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sunday 31st july 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith has likely risen
its final position in the all-time us domestic chart, finally overhauling
lord of the rings - return of the king. now sitting pretty in 7th
position on an estimated $377,118,000 it still remains $26,000,000 behind
6th place spider-man and is unlikely to rise any higher.
worldwide it has taken $803,198,922 and is now only $13,800,000 behind 12th
place independence day. sith is now only the 13th film
to take over $800,000,000 worldwide, although it's still more than a billion
dollars behind the insurmountable titanic, which doesn't include
eight years inflation. with its 7th position it now means that in
america star wars films occupy the 2nd (a new hope), 5th (the
phantom menace), 7th (revenge of the sith), 18th (attack of
the clones), 19th (return of the jedi) and 23rd (the empire
strikes back) positions. worldwide they lie in 5th (the phantom
menace), 13th (revenge of the sith), 18th (a new hope),
23rd (attack of the clones, 31st (the empire strikes back) and
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saturday 30th july 2005 |
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>>>one of the most amazing auctions in movie
history took place today, with stunning items such as luke skywalker
and darth vader's hero lightsabres from star wars, indiana
jones' jacket from indiana jones and the last crusade and an
original stormtrooper blaster. for a closer look at this
landmark auction, click
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friday 29th july 2005 |
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>>>star wars - empire at war is a new pc
game arriving next february, but
gamespot.com have some excellent game
clips as well as the trailer to view, so for an early look at this amazing
new game take a trip
there and
enjoy the show, or click below to view the trailer right here. |
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thursday 28th july 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
jedi master zeboden, the leader of the setnin jedi council
through the clone wars who returned to lead the survivors of the
rinsome to a new future... |
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Two hundred year old Jedi master from the mining world
of Crilik on the edge of Wildspace who trained Ade-arr
B’erain, Letitia Arkensaw and Blake De’Athe. A
towering man, broad and strong due to his Crilik upbringing, Zeboden was
chosen to head the Setnin Jedi Council upon its inauguration just
weeks after Setnin left the Republic just prior to the Battle of
Naboo. He was at the forefront of
Setnin Jedi action during the Clone Wars, but once the battle was lost
lay low for decades until it was time to begin training Jedi apprentices once
again. Highly respected for his
teachings of humility Zeboden held the fort at the Paladin Base before Letitia arrived to take charge, and
then stepped back to take an advisory role, tutoring his younger students and
being a wise council to his younger colleagues. After Letitia left Rai he moved back into a more prominent role as Blake
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wednesday 27th july 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith rises another
place in the all-time worldwide box office chart. having surpassed the
final unadjusted total of e.t. the extra terrestrial, sith has
now amassed $798,000,000, just $19,000,000 behind number 12 independence
day. with the japanese total rising steadily that target should be
reached within the month, and with spider-man only a further
$4,700,000 ahead sith should ultimately reach the all-time number 11
position. at the us box office sith is now just $995,190 behind
return of the king, a gap that should be achieved within the
fortnight. |
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>>>we update our mini banner links section at
the foot of the page to now include links to the
photoreceptor,
sith snapshots and
galactic gallery pages of
hyperspace. for those fortunate
enough to be a part of
hyperspace
it's a quick and swift route into the site. |
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tuesday 26th july 2005 |
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>>>we continue our latest batch of setnin selects with
number 151 by michael longlands. this image shows bounty
hunter tarr ranth as he prepares for danger. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the
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>>>november
1st will the dvd release of star wars: episode III -revenge of the sith,
and not a moment too soon. as well as revenge, which should be
sitting high in the all-time worldwide and domestic charts by then, will
come star wars battlefront, the eagerly awaited sequel to one of the
best star wars games ever. so, only 98 days to go until the next big
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monday 25th july 2005 |
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>>>it's looking likely that the proposed new
star wars television series won't be arriving next year or in 2007,
but in 2008. that means the same three year wait fans have had to endure
for each film. hopefully this only refers to the live action series,
so reports of animators being hired and work embarking on the clone wars
cgi series are accurate. |
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sunday 24th july 2005 |
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>>>we add our latest interview to the site, and
we are honoured to welcome legendary cinematographer gil taylor.
to read our interview with this cinema legend click
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saturday 21st july 2005 |
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>>>we are excited to bring you early news of a
fantastic star wars event taking place december 4th in the uk.
the starfest star wars fan celebration is being held at the riverside
ice and lesiure centre in chelmsford, essex and it promises to be a great
day for any star wars fan. with 21 guests confirmed so far and
more to come it's shaping up to be one of the events of the year.
