>>>we
continue our look at worlds of importance from the history of the setnin sector with
amagad, the base of setnin kingpin glann cipple and,
alongside chancai, the hub of the setnin underworld...
Green and verdant tropical world in
the Amagad System,
heart of the underworld within the Setnin
Sector for almost a century. Her buildings were covered with fast
growing plants pushing up through the plasticrete.Operation centre of the Setnin Sectors leading underworld figure Glann Cipple. Half a decade after the death of Emperor Palpatine the city of Amagad was levelled by a tidal wave
caused by the legendary starship Heed
crashing into the waters of the Bay of
Amagad.The city was reduced to
radioactive ashes and rubble after being bombardment by an Imperial fleet
commanded by Admiral Korne Lans in
high orbit, Amagad City became a no-go area, hospitable only to the
genetically tampered creatures that had managed to escape the laboratories at
Glanns Fortress.Amagads orbit was slightly altered by
the tremendous impact, throwing the warm jungles into frozen wastes and
making it inhospitable to visitors.Years later, after the world began to slowly repair the damage done,
Cipple’s daughters laid claim to Amagad City and built their own empire from
there, helping fight the Ki-Ki
Sectors invasion through the underworld
>>>it's well
known that since the mid 70's, andrew lloyd vader has released some
amazing musicals. first there was krayts, followed by the smash
hits anakin skywalker superstar! and sabacc. now,
following the mega hit that was phantom menace of the opera we bring
you darth vader: the musical. sit back, have your hankies at
the ready and experience the trip of a lifetime...
wednesday 29th august 2007
>>>how's this for cool.
luke skywalkers lightsabre is to be blasted into space. just
like a million lightsabres before it - admittedly a long time ago and
in a galaxy far, far away - a lightsabre will soar the skies.
over to the press release from spotlight communications. "as
star wars celebrates its 30th anniversary, luke skywalker’s
original jedi lightsaber will head into space with nasa
astronauts on the space shuttle discovery in october. chewbacca
will officially hand the lightsaber over to nasa’s space
center houston during a ceremony at the oakland international airport.
the ceremony will include characters from a galaxy far, far away including
boba fett, jango fett, (an) x-wing, jedi, and
stormtroopers. this will be followed by a spectacular departure aboard a
southwest airlines flight as chewbacca and his galactic
friends help push back the airplane on the tarmac. once the flight
lands in houston, stormtroopers will help escort the
lightsaber off the plane as r2-d2 and other famous star wars
characters kick-off the second half of the celebration at gate #47 in
william p. hobby airport. the fanfare will conclude outside baggage
claim where the lightsaber will be transported by a caravan of
hummers with an official city of webster police escort to nasa’s
space center houston where it will be secured inside the lunar
vault." what a fantastic story, and we'll be sure to follow it
here on Lightsabre.
"shuttle?
i'm not going on the shuttle. it's late, i'm in for it as
it is."
>>>mark newbold
has been interviewed by fan force portugal.
joao pinto conducted the
interview with mark,
discussing his love of star wars, the beginnings of his fandom and
about his work on Lightsabre. click here for the interview,
brush up on your portugese and take a browse through a classy european site.
>>>Lightsabre
also features on yet another portugese site, this time in relation to
last weeks interviewwith star wars
fan relations and content manager stephen sansweet.
yet another great site, click here to visit the portugese collectibles club
and enjoy the trip...
>>>ben burtt,
as every star wars fan knows, is a certified genius who's move to
pixar after almost 30 years at lucasfilm was a great gain for the
disney company. here is a video showing the 10 greatest star
wars sound effects - see if you agree with them.
tuesday 28th august 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number 254 with
artwork by jonathan hicks. this
shows the images of an imperial btf-941 shuttle.
for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the mini banner
above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>a famous man once said "it's good
to talk" and he was right, so continuing that tradition we bring to you our
new live chatroom. click
right hereto go to our new Lightsabre chatroom,
where you will find the links you need to register, login
or simply visit as a guest.
we're very keen to have as many of you as possible come and visit the site,
swap ideas and stories and generally have a good time. and who knows,
maybe we'll get some of our Lightsabre interview
guests to drop in from time to time. so, click hereand register for our
Lightsabre chatroom.
a great example -
c-3po talking. which he does, a lot...
