starwarsintro.css

A pure CSS library for creating a Star Wars-style intro crawl. No JavaScript dependencies.

Note on naming: the name references a third-party trademark. Kept as-is — this is a non-commercial homage plugin, low risk in practice.

Demo

goboldlyforward.github.io/starwarsintro

What it does

Drops a Star Wars-style scrolling intro crawl onto any page using pure CSS animations. Useful for fan sites, movie marathons, browser-game intros, presentations, or any project where the recognizable crawl effect fits.

Install

For now, download starwarsintro.css from this repo. (npm publication is pending a rename — see Roadmap.)

<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/starwarsintro.css">

You'll also need a star-field background image at img/stars-bg.jpg (included in this repo).

Usage

Wrap your intro content in the structure below:

<div class="star-wars-intro">

  <!-- Blue intro text -->
  <p class="intro-text">
    A few days ago, during...
  </p>

  <!-- Logo image or text -->
  <h2 class="main-logo">
    <img src="img/your-logo.png">
  </h2>

  <!-- Scrolling content -->
  <div class="main-content">
    <div class="title-content">
      <p class="content-header">Your Title</p>
      <p class="content-body">
        Your scrolling story goes here. As it scrolls, the text recedes into the distance and fades out, in the iconic opening-crawl style.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Roadmap

This plugin is undergoing modernization. Tracked work:

• LICENSE (MIT)
• .gitignore
• README
• package.json
• Update CSS header (rebrand Polar Notion → Go Boldly Forward)
• Remove legacy artifacts (.DS_Store, starwarsintro.css.zip)
• Strip obsolete vendor prefixes (-webkit/-moz/-ms/-o) and fix broken gradient syntax
• Update demo page (drop legacy jQuery + Bootstrap, drop JotForm, native smooth-scroll, rebrand)
• Refresh demo with the shared Go Boldly Forward plugin design system (light + dark, Inter, .gbf-* markup, yellow accent)
• Publish to npm (as @goboldlyforward/starwarsintro)
• Optional starwarsintro-rails gem wrapper
• GitHub Actions CI (stylelint)

License

MIT — see LICENSE.