Lightsabre are proud to be helping with the promotion of the event
through this site, so to keep tabs on the conventions progress stay tuned
or visit their site,
starfest. |
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friday 22nd july 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith continues to rack
up the numbers, with japan now the focus of its box office push. on
the all-time chart sith now sits at number eight domestically having
taken $374,599,161, passing spider-man 2 and just $2,428,160 behind
return of the king. internationally sith sits in
fifteenth spot on $788,900,000, just $900,000 behind harry potter
and the prisoner of azkaban and within $4,000,000 of e.t. :the extra
terrestrial. with another potential $70,000,000 left in japan and
holdovers from the rest of the world sith still looks good for
$860,000,000 which should drop it right behind finding nemo in 10th
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>>>netherstowe high school in
lichfield, uk have embarked on an unusual after school activity,
building their own r2-d2. students worked on the astromech
droid every friday night for almost ten months under the supervision of
nick maxwell, head of technology at the school. for a closer look
at artoo's latest incarnation go to
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>>>san
diego comic con goers were treated to a pleasant surprise, a
visit to the star wars booth by queen amidala herself
natalie portman. for security reasons her appearance was kept
quiet as lucky fans buying products from the store were randomly selected
and asked to return at a specific time for a surprise. upon their return
they were greeted by natalie and posed for a photo with the
golden globe winning actress.
also, click below for a brief insight into the events of comic con. |
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>>>the final book cover of the dark nest
trilogy has been revealed. the swarm war joins the
unseen queen and the joiner king in making up the new trilogy,
set forty years after the events of a new hope. for more
information on these new novels, as well as an excellent overview of the
new jedi order go to our
links section and the great site
njoe and take a deeper look. |
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thursday 21st july 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
general soli, the new republic commander who caused so much trouble for
jan lomona and who harboured a dark secret... |
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Posted aboard the New Republic gunboat
Colossus and known as Snorknose Soli to his
underlings, General Soli led a busy life sifting through
important documents and allocating teams to go on
seek-and-retrieve missions. A typical military type, Soli
suffered fools badly and couldn’t bear to let a grudge go. One
such grudge, against free-trader Jan Lomona festered for
years. Posted on Tantum V for a brief while after the
Battle of Endor, Soli worked alongside other underworld
types, including Anzai Karoo. Posted to the Colossus,
Soli managed to break up a successful roster of Squadron
Indigo which precipitated the arrival of Rogue Squadron
pilot Wes Janson to swiftly train a new team. Soli
barely managed to disguise his dislike for Lomona and Terrie
Saffra after they successfully completed their mission to
Maquina. Forthright and stern, Solis loyalties were brought
into doubt on a number of occasions and it was suggested that he
sold secrets to the Empire on more than one instance,
rumours that were borne out to be true when an investigation
proved that he had sold out rebel sympathisers to the Empire
during the Galactic Civil War. Sentenced to five years
at the Arsazz Mining Colonies on Lydon Soli never
made the full journey – he escaped his confines and skipped the
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wednesday 20th july 2005 |
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>>>the sad news reached us today of the death
of montgomery scot, james doohan. he was 85.
doohan, whose role was immortalised in the line "beam me up, scotty",
despite captain kirk never uttering those words on the show, had been
suffering from pneumonia and alzheimer's disease. our
condolences to his friends and family, he will be sorely missed. |
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>>>we bring you a link to an excellent
site,
fx lightsabres. this site is
charting the history of the master replica's lightsabre line right
through to the modern force fx sabre, licensed by lucasfilm.
for a closer look, click
here and delve in. |
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tuesday 19th july 2005 |
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>>>today we celebrate an important anniversary -
the 150th setnin select, this week by
louis turfrey. this image shows one of the small number of squadron indigo a-wing
fighters on manoeuvres by leogard. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>who knows how long this will stay on the
net, but take a look at
here. i defy anyone with even a passing
interest in star wars not to be impressed. |
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monday 18th july 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith finally slips out
of the us top ten after 60 days on release. now sitting in the us
domestic 8th spot it has just surpassed spider-man 2's total of
$373,585,825
and has only $3,179,320 to go until it takes
7th spot and usurps return of the king. worldwide it continues
to close in on the original star wars unadjusted total, where it is
just $6.6 million behind. with a storming opening in japan and the
promise of further takings there which could total $100 million, it still
looks good to nestle just behind finding nemo in the all-time 10th
spot, just ahead of spider-man. |
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sunday 17th july 2005 |
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>>>alan
fore is perhaps best known as the webmaster of shannon
mcrandle's excellent
website, but perhaps it's not as well
known that he is an awesome artist. click
here or go to the
various
section to view some of the fantastic art of
alan fore. |
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saturday 16th july 2005 |
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>>>news from the land of the rising sun, where
revenge of the sith has broken yet another box office record, this
time the biggest japanese opening ever. after recording the largest
preview ever there, $7.5 million from june 28 and july 2, sith went
on to gross $12.5 million over its first two days of release at 756 screens,
marking the biggest opening of all time with $20 million, beating former
record holder the matrix reloaded as well as the previous two star
wars pictures, and now has realistic shot at passing the phantom
menace's $109.9 million total gross. not too bad for what is
essentially the fifth prequel to a twenty-eight year old movie. |
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friday 15th july 2005 |
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>>>we present a 9 minute
video showing the restored x-wing being signed by various celebrities
at celebration 3. take a look and see who you recognise. |
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>>>we finally bring you our exclusive
celebration 3 report by friend of the site jonathan l bowen and
Lightsabre
interview guest ian liston.
