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** Origin in general was good about this: the first game came with a "ship-board magazine" written by crew members of the ''Tiger's Claw'' (i.e. Roberts, Creator/WarrenSpector and Creator/AaronAllston) and contained tidbits which were used to answer CopyProtection questions. When they created collection releases (''Kilrathi Saga'', for the first three "main" games", and ''Prophecy Gold'' for ''Prophecy'' and ''Secret Ops'') they didn't just slap together the original manuals, but created new ones that included extra information that the originals didn't have, as well as the information from the individual releases.
** The first game's feelies were legendary; the instruction manual was ''completely separate'' from the "shipboard magazine," the box also came with complete blueprints of each of the fighters in the game (including some somewhat pungent jokes like rating missile explosive power in [[EarthShatteringKaboom ESKs]]). Spinoff strategy game ''Wing Commander Armada'' one-upped the original by including an in-universe book written in parallel, telling the story of the war from both the Terran and the [[NobleDemon Kilrathi]] viewpoint.
** Origin in general was good about this: the first game came with a "ship-board magazine" written by crew members of the ''Tiger's Claw'' (i.e. Roberts, Creator/WarrenSpector and Creator/AaronAllston) and contained tidbits which were used to answer CopyProtection questions. When they created collection releases (''Kilrathi Saga'', for the first three "main" games", and ''Prophecy Gold'' for ''Prophecy'' and ''Secret Ops'') they didn't just slap together the original manuals, but created new ones that included extra information that the originals didn't have, as well as the information from the individual releases.
** The first game's feelies were legendary; the instruction manual was ''completely separate'' from the "shipboard magazine," the box also came with complete blueprints of each of the fighters in the game (including some somewhat pungent jokes like rating missile explosive power in [[EarthShatteringKaboom ESKs]]). Spinoff strategy game ''Wing Commander Armada'' one-upped the original by including an in-universe book written in parallel, telling the story of the war from both the Terran and the [[NobleDemon Kilrathi]] viewpoint.
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** The second game's [[https://www.wcnews.com/archives/wc2-scripts.shtml script pitch]] has a few interesting differences for characters.
*** Spirit's fiancée in that game was supposed to be a separate person from her fiancée in the first game.
*** Commander Laramie was supposed to be Blair's commanding officer, [[DeliberatelyBadExample who ends up making Tolwyn look good]].
*** Prince Thrakhath was originally proposed as more of a cunning NobleDemon who refuses to have Blair assassinated despite having traitors under his command, rather than a monstrous GeneralFailure.
*** Several other pilots were proposed, some of which had the same callsigns but different personalities than canon.
*** Spirit's fiancée in that game was supposed to be a separate person from her fiancée in the first game.
*** Commander Laramie was supposed to be Blair's commanding officer, [[DeliberatelyBadExample who ends up making Tolwyn look good]].
*** Prince Thrakhath was originally proposed as more of a cunning NobleDemon who refuses to have Blair assassinated despite having traitors under his command, rather than a monstrous GeneralFailure.
*** Several other pilots were proposed, some of which had the same callsigns but different personalities than canon.
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Main_Page The Wing Commander Encyclopedia]] and [[http://wingcommander.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wing Commander Information Center]].
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* CreatorBacklash: Director and game creator Chris Roberts was not satisfied with the look of the Kilrathi in the film. Ironically, he wasn't satisfied with their designs in the games, either.
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** Director and game creator Chris Roberts was not satisfied with the look of the Kilrathi in the film. Ironically, he wasn't satisfied with their designs in the games,either. either.
** Freddie Prinze Jr. admitted in a 2000 interview that he hated the film, saying he had been optimistic about the script but struggled during production.
** Director and game creator Chris Roberts was not satisfied with the look of the Kilrathi in the film. Ironically, he wasn't satisfied with their designs in the games,
** Freddie Prinze Jr. admitted in a 2000 interview that he hated the film, saying he had been optimistic about the script but struggled during production.
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* OldShame: Freddie Prinze Jr. admitted in a 2000 interview that he hated the film, saying he had been optimistic about the script but struggled during production.
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* RemakeCameo: Mark Hamill, who played as Blair for the three live action video games, is the voice of the spacefighter's computer known as Merlin. (Merlin is [[CreativeClosingCredits credited as ? during the end credits]])
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* SelfAdaptation: The film was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of the ''Wing Commander'' game series. Prior to directing the movie, Roberts had directed the full-motion video cutscenes for the third and fourth games.
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* FanNickname: "Bluehair", for the PlayerCharacter in the main games, prior to his being given a {{canon}}ical name (which happened to be a contraction of "Bluehair"). Similarly, in ''Privateer'', "Brownhair" for that game's PC, prior to discovery of a magazine ad that gave his {{canon}}ical name as "Grayson Burrows" (confirmed in the manual for ''Arena'').
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* WildfireFranchise: From 1990 through 1997, Origin Systems produced five games in the main series and various spinoff games (most notably the Privateer series). It also spawned a series of tie-in novels, a collectible card game, the animated TV series ''Wing Commander Academy'' and a 1999 feature film. After the box office failure of the film however, the entire franchise ground to a halt. Other than the small spinoff game ''VideoGame/WingCommanderArena'', released in 2007 as an UsefulNotes/XboxLive exclusive, no new ''Wing Commander'' media has been created and published since the end of TheNineties.
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* WildfireFranchise: From 1990 through 1997, Origin Systems produced five games in the main series and various spinoff games (most notably the Privateer series). It also spawned a series of tie-in novels, a collectible card game, the animated TV series ''Wing Commander Academy'' and a 1999 feature film. After the box office failure of the film however, the entire franchise ground to a halt. Other than the small spinoff game ''VideoGame/WingCommanderArena'', released in 2007 as an UsefulNotes/XboxLive exclusive, no new ''Wing Commander'' media has been created and published since the end of TheNineties.
