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*''[[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]'' | *''[[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]'' | ||
*{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=The Rival}} | *{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=The Rival}} | ||
*{{Journal|11|Spare Parts (short story)|Spare Parts}} | *{{Journal|11|Spare Parts (short story)|Spare Parts}} | ||
*{{Journal|15|The Great Herdship Heist}} | *{{Journal|15|The Great Herdship Heist}} | ||
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]'' | *''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]'' | ||
*{{Film|VI}} {{1st}} {{C|Not used for writing Basic}} | *{{Film|VI}} {{1st}} {{C|Not used for writing Basic}} | ||
*''[[Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand]]'' | *''[[Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand]]'' | ||
*''[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution]]'' | *''[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution]]'' | ||
*{{DarkStryder|Harm's Way|The Kathol Rift}} | *{{DarkStryder|Harm's Way|The Kathol Rift}} | ||
*''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]'' <!--Page 154: "Mirax led Iella down the hallway to the double doors with the firm's name emblazoned on them in gold Aurebesh lettering."; page 246: "Inside the lobby the Aurebesh letter Isk still appeared in decorations, but all the new signs had the Osk for Oradin in the appropriate place."--> | *''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]'' <!--Page 154: "Mirax led Iella down the hallway to the double doors with the firm's name emblazoned on them in gold Aurebesh lettering."; page 246: "Inside the lobby the Aurebesh letter Isk still appeared in decorations, but all the new signs had the Osk for Oradin in the appropriate place."--> | ||
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith]]'' | *''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith]]'' | ||
*''[[Specter of the Past]]'' <!--Chapter 11: "H'sishi had a good grasp of spoken Basic, but her Aurebesh reading skills were still a little shaky."--> | *''[[Specter of the Past]]'' <!--Chapter 11: "H'sishi had a good grasp of spoken Basic, but her Aurebesh reading skills were still a little shaky."--> | ||
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- "These symbols are in our own language—Aurebesh…"
- ―Je'daii Temple Master Quan-Jang
Aurebesh was a writing system commonly used to represent the Basic language. Its name was a portmanteau of its first two letters, Aurek and Besh. Aurebesh was commonly used by major governments from the Galactic Empire to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
History
- "These symbols are a designation—marked on our skin by our Rakatan masters."
- ―The Force Hound Xesh
Aurebesh was thought to have been derived from the writing system of the Rakatan Infinite Empire, introduced to the galaxy at large during that Empire's reign. It spread during the Alsakan Conflicts approximately 17,000 years before the Battle of Yavin.[3] However, already by 25,793 BBY, Aurebesh was used by the inhabitants of the Settled Worlds, prior to their first contact with the Rakata. When contact was made, the Rakatan Aurebesh was apparently identical to that used in the Settled Worlds.[4][5]
Generally, Aurebesh was considered to be for the common folk, whereas the High Galactic alphabet was associated with snobbery.[6]
Luke Skywalker learned to read Aurebesh by the time he was four years old, from a set of old educational datatapes given to him by his aunt Beru.[7]
Aurebesh was extraordinarily common throughout the galaxy. Clone troopers used it to mark their LAAT gunships such as Lucky Lekku and Spaceward Ho!, both of which had their names painted on their sides,[8][9], or the Crumb Bomber, which "Laugh this off" was inscribed on.[10] Private starships also sometimes bore their names in Aurebesh, including the freighter Tecora.[11]
Aurebesh text could be seen on the screens of various types of technology, including screens in the cockpits of N-1 starfighters[12], the Separatist facility known as Skytop Station,[13] and inside macrobinoculars.[14][15][16]. Similarly, the Grand Army of the Republic's tactical readouts made heavy use of Aurebesh text.[17][15][16] Aurebesh was also used in medical settings[18] and on wanted posters found in the Jedi Archives.[19]
The clone trooper Sketch had a letter senth tattooed across his brow.[20] Kix[21][16] and the owner of Plop Dribble's also had Aurebesh tattoos.[22] Similarly, the trooper Ponds wrote "some guys have all the luck" on his armor.[23] Some time after his death, Fives and Echo both added decals to their armor that read "Hevy."[24]
The electro-proton bomb, attached to Goji and Rod's bomber and dropped during the Battle of Malastare had a warning printed on the nose cone that read "CAUTION ION DETONATOR." The body of the bomb had "CODE SWITCH DESIGNATOR" • "POSITION 1" • "POSITION 2" • "POSITION 3" • "POSITION 4" printed on it and on one of the tail fins, the words "THIS IS FOR YOU DOOKU" were handwritten.[25]
Buildings were often marked with Aurebesh signs. These included Kristall Skull on Iego,[26], Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina on Tatooine,[27]. Many other companies used Aurebesh text on posters[28] or billboards, such as one that promoted Star Tours, which read "STAR TOURS GLEE ANSELM CALL 1-800-555-6576 NOW!"[29]
At Hondo Ohnaka's camp on Florrum, a huge piece of superstructure read "HONDO'S SALVAGE" – "PRICES SLASHED" stenciled on it in Aurebesh.[30] Meanwhile, around the time of the Bombing of the Jedi Temple Hangar, protesters carried Aurebesh signs that read "THE JEDI ARE CORRUPT" and "STOP CLONING VIOLENCE!".[31]
Features
Aurebesh implemented consonants, vowels, digraphs, and punctuation marks. Words were separated by spaces. Aurebesh could be written mainly left-to-right or up-to-down. All letters are the same relative size, although occasionally symbols were mirror-inverted to denote capital letters. The symbol for the Republic Credit was a Resh (R for Republic) with two vertical lines through the upper half of the symbol. Letters of the alphabet were also used to denote musical keys, such as the key of Cresh.
