Across issues 144 to 146 of Star Wars Insider magazine, you can find "The Impact of Star Wars RPGs and How They Shaped the Expanded Universe," a series of three articles. Bryan Young authored this exploration of the influence that Star Wars role-playing games, created by both West End Games and Wizards of the Coast, exerted on the Expanded Universe.
- Star Wars Insider 144 — "Rolling Initiative"
- Star Wars Insider 145 — "From Page to Screen and Back Again..."
- Star Wars Insider 146 — "A New Hope"