>>>george
lucas is to be honoured for his philanthropic efforts by
receiving the prince rainier 3rd award. on october 25th the
event, held at sotherby's, will honour those who have made great
contributions to the arts. lucas will receive his award from
james earl jones. click here for the full report
from variety.
the flannelled
one
monday 27th august 2007
>>>back in 2004 jonathan hicks left
Lightsabre to work on other projects, and the fruits of his labour are
now revealed in his first collection of short stories. those dark places
collects 12 tales about the little people in a big universe. long time
readers will be more than familiar with jonathan's depth of writing talent,
and will be spending wisely by clicking hereor on the image
below and ordering a copy of his very first release.
those dark places
>>>turning to the dork side 11 hits
the site direct from
neil bakers own site a place in the galaxy.
you can view it there or go to our humour section on the
sidebar where a fit of the giggles still means you are out of shape.
and don't forget, you can still catch chapter 8 of suns of solamonn right hereand all previous chapters of
the dork side
here
in ourhumour
section.
>>>mark newbold
has been busy with his latest article published in the newly named tv film memorabilia magazine.
turn to page 70 for a retrospective look at the collectibles of gremlins,
the 1984 steven spielberg produced horror flick that changed cinema
ratings. click the image below or here for a look at the official tv film memorabilia
website.
tv and film
memorabilia sep 07
>>>fantastic news for fans of great film
scores. not only is john williams gearing up to produce the
soundtrack to steven spielbergs lincoln biopic and the fourth indiana jones film, but
he is also planning a triumphant return to one of the other great
franchises, harry potter. in 2010, williams intends to score
the seventh and final movie, harry potter and the deathly hallows,
bringing his scores of potter films in full circle. click here
for news from the film score message boards, detailing williams
appearance at the berkshire museums 'joy of tanglewood'
lecture series as blogged by nick.
john williams and
fan nick at the joy of tanglewood lecture series on august 21st
2007
sunday 26th august 2007
>>>after a six month break
Lightsabre
recommences its
webmaster interviews. this week
we interview the man who brings us our dose of dork side every week,
neil baker. neil is a prominent blogger on the official site,
a documentary maker and friend of the site and his interview can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rants
or
on
blogs.starwars.com.
neil baker
>>>our good friend stephen at galactic empire brings us
this very interesting news regarding a new channel four television
project. over to stephen. "channel 4 in the uk
want to talk to you regarding a series they're making.
melissa waterson,
assistant producer of the tv show contacted me earlier today: "we are
making an award winning observational documentary series for channel 4,
which looks at family life in the uk, celebrating different modern
lifestyles. we are looking for families who can show what it’s like when one
or more member is passionate about collecting something, like cult tv or
film memorabilia. we want to see if the whole family embraces the
collector’s hobby, how important it is to build up the collection, make
swaps, attend meets and the excitement of finding an elusive item! the
documentary provides a great platform to show the reality and rewards of
living with/being a true fan and a keen collector! collector items and
exclusive collections are always topical issues and it’s a chance to show
your passion in a fun and energetic light. due to the nature of the format
all the members of the family living under the same roof need to be happy to
be filmed and there need to be children in the home, but none under the age
of 2." you can contact
melissa on 0207 013
4514 or e-mail at melissa.waterson@rdfmedia.com
if you would like to discuss the programme further." cheers stephen.
saturday 25th august 2007
>>>Lightsabre is lucky enough
to have been featured in our local paper. in a half page piece by lichfield mercury
editor andy kerr,
the spotlight was thrown on the charity work done at celebration europe in
july. click the image below for a larger version of the newspaper
piece or go to the sidebar, click assorted,
various articles
to find the piece...
marie, bex, yoda,
amanda, mark and louis
friday 24th august 2007
>>>we finally present the final
chapter in the Lightsabrechronology.
long time readers of the site will remember that since 2001 we have been
bringing you tales from an era 35 years after the battle of yavin,
the new underworld age. presented here for the first time since
2004 is the final chapter - at least so far - in the setnin sectors
history. new underworld age
- part two brings the continuing chapters in the
battle against the ki-ki sector, and setnin's battle to
liberate itself from her oppressors. click here
for the now up-to-date timeline,
and
here
for the new underworld age
- part two.
a ki-ki soldier,
taken from our setnin select series...
>>>we continue our look at worlds of importance
from the history of the setnin sector with
alorea, the jungle planet in the alorea system where a crashed
imperial ship carrying four ferrerean warriors sparked off a
dynamic series of events...
Setnin Sector jungle world in the Alorea System orbited by its
two moons Maith and Saeat, and scene of the crash of an Imperial shuttle carrying four
members of the feared Ferrerean
Warriors - the leader Nant,
his first Chael, Dabspie and Ell.Using a diplomatic
mission as cover the Rebel Alliance
sent in a team to seek and retrieve the four aliens.The team, including Jan Lomona, Goah Galletti and
Carlonian Feese, was almost
totally decimated in the attempt and Admiral
Suuraan and the sharpshooter Tunnil
Fulle were killed
wednesday 22nd august 2007
>>>we add yet another new section to
Lightsabre, our Lightsabre arcade.
click here
for some classic games of old, as well as some newer titles, courtesy of
freeonlinegames.com.
