The SW EU and I have never been very close friends, and I think these days we've sort of permanently become estranged.
That's exactly the difference between SG-1 and SW for me. The movies are...done, and I'm writing IN as well as BETWEEN them, plus there has been so much work done in the EU to create an actual galaxy that there's a lot more to mess up. In SG-1 we have wormhole physics to deal with, and established details about certain races and planets, but in large part it's easier to write because the characters are from an earth very much like mine and I'm writing mostly between the episodes. Even when I'm not, it's still very much more open because the premise of SG-1 is exploration and discovery of NEW planets and cultures.
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That's exactly the difference between SG-1 and SW for me. The movies are...done, and I'm writing IN as well as BETWEEN them, plus there has been so much work done in the EU to create an actual galaxy that there's a lot more to mess up. In SG-1 we have wormhole physics to deal with, and established details about certain races and planets, but in large part it's easier to write because the characters are from an earth very much like mine and I'm writing mostly between the episodes. Even when I'm not, it's still very much more open because the premise of SG-1 is exploration and discovery of NEW planets and cultures.