>>>setnin select reaches number 250 with
artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows a concept design for the bestragex utilities fighter, a
setnin designed fighter for use by the empire from
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.
>>>we're still high on
celebration europe in these parts, and here's another fun
image from the weekend that you'll see more of this coming thursday when we
bring you our
celebration europememories page - day two.
shown here are jason, rebecca, markand iain, mugging for the camera in the upper deck
bar at the novotel hotel.
this is the
stuff!
monday 30th july 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 8 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 your extremities will tingle from the battering of mirth that
assault them...oh yeah
sunday 29th july 2007
>>>his celebration 4 piece
garnered a lot of interest in these parts and we're sure his first
celebration europe article will do just the same.
neil baker brings us celebration europe report - day 1.
from getting the badges to meeting mark hamill, this runs through the
days entire list of events from a certain point of view. click hereand check it out.
neil, kuldip
and...errr, not sure who that is...
>>>those lucky enough to be attending
the san diego comic convention - and we have a few friends who are
there right now - are seeing some amazing things. satellite links to
the set of indiana jones 4,
great news regarding the new star trek 11 film, with
zachary 'sylar' quinto announced as spock and guest star
leonard nimoy joining him on stage, and the release of more new indy
promotional material, including this gorgeous drew struzan piece
teasing the new film.
excited much?
>>>regular readers of Lightsabre
know that this lady is a friend of the site and it was a pleasure to finally
meet her at
celebration europe. cynthia cummens has
contributed to the forthcoming topps 30th anniversary card set, so
click here for much more
information from the official site and
some gorgeous artwork.
tic-tac-greedo!
saturday 28th july 2007
>>>news is pouring in regarding the new
indiana
jones movie, which is released memorial day 2008 worldwide.
steven spielberg, shia lebeouf and ray winstone were joined by
harrison ford
himself for a chat with the san diego comic-con crowd before revealing the
latest cast member to join the shoot. karen allen returns as
marion ravenwood for the movie, much to the delight of fans both in
san diego and worldwide.
shia lebeouf,
steven spielberg, ray winstone, harrison ford and returning,
karen allen
>>>also recently announced for early
2008 is the release of
lego indiana jones.
following on in the tradition laid down by lego star wars, this looks
set to be another rip-roaring adventure game sprinkled with a lot of humour.
click here for more from
adam khan of lucasarts, but in the
meantime watch this fantastic fan video from indyj21, a polish
fan film maker who simply couldn't wait for the game to come out...
>>>friend of the site and our guest at
celebration europegerald home
brings us news from his own site. he has updated the pictures page to
include a photo of himself and the Lightsabre gang at the end of the
weekend. click here for a look a gerald's
website, and take a good look round while you're there.
friday 27th july 2007
>>>we bring to you the ninth page of our four-issue online comic
adaptation of quest for freedom, drawn
to celebrate not only the 30th anniversary of the original star wars
but also the 25th anniversary of that very first story. drawn and
designed by richard skidmore,
with cover art by craig burt and logo design by
tim wann, this mark newbold
written story takes places between the events of empire strikes back
and return of the jedi, as lando calrissian and chewbacca
search the galaxy for their lost friend han solo. click the
mini banner below to reach the comic book archive and
the ninth and final page of issue one of our weekly comic strip, quest for freedom.
>>>r2-kt. that's the name
of a very special astromech that you will be hearing an awful lot of in the
coming weeks and months, and for very good reason. here's the full
press release to fill you in properly."hasbro, inc.
and lucasfilm ltd.
announce the creation of a limited-edition star wars
action figure to honor katie johnson,
a very special star wars
fan who tragically passed away from brain cancer in 2005 at the age of
seven. in conjunction with this figure, hasbro
and lucasfilm
will help make more wishes come true for children like
katie by donating $100,000 in her
memory to the make-a-wish foundations
of south carolina and san diego. hasbro’s r2-kt
droid figure will be available at san diego comic-con
international july 25-29 at the
booths of hasbro
and star wars shop
with a small inventory also being offered for sale online through hasbrotoyshop
and starwarsshop
following the event. the
star wars saga
has always been near to the heart of the johnson
family–in fact, katie’s
father, albin johnson,
is the founder of the 501st legion,
a star wars
costuming fan club that performs charity work around the world. so it’s not
too surprising that katie’s
sister allie
wished her sister had an "artoo"
droid to look after her while she underwent her cancer treatment–just like
r2-d2 cared for
padmé in star
wars episode 2 - attack of the clones.the
r2-kt action
figure—which looks like a pink version of r2-d2—will
cost $9.99. in addition, albin
and allie johnson
will be bringing the full-size r2-kt
to comic-con to
show to fans." wonderful news, and for more information follow this
link to the official r2-kt website.
thursday 26th july 2007
>>>we're thrilled to be able to present the
first part of our three part look back at celebration europe.
celebration europe memories - part one covers the thursday before and the
opening friday 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. and don't forget to come
back next week for part two.
these guys
won't forget the weekend in a hurry...
>>