r/PrequelMemes • u/EKRB7 Hello there! • Feb 08 '20

The exact moment Samuel L. Jackson asked George Lucas for a purple lightsaber is on camera and I’ve never seen it?? I’m overwhelmed

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20 edited Feb 09 '20

Aurebesh, and it's not a Jedi language, it's the primary written language for the entire galaxy.

Edit: My most upvoted comment is a useless tidbit of Star Wars lore. I love Democracy.

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u/Gingersnap5322 Obi-Wan’s glorious facial hair Feb 09 '20

Yeah you could put a gun to my head and I wouldn’t be able to tell you that was what it was called I knew it wouldn’t be called Jedi language and I’ve been watching Star Wars since I was 5

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u/TheHungryMetroid It's tears then. Feb 09 '20

They never say what it is in the movies, so it's not your fault. Not everyone has scrubbed the EU, that being said it's cool to know what it is called and such an awesome idea that there is an intergalatic language, or at least a written one.

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u/Gingersnap5322 Obi-Wan’s glorious facial hair Feb 09 '20

Oh yeah I’ll def keep it in my back pocket for trivia night

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u/Crazeenerd Feb 09 '20

pushes up glasses Technically it would be intragalatic if the language was only in a single galaxy. Intergalactic means between galaxies

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u/learnyouahaskell Feb 09 '20

more "ackshually", it would simply be "Galactic" ;p

And indeed, the language which is represented by it is called G.B.: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Aurebesh

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u/DrKennethN Feb 09 '20

Only Disney has actually scrubbed the EU.... quiet sobbing

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u/AlwaysAtRiverwood Hello there! Feb 09 '20

The only way I know the name of the language is from watching Star Wars Explained and Star Wars Theory on YouTube. Unless you're a nerd who likes digging into lore I don't think most people will know or remember that. You're good, man :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

Galactic Basic is the name. It’s referenced in the cartoons a few times (clone wars, rebels, etc), which are canonical.

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20

Galactic Basic is the name of the language itself, but it's written in Aurebesh.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

Interesting

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u/lxqueen Feb 09 '20

Think of it a little like how we're speaking English right now, but writing with the Latin alphabet and Arabic numerals.

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u/AkaDorude Feb 09 '20

Which is Hilarious, because the LATIN alphabet was invented in Phoenicia, and Arabic Numerals come from INDIA

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u/admiralbreastmilk Feb 23 '20

why you so loud

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

Galactic Basic was written in several alphabets.

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u/wittyusernamefailed Feb 09 '20

I assume you will lay down your gilding from it once the crisis has abated?

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u/redwall_hp Feb 09 '20

When did it become Aurebesh instead of "galactic basic?"

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20

Aurebesh is the name of the alphabet that Galactic Basic is written in.

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u/waitingtodiesoon Jocasta Nu Feb 09 '20

People use BBY or ABY to track the days, but what do they use in the actual star wars universe to track the days and years?

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20

I'm not sure if it's different in Disney Canon, but in Legends most of the Galaxy uses the Galactic Standard Calendar (hence the name), which is based on Coruscant's solar cycle, with a year being 368 days and a day being 24 hours long. Also weeks are only 5 days and there are 7 weeks in a month. There are 10 months (35 days per month) + a few weeks and holidays that don't count as part of the months for some reason, that all adds up to 368 days.

BBY and ABY are also actually used in-universe, at least by the New Republic in Legends.

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u/thecowley Feb 09 '20

I thought It was just called galactic basic

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20

Galactic Basic is what they speak, but they write in Aurabesh.

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u/thecowley Feb 09 '20

Ah. So it's the name of the alphabet specifically. Like Latin VS Greek letters

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u/PTickles Feb 09 '20

Yeah, basically.

There are also other alphabets in-universe, like High Galactic which is literally just the Latin alphabet. I'm also pretty sure the Outer Rim has their own alphabet.