for a fans view as well as a stars perspective, click
here or go through the sidebar
to assorted and the
articles section. |
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>>>mark
newbold finally gets published
today in the august edition of
model and collectors mart.
go to page 96 where you will find his indiana jones collectibles article `keeping up
with the jones'. |
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thursday 14th july 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
weale galletti, the young woman who infiltrated the court of jabba
the hutt for glann cipple and proved herself to be a vital agent
in the underworld... |
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- Youngest member of the Galletti
family, Weale was as unaware of her surviving brother’s existence as they
were of hers. Thought by her brothers
to have been killed in the family’s escape from Trefnare after the Imperial
invasion, Weale was taken in at
the age of eight and trained by Glann
Cipples Shadow Warriors on Ferrerea, working for them on numerous
occasions. Highly skilled in the martial arts, espionage and guile, Weale
assisted agent Himbimimam out in
the field on worlds as inhospitable as Janos
and later on Tatooine where
she operated for a while as Glann
Cipple's Alpha Source in Jabba the Hutt's court, known as Innga Marrael and posing as a
dancer. After the disbandment of the
Shadow Warriors, Weale operated as an independent, hiring out her skills to
the highest bidder, and made a reputation as an espionage expert,
infiltrating organisations and gaining access to the highest echelons of
business and politics. During the Setnin/Ki-Ki War she worked
alongside Jan Lomona
and assisted in infiltrating Ki-Ki defences.
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wednesday 13th july 2005 |
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>>>today is a day of celebrations, for not only
is it the birthday of han solo, harrison ford, who is 64
today, but it's also the 6th birthday of Lightsabre. back in
1999 Lightsabre launched, coming off the back of our previous
incarnations wirezone and fantawar, where many of the earliest
stories were first published. and six years later, although the
original four members are now down to only the full-time contributions of mark
newbold, the site still flourishes. and, we would like to
think, will do so for a long time to come. |
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>>>grey delisle is a name many of you
may not be familiar with, but if you listen closer you may recognise her as
the voice of padme amidala in the clone wars micro series.
grey has released her second album, iron flowers, which you can read
more about
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tuesday 12th july 2005 |
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>>>we continue our latest batch of setnin selects with
number 149 by
louis turfrey. this image shows the setnin world of commodor, a planet scattered
in industrial plants and shipyards. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>jan lomona's first official
appearance to the outside world wasn't in the bantha tracks writing
contest, or in the pages of the mid 1990's website fantawar but
in the letters page of the 11th issue of return of the jedi weekly
back in 1983. for a closer look at this nostalgic letter go to the
various section and take a peek... |
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monday 11th july 2005 |
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>>>mark
newbold adds the 217th story to
Lightsabre, the final part of the jan lomona stories showing the
smuggler returning to his home of a-desando. throwing it all
away tells of jan's choice regarding his return home, so
for a slice of
new alliances
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the
new alliances
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>>>want to know the best way to suppress the
growing threat of the rebel alliance and keep the galaxy in your
vice-like grip? well, perhaps if the empire has decked all
their stormtroopers out in this garb they wouldn't have lost the
war. weapons of mass distraction indeed... |
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sunday 10th july 2005 |
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>>>we add our latest interview to the site, and
we are thrilled to welcome biggs darklighter himself garrick hagon.
to read the interview click
here or go through the sidebar and
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saturday 9th july 2005 |
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>>>we add the latest update to our site refit,
adding the
hellion conflict era to our reloaded
timeline. the era of the destruction of the second death star at endor,
check out the
chronology section,
timeline and
hellion conflict era to see what part the
inhabitants of the setnin sector played in events. |
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friday 8th july 2005 |
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>>>ever since the release of revenge of the sith back in may, there
seems to be a distinct lack of regular updates on other star wars-related
websites. aint-it-cool have noticeably slowed down, as has the
usually prolific force.net. so what has caused this slow down?
