Aurebesh
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Aurebesh is the alphabet commonly used to represent the English ("Galactic Basic") language in the Star Wars universe. The name comes from a combination of the first two letters, Aurek and Besh (similar to the Greek Alphabet, the first two letters being Alpha and Beta).
Aurebesh is occasionally used in the movies, and in electronic and board games such as Star Wars Monopoly. This text, however, maps very poorly to the written language in the films (based on the conjectural Aurebesh script seen in extra-filmic sources, most words seen in the movies consist solely of consonants). The script often is displayed with a cuneiform-like font.
There are at least two instances in the films where Aurebesh writing actually means something.
- When Anakin Skywalker is flying a starfighter in the Battle of Naboo, a screen reads "Anakin turn the ship around and go back home right away." It occurs just before Anakin's line, "Go back? Qui-Gon told me to stay in this cockpit, so that's what I'm going to do."
- In the DVD release of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on September 21, 2004, the words displaying information as Obi-Wan Kenobi deactivates the tractor beam, which were written using the English alphabet in previous releases, are now in the Aurebesh alphabet.
See also: Languages in Star Wars
External links
- Aurebesh Font (http://www.getfreefonts.com/fonts/177.html/) Mike Webb designed a Truetype font for this alphabet
- Galactic Basic Font (http://www.erikstormtrooper.com/galacticbasic.htm/) Alternate font designed by Erik Schroeder, generally more screen-accurate than Aurebesh
- "What Does That Screen Say?" (http://www.erikstormtrooper.com/ed_galbasic1.htm/) Essay on Galactic Basicpl:Aurebesh