Editing Languages in Star Wars (section)

=== {{anchor|Aurekbesh}} Aurebesh ===
[[File:Tokyo Disneyland (Oct 2020) 13.jpg|thumb|Aurebesh signage at [[Star Tours – The Adventures Continue|Star Tours]], in [[Tokyo Disneyland]]]]
Aurebesh is an [[alphabet]] used to represent spoken Galactic Basic (i.e. English) and is the most commonly seen form of [[written language]] in the ''Star Wars'' franchise;<ref name="TechTimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/111268/20151127/google-translate-s-star-wars-easter-egg-adds-support-aurebesh.htm|title=Google Translate's 'Star Wars' Easter Egg Adds Support For Aurebesh|date=November 27, 2015|website=techtimes.com|last1=McKalin|first1=Vamien|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="VentureBeat">{{cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/11/25/googles-latest-star-wars-easter-egg-is-aurebesh-support-in-google-translate/|title=Google's latest Star Wars easter egg is Aurebesh support in Google Translate|date=November 25, 2015|work=[[VentureBeat]]|access-date=July 28, 2016|last1=Novet|first1=Jordan}}</ref> its letters correspond to each English letter, plus certain English [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]]s.<ref name="EchoStation"/>

The alphabet was based on shapes designed by [[Joe Johnston]] for the original trilogy, which are briefly featured in screen displays in ''Return of the Jedi''. Johnston's design, called ''Star Wars 76'', was used to create a [[font]] and again used in ''Attack of the Clones'' by Metschan, who incorporated the font alongside the later Aurebesh version used in the spin-off products.<ref name="Metschan" />

In the early 1990s, Stephen Crane, art director at [[West End Games]], became intrigued with the shapes as they appeared on the [[Death Star]]. He sought to develop them into an alphabet to be used in West End Games' licensed ''Star Wars'' products, primarily to allow players to render their characters' names, and received permission from [[Lucasfilm]] to do so as long as it was  presented as one of many alphabets in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy, not the sole and exclusive alphabet. After copying the letters from screenshots by hand, he standardized the letters based on shapes similar to the [[Eurostile]] font. He named and assigned a value to each letter, and derived the name "Aurebesh" from the names of the first two letters: aurek and besh. Once Crane completed the alphabet, Lucasfilm requested a copy to distribute to other licensees.<ref name="EchoStation">{{Cite web|url=http://www.echostation.com/features/aurebesh.htm|title=Aurebesh Soup|last=Crane|first=Stephen|date=October 21, 2000|website=echostation.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204741/http://www.echostation.com/features/aurebesh.htm|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=usurped|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>

In anticipation of the December 2015 release of ''The Force Awakens'', [[Google Translate]] added a feature to render text into Aurebesh in November 2015, which was subsequently removed in February 2016.<ref name="TechTimes" /><ref name="VentureBeat" />