While the Aurebesh had several glyphs that corresponded to digraphs in the High Galactic alphabet, they were frequently disregarded. For example, the sound "oo,"[32] that was properly noted using Orenth, was frequently spelled with a double Osk.[33] Similarly, the letter Thesh was often replaced by a combination of Trill and Herf.[34] Such was also the case for Cherek and Shen, often written respectively with combinations of Cresh and Herf and Senth and Herf.[35]
Letters and numerals
| Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
Letter | Name Meaning |
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Aurek A |
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Besh B |
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Cresh C |
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Dorn D |
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Esk E |
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Forn F |
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Grek G |
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Herf H |
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Isk I |
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Jenth J |
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Krill K |
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Leth L |
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Mern M |
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Nern N |
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Osk O |
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Peth P |
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Qek Q |
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Resh R |
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Senth S |
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Trill T |
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Usk U |
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Vev V |
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Wesk W |
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Xesh X |
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Yirt Y |
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Zerek Z |
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Cherek CH |
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Enth Æ |
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Onith EO |
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Krenth KH |
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Nen NG |
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Orenth OO |
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Shen SH |
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Thesh TH | ||
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Behind the scenes
Evolution
The Aurebesh-like writing that appears in the original trilogy is totally random and it is believed that the filmmakers did not intend to write any meaningful text with it. The letters were first assigned Roman equivalents by Stephen Crane at West End Games in the Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion (1994), for use with the Star Wars Miniatures Battles game and Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. The Aurebesh was later expanded to include punctuation marks in the Star Wars Miniatures Battles supplement, Imperial Entanglements (1996).
This original Aurebesh is occasionally used in electronic and board games such as Star Wars Monopoly. Since the letters in the movies are random, the assignment of the West End Games values to the inscriptions of the movies produces nonsensical results—most words seen in the movies appear to consist solely of consonants, and some letters appear on screen that are absent from the West End Games Aurebesh.
In the 2004 DVD release of A New Hope, and the Blu-ray version, the words displaying information as Obi-Wan Kenobi deactivates the tractor beam on the Death Star, which were written using the Roman alphabet in previous releases, are now in the Aurebesh. Aurebesh can also be seen in the prequel trilogy.
Origin
The word "Aurebesh" was developed in a manner similar to the word alphabet, which is derived from the first two letters of the Phoenician/Greek alphabet (alpha and beta).
In-universe sources show Arabic numbers; however, one of the fan-made fonts (discussed below) presents a numerical system based on dots and lines.
In many instances, the sounds "ch," "sh," and "th" are written using Aurebesh exactly as they would be in English (cresh-herf, senth-herf, and trill-herf, respectively), despite separate letters existing in Aurebesh for those sounds (cherek, shen, and thesh, respectively). While it is possible that these instances represent legitimate in-universe variations of the sound-values for the letters in question, it is more likely that they represent errors on the part of the real-world transliterators (who are understandably more used to employing digraphs than employing single letters to write these sounds).
Appearances
- Star Wars: DroidWorks
"The Rival" – The Far Orbit Project
"Spare Parts" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 11- "The Great Herdship Heist" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance) (Not used for writing Basic)
- Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand
- Shadows of the Empire: Evolution
"Harm's Way"—The Kathol Rift - X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
- Specter of the Past
Sources
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Notes and references
- ↑ Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 3
- ↑ Dawn of the Jedi: Force War 2
- ↑ The Written Word
- ↑ Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 3
- ↑ Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan 1
- ↑ Scoundrels, chapter 13
- ↑ A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker, p. 9
- ↑
Checklist: 10 Things to Spot in The Clone Wars - Gunship Art on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Checklist: 10 Things to Spot in The Clone Wars - Gunship Art on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) – Note that the guide says "Laugh this off!", with an exclamation point
- ↑
"Kidnapped" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide" on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!) (slide 4)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Duel of the Droids on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: "Ambush" on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Official Episode Guide: Season 1
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Episode Guide Series 1 & 2
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Downfall of a Droid on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Jedi Crash on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Lightsaber Lost on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Deserter on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ "Brothers" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!) (Slide 7)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Liberty on Ryloth on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: ARC Troopers on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: The Zillo Beast on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Mystery of a Thousand Moons on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Corruption on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Deception Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!) (Slide 5)
- ↑ Coruscant Billboard from The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ "Revival" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!) (Slide 6)
- ↑ "Sabotage" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!) (Slide 8)
- ↑ Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- ↑ Scum and Villainy
- ↑ Star Wars (2013) 14
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Evil Plans"
External links
- Crane, Stephen: Aurebesh Soup: Recipe for a Star Wars Font Phenomenon (2000-10-21). echostation.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original on May 20, 2016)