is it lack of news, a decrease in rumours or simply star wars burn
out? it doesn't seem so long ago that star wars sites began to
dry up - after the release of the phantom menace, when fandom was
divided and the run up to attack of the clones was fairly muted, something
which clearly affected that films box office clout. but sith
was well received, and we have not one but two new shows to look forward to,
as well as book, comics and other related materials. perhaps it's time
to push the point and make sure star wars is an ever-present fixture
on the internet, led, as ever, by its rabid fan base - us. |
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thursday 7th july 2005 |
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>>>on days like today sites such as this seem
trivial and shallow, given the events that took place in london this
morning. this sites prayers are with the dead and injured and their
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wednesday 6th july 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
anzai karoo, a man who's smuggling career spanned two important era's of
setnins underworld history... |
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Known throughout the smuggling fraternity within the Mid-Rim, Anzai Karoo was something of
a legend. An original member of the Cipple-Dressel-Riger-D’Staan team who
made such an impact on the Setnin
Sector underworld three decades ago, Karoo led a varied life. A failed Jedi student, Karoo sought out another life to occupy him,
eventually winding up as the assistant to that illustrious group. Pilot of the famed ship the Cannon Angel, Anzai had been mentor
and friend to many operators including Jan
Lomona and Goah Galletti. He
met his death at the hands of Queed/Riger
on Trefnare after
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tuesday 5th july 2005 |
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>>>our current batch of setnin selects continue with
number 148 by michael longlands. this image shows a body shot of bounty hunter tarr ranth as he
prepares for action. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the
setnin select archive. |
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monday 4th july 2005 |
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>>>the official sites hyperspace
section updates with a short story set just after the battle of geonosis
written by past Lightsabre guest
mike stackpole. elusion
illusion concentrates on aayla secura as she carries out a vital
mission for the republic, and can be found
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sunday 3rd july 2005 |
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>>>our good friend and recent
interview guest
jonathan l bowen has a site up to
publicise his excellent book, anticipation - the real life story of
episode 1:the phantom menace. the site can be found
here, along with a link back to this
very site and the review we placed about the book. to take a look,
purchase the book or just take a look click
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saturday 2nd july 2005 |
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>>>we update our
movie scripts page with the script of
1999's the phantom menace. for a read of the saga's most
controversial episode go through the sidebar to assorted, the
various section and take a look at the
film that returned of star wars to the cinema. |
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friday 1st july 2005 |
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>>>welcome to july, and here on Lightsabre
we aim to continue bringing the best in selected star wars news and
events from the setnin sector. this month we bring
interviews with biggs darklighter garrick hagon and the
cinematographer of the original star wars gil taylor, as well as
bringing new stories, updated guides and even more work on the ever-growing
Lightsabre universe. oh, and don't forget the 150th setnin
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>>>mark
newbold adds the 216th story to
Lightsabre, a continuation of the recent jan lomona stories where
the smuggler returns home to make a decision regarding his future.
mothers pride is a low-key tale of decisions and regrets, so
for a slice of
new alliances
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
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>>>general madine was a key character in
return of the jedi, informing our heroes of their mission to endor,
and our latest interview is with with the man who brought the general to
life. to read our interview with dermot crowley click
here or go through the sidebar and
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>>>we update our
pilots of squadron indigo page with new
additions to the roster from the time of the incursion at varoone, a
story currently being written concerning the historic indigo mission that
included the assistance of
rogue squadron pilot wes janson.
for more information, click
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>>>we are thrilled to add our 12th affiliate.
star wars empire.net is a great fan site, bringing news, reviews, a
large database, multimedia and much, much more, all organised by
bobafett688, the sites resident webmaster.
for a closer look at this great site click
here or go to our
affiliates section through links
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>>> mark
newbold adds the 215th story to
Lightsabre, a tale of smuggler jan lomona originally recorded as
an
nhp audio story back in november 1987.
second son tells of jan's decision to take up the governorship of his
home city of ecaps, so
for a slice of
consolidation of power
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the
consolidation of power
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>>>jonathan l bowen is a new author to
the star wars universe with his debut book anticipation - the real
life story of episode 1-the phantom menace. for an inside view of
this exciting new book read
here or go through the sidebar and
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>>>boba fett - he wasn't always the most
feared man in the galaxy, and that was brilliantly portrayed by our guest
daniel logan, the latest interview here at Lightsabre.
to find out more about jango's special clone you can read
here or go through the sidebar and
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