>>>robot chicken creator and
erstwhile werewolfseth
green is interviewed over at ign
where he chats about a number of subjects. when asked about a possible
dvd release of robot chicken star wars, green replied "you
know, we're actually talking about that right now. there's a lot of
different conversations being had, so i'm not entirely sure how it's gonna
pan out. my expectation is that it will be its own dvd. we're just trying to
figure out what content will be on it, in addition to the special."
how stupidly cool is that?
>>>setnin select reaches number 253 with
artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows the preliminary sketch for the promotional poster of issue 2 of
quest for freedom.
for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the mini banner
above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>apparently they have worse
chemistry than jabba the hutt's digestive tract. a recent poll showed that
hayden christensen and natalie portman in attack of the clones
have cinema's worst ever romantic chemistry, strange, given rumours of
a real life romance. and stranger still the number two - how apt -
worst performance goes to ben affleck and jennifer lopez, at
the time a real life couple. rounding out the survey are such
couplings as phantom menace actress keira knightley and
orlando bloom in pirates of the carribean, catherine
zeta jones and henry jones senior sean connery in entrapment
and heath ledger and jake gyllenhaal in brokeback mountain.
don't trust these
people with your chemistry set...
monday 20th august 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 10 hits
the site direct from
neil bakers own site a place in the galaxy.
you can view it there or go to our humour section on the
sidebar where hilarity is the lowest form of wit. believe it.
and don't forget, chapter 8 of suns of solamonn
is now available to read right here.
>>>rebecca newbold
has finally completed her latest project, anr2-kt
beanie hat. knitted from a basic astromech pattern, bex has
modified the design to reflect the great work that the 501st have
been doing in honour of katie johnson, who so tragically lost her
life to brain cancer in 2005.
bex and her r2-kt
hat in mecca at Lightsabre towers...
>>>those good guys at jedi news
bring news that the voting for the
hasbro saga legends 2008 fan's choice vote has come to an end.
this top ten goes into the pot along with the votes of 14 other sites, with
the top choice garnering 10 points, the second place 9 and so on.
fingers crossed for your favourite figure - we're hoping admiral motti
gets the figure release he deserves - and here's to the next wave of voting.
no
figure
previous release
year
1
Clone Trooper (Republic Gunship Pilot)
Saga
#49
2002
2
Shadow Stormtrooper
StarWarsShop.com
Exclusive
2006
3
Ephant Mon
Saga
#45
2002
4
ARC
Trooper (Clone Wars) - Red & Grey Variants
Figure #43
2003
5
Admiral Motti
POTF2
2000
6
Amanaman
POTJ
2001
7
Slave Leia
OTC
#33
2004
8
TIE
Fighter Pilot
OTC
#21
2004
9
Commander Neyo
Treachery on Saleucami Battle Pack
2007
10
R2-R9 Red Astromech Droid
Naboo Royal Starship
1999
sunday 19th august 2007
>>>we welcome to Lightsabre one of the
most recognisable faces in the star wars universe, the man with the
largest collection of memorabilia on the planet and the official fan liaison
officer for lucasfilm, stephen sansweet. markand louis
met up with steve backstage at celebration europe for
the interview and his replies can be found
here or by going through the sidebar
and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rantson
blogs.starwars.com.
stephen sansweet
>>>we've all been busy during the
convention season, scribbling down our memories and reminiscences of some
brilliant star wars times, so to bring that all together we present
our conventions
page. listing reports on not only the celebration conventions
but also the san diego comic convention and forthcoming events, this
will be your one-stop shop for checking out those great conventionsof 2007 and beyond. click herefor the conventionspage, or go to the sidebar, hit assorted
and click through from the menu page there.
saturday 18th august 2007
>>>we've been fantastically lucky here at
Lightsabre to be able to interview so many star wars
alumni, from both in front of and behind the camera. producers,
directors, actors, authors, artists and special effects technicians.
danny wagner falls into
the latter category, having worked on all six movies through the special
editions and the prequels as well as a glut of other blockbuster
movies. now working for kerner optical - ilm's former model shop -
dannybrings to the site
his diary,
an occasional look at the present as well as the past. click here
or on the image below for the first entry in danny's diary.
the diary can be found via the sidebar, through assorted
on the main menu page.
revenge - the
real life story of star wars episode 3 - revenge of the sith
friday 17th august 2007
>>>on august 3rd gerald home and paul
blake arrived in poland for the
dagobah 2007
convention, the first such con held specifically in honour of star wars
in poland. but not only were gerald and paul
the first ever star wars guests in the country but their appearance
made nationwide news, hitting polish papers throughout the country as
well as internationally. below is just one example of that coverage,
and click here to see television
footage of the event.
gerald, paul and
local dignitaries on obi-wan kenobi street...
