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The Lightsabre Interview
Federico Ciccotti
Welcome
to Lightsabre. Our latest guest is the webmaster of the Italian site
Jedi Outcasts. Please welcome to Lightsabre Federico Ciccotti.
Q - Federico, welcome to
Lightsabre.
A –
Hi and thank your for this interview ^^
Q – Star Wars has had a profound effect on all of us but what started you
off on your Star Wars journey?
A – Well, i first saw SW when i was 6 on TV and i was "sent" to this world
made with exotic weapons, starfighters, the Force...well all of these things
impressed me so much i loved the movies at a first glance :D
Q – Jedi Outcasts is one of your countries biggest Star Wars fansites.
Tell a bit about how the site grew and developed to where it is today?
A – Well we started in 6 in 2005 after we left our former group. Since
then we grew a lot and now we're almost 60 people. We started with this
architecture, mxBB portal that lies on phpBB forum. We started with a
charcoal theme modified by me, then we went for a more star wars oriented
theme called jediknights2 and finally we got this acidTiger theme that I
like a lot :) The website is linked to a no profit star wars association
called jedi outcasts. We usually go to exhibitions, conventions and so on,
that's where we meet people that usually start to follow us. We really
encourage the costuming part of the star wars saga. I love costuming, I own
5 costumes (Commander BLy, Scout trooper, Rebel Pilot, Mace Windu and now a
republic commando :D)
Q – Which of the six episodes stands out as your favourite?
A
– Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. It is where everything started.
There's Ben still alive, the binary sunset, the journey of the
hero...marvellous!
Q – Italy played host to a number of scenes filmed for Attack of the Clones
and Revenge of the Sith. How exciting was that for Italian fans, knowing
that the cast and crew were filming in your country?
A
- Actually Star Wars is not so popular in Italy and I think that just SW
fans knows about these scenes filmed in Italy. I'm really happy about that
but I had no chance to move closer to those places at that time :(
Q – As a fellow fan you must have many golden Star Wars memories. Tell
us about some of them.
A – I think the best is during the Episode2 premiere. I was with my
former star wars group and we arranged the evening for VIPs. That was one of
the best memories I have. More recently there's the celebration Europe in
London, amazing :D
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Q – Which of the Star Wars character do you feel the greatest affinity
for?
A - I really Like Mace Windu for he's a true lightsaber master :D
Q – What would you change about Star Wars if you could go back in time
and make alterations?
A – Merge Episode I and II and create a movie with the stories from the
Clone Wars animated series :D
Q – What interests do you have outside of Star Wars?
A – I'm a computer science Engineer :) So I like programming and
creating databases. I work in a newspaper here in Italy as computer science
engineer and I like it very much :)
Q – The television era of Star Wars starts in the autumn of 2008 with the
Clone Wars and in 2009 with the live action show. What are your hopes for
the shows?
A – I really hope they can be another milestone as the animated series
were. I also bet a lot on the live action series, I think we'll see a really
good product :D
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and even more jedi outcasts - they ran hard from order 66... |
Q - What do you foresee for Jedi Outcasts in the future?
A – I hope we can arrange something for the coming out of the pilot of
the animated series. that would be really cool :)
Q – A quick question about our site, Lightsabre. Any comments?
A – I had just a quick look cause it is time to go to bed now but I
think I'll check it out later, I saw some interesting stuffs ( I love comics
and I saw some strips :D)
Q - It's been a great interview, and thanks for being our guest on
Lightsabre. Just one final question. Anakin Skywalker is chasing a man
through the streets of Coruscant, a man with information about his lover
Padme. But what does the man know about Queen Amidala?
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She's
been having a secret affair with Jar Jar Binks
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She has
decided to become a dancer in Jabba's Court
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Something else
A
– I'd like to say 1 but i think the answer is 3 as far as Zam Wessel
did not know so much about Padme ;)
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