/?p=10867"},"modified":"2020-10-12T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:55:12","slug":"interview-with-swtor-creative-director-about-aurabesh-and-alien-languages-in-swtor-design-with-intisar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/interview-with-swtor-creative-director-about-aurabesh-and-alien-languages-in-swtor-design-with-intisar\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with SWTOR Creative Director about Aurabesh and alien languages in SWTOR design with Intisar!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Player Intisar from the This Week in Aurabesh blog has interviewed the Creative Director of SWTOR Charles Boyd about their favorite topic!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.generic-hero.com\/ThisWeekinAurabesh\/2020\/10\/12\/charles-boyd-qa\/\" class=\"btn btn-success btn-lg\">Read Interview<\/a>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3NmYuf5hoW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.generic-hero.com\/ThisWeekinAurabesh\/2020\/10\/12\/charles-boyd-qa\/\">Charles Boyd Q&#038;A<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Charles Boyd Q&#038;A&#8221; &#8212; This Week in Aurebesh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.generic-hero.com\/ThisWeekinAurabesh\/2020\/10\/12\/charles-boyd-qa\/embed\/#?secret=RImwcPRwqL#?secret=3NmYuf5hoW\" data-secret=\"3NmYuf5hoW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the great questions answered in the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots of alien text in SWTOR can be translated into English. Engraved runes on Ossus refer to the Jedi code and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.generic-hero.com\/ThisWeekinAurabesh\/2017\/10\/01\/im-a-space-cowboy-on-steel-bantha-i-ride\/\">wanted poster<\/a>\u00a0from the chapter \u201cAnarchy in Paradise\u201d seems to feature a distant ancestor of Ahsoka Tano. When incorporating alien languages into the game\u2019s scenery, to what degree do the artists try to make it \u201creadable\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.generic-hero.com\/ThisWeekinAurabesh\/2017\/12\/19\/got-blue-milk\/\">some of the text<\/a>\u00a0featured in the game defies translation. Are these just random letters, secret messages, inside jokes or simply visually pleasing combinations of alien space letters? How deeply should we look for meaning in them?<\/li>\n<li>Some fans have deciphered Zakuulan and its variations, but not all letters of its alphabet appear in the game. Will the missing letters ever be revealed?<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s always neat to see alien scripts beyond Aurebesh pop up in SWTOR. Some of the more recently developed languages like Mando\u2019a feature prominently in the Bounty Hunter story and the Fallen Empire chapter \u201cMandalore\u2019s Revenge\u201d, but the writing seen in the movies\u2019 Sacred Jedi Texts seem like it could also fit logically into SWTOR\u2019s setting. Are these aspects that SWTOR might be able to explore further?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Player Intisar from the This Week in Aurabesh blog has interviewed the Creative Director of SWTOR Charles Boyd about their favorite topic! 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