>>>we bring a review of drew
karpyshyn's 2006 novel path of destruction by
rebecca newbold.
to read the review click here
or go to the sidebar, click reviews
and go to our books
section.
path of
destruction review
thursday 16th august 2007
>>>we continue our look at worlds of importance
from the history of the setnin sector with
alganar 3, the world formerly known as bedois which was
effectively wiped from galactic maps a thousand years before the battle
of yavin...
Dry, volcano covered humid world in
the single planet HedarSystem which once claimed a population
of twenty thousand.Sitting in a vast
expanse between the Setnin and Tak-Atane Sectors, withonly an unnamed satellitefor a moon, AlganarIII was where
ganglord Jomobol Pocock had two teams
of archaeologists and miners digging a site to find hidden artefacts and
buried Killiab Crystals.However, the world of Alganar III orbits thedying red giant
star Bedoah, the
oldest star in the Setnin Sector, and the system has only a few hundred years
of life left to it.Alganar III itself
is tearing itself apart – massive volcanic eruptions are regular sights on
the planet and habitation is rare and dangerous.The homeworld of the ancient Bedois race, its hierarchical
government and feudal system governed the race of latent force-sensitive
people.The world itself was known as
Bedois before the entire race was wiped out in a conflict with the Jedi Knights. Only one Bedois escaped
the war - General Arcc Nedeen. Two
years later traders settled the planet but after a spate of accidents and
strange occurrences they decided to leave.Quarantined by the Republic
1000 years ago and removed from star charts and gazetteers, Alganar III was
left entirely alone until it’s rediscovery by Jomobol Pocock
>>>it's all moving ahead very nicely,
and that progress can be seen on the official indiana jones site
in a video entitled reuniting the family.
speaking with steven spielberg, frank marshall, harrison
ford, kathleen kennedy and george lucas the video gives a
neat retrospective look at the past, while teasing us for what's to come in
may 2008. click herefor the video.
tuesday 14th august 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number 252 with
artwork by craig burt.
this shows the technical drawings for a bug fighter.
for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the mini banner
above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>six movie titles have been
registered for the forthcoming indiana jones 4. as
first reported by slashfilm, there's a
title in there that will likely seem more than familiar. indiana
jones and the city of gods has long been touted as the title of the
fourth flick.
but where's
indiana jones and the toffee apple of terror...
monday 13th august 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 9 hits
the site direct from
neil bakers own site a place in the galaxy.
you can view it there or go to our humour section on the
sidebar where laughter has become the new medicine and now nobody can take
their meds without dribbling. it's true.
sunday 12th august 2007
>>>it's released through del rey
in february 2008, it's written by karen traviss
and it features a jason felix painting of darth caedus on the
cover. postulate, pontificate and theorise to your hearts content over
this, the cover to legacy of the force - revelation.
the revelation
cover by jason felix...
saturday 11th august 2007
>>>Lightsabre has been
fortunate enough to get a mention on the official star wars
blog. friend of the site bonnie burton
posted the news that the third and final part of the interview with rick mccallum
had hit the site. click here
for the report and many thanks to bonnie for that, and also to the
good guys at club jade
who also gave us a mention.
rick! rick!
if you ever visit the site, remember that we owe you that pint!
friday 10th august 2007
>>>neil baker brings us
his second celebration europe report - day 2.
from meeting a fellow fan over a a breakfast panini to cheekily getting
autographs off warwick davis, this runs through the
days entire list of events from a certain point of view. click hereand check it out.
put your glasses
on, the little guy might look a lot like neil, but it isn't...
>>>friend of the site gerald home has
been living it large over in poland, attending his very first polish star
wars convention and becoming their first ever star wars guest.
"there's
a convention coming up in poland, august 3-5, called dagobah 2007.
they'll have their first ever star wars actor guest......and that guest will
be - me! i can't quite believe it, but they assure me it's true: i'll
be the first ever star wars actor to appear at a convention in poland.
quite an honour. the theme of the convention, roughly translated, is be
like lord vader. this refers to my co-guest, a little boy called
wojtek who is suffering terribly with cystic fibrosis. he's a huge
star wars fan and gets inspiration from the way darth vader is
able to cope with his physical problems. the convention will be the biggest
star wars event ever in poland and will have the polish outpost
in attendance, as well as members from the german garrison -
berlin is just an hour's drive away. it will also raise some
much-needed funds to help wojtek with his treatment. here's the
link to star wars
poland/imperial city online's announcement." as
ever a huge thank you to gerald, who's continuing efforts have raised
awareness not only for wojtek but for cancer
research uk
with his efforts at the Lightsabre stand during
celebration europe...
gerald, paul
blake and various polish fans assemble on obi-wan kenobi
street...
thursday 9th august 2007
>>>we're thrilled to present the third and
final part of our look back at celebration europe.
celebration europe memories - part threecovers the
sunday of the convention, with images, videos and recollections of the
events that happened. with photo's by a multitude of people and
videos culled from youtube this will
hopefully take those who visited right back to the event, and those who
didn't attend a flavour of what they missed.
goodbye daryl, we
miss you...
>>>we continue our look at worlds of
importance from the history of the setnin sector with
actua due, an outer rim world linked to setnin by the
underworld...
World in the Outer Rim Territories with many
historical links with the Setnin
Sector.Barely the size of
a small moon, Actua Dua was largely
mud, with a spattering of lakes and rivers, but no oceans of note.Much of the planets moisture collected in
the clouds that drifted above that rained down and were
absorbed back into the skies.A
pitiable planet, the populace lived a hand-to-mouth existence.The ganglord Dressel had many concerns here and regularly sent
operatives, including Petrol Merritch, to keep tracks of his efforts and watch over Ensonn, a former operative who had
become something of a problem
wednesday 8th august 2007
>>>writing a comic book is hard work.
drawing it is even harder, and pulling the whole thing together can be an
organisational nightmare. but the real nitty gritty of the whole endeavour
is the concepts and designs. these initial pieces of artwork can spark
the imagination, firing the story off into different places entirely.
here we present part one of our concept design series,
looking at the behind the scenes artwork of issue one of quest for
freedom.
tuesday 7th august 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number 251 with
artwork by
louis turfrey.
this shows a tie fighter approaching wennicas.
for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the mini banner
above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>once again the national space centre
plays host to a star wars weekend, this time happening the weekend of
the 22nd and 23rd september. with an appearance by the uk garrison,
this is set to be another great weekend out. more news as and when we
get it, but be sure to book early as these weekends are increasingly
popular, and after the amazing fun of celebration europe
it's certain to sell out quickly.
monday 6th august 2007
>>>some more excellent news wings its way from
james burns at jedi news.
over to the man himself. "we’re still trying to raise more money for
make a wish and our 30th anniversary prize draw runs until
31st august 2007. we gave away 3 of the 30 prizes at celebration europe
but there’s still 27 amazing prizes left to be won, worth over £1,500!!!
the competition is open to anybody worldwide." there you have it, get
busy and enter the competition for some fantastic prizes.
>>>robot chicken star wars special.
luke - vader- the emperor. yo mama. 'nuff
said.
sunday 5th august 2007
>>>we welcome back to Lightsabre the producer of the star wars trilogy
special edition and most notably the prequel trilogy, rick
mccallum. rick chatted to us for 40 minutes about all
manner of things and his replies can be found
here or by going through the sidebar
and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rantson
blogs.starwars.com.
rick mccallum
>>>some great news comes our way from
our affiliatejedi news.
over to
adam lamping. "we’ve
had confirmation of the saga legends 2008 fan's choice vote through
jedi news.
you can post your top 5 here."
so, click on those links and go right to jedi news
and have your say, but hurry as the option to vote only lasts a short time.
saturday 4th august 2007
>>>it's not often that a site of such good
quality comes along and stamps it's mark on the scene, but it's always more
than welcome when it does. jedi news is one of those
sites, gaining visitors and plaudits as fast as it's gaining fans.
with up to the minute news on collecting and other aspects of the star
wars universe the site is a must to bookmark and visit on a daily basis.
we're fans here at Lightsabre, so much so that jedi news can be found in
our links section as well as
becoming our 9th affiliate.
don't delay, check out jedi news right now.
>>>we've all been at the business end
of a blastech or an e-web and wished that we could speak
huttese, to worm our way out of a sticky situation. well, now
here's your chance with the complete wermo's guide to huttese.
for example, here's an entry. "wermo
(wer moh) n. 1. a stupid person, an idiot. 2. one who is pitiable,
contemptible, or weak-willed. 3. worm. 4.