The Written Word

"The Written Word" was a StarWars.com Hyperspace article written by John Hazlett and published on March 5, 2010. Hazlett had previously authored Databank entries for the characters of Cane Adiss and Slyther Bushforb through the "What's The Story?" initiative on Hyperspace, but The Written Word was his first full article for the Star Wars canon. The article concerned the various writing systems seen in Star Wars material, and retconned the Latin alphabet into being an in-universe script, namely, High Galactic.

In creating the article, Hazlett drew from a variety of disparate official Star Wars materials, primarily from West End Games, although he also paid homage to the fan publication Book of Imperial Shuttle Plans: Cygnus Spaceworks. The article, when published, was illustrated with a series of images demonstrating the in-universe use of the various writing forms. Upon release, the article received high praise on StarWars.com, TheForce.Net, and the Jedi Council Forums, with authors Daniel Wallace, Edward M. Erdelac, Adrick Tolliver, and Nathan O'Keefe registering their admiration for the work.

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