Forum:SH Archive/Past tense

Why is all the in-universe content written in past tense? It would make much more sense to write in present tense as this would contribute to a more realistic feeling.

Especially articles on lasting things like systems, planets, certain places etc should not be written in past tense. Reading an article like that makes one think that all those things do not exist anymore.

One would have to pick a certain point in time - preferable at the end of the known timeline - and write from this perspective. Many places, systems, technology and even people would still exist.

This would result in much more realism, 'immersion' and believability of the star wars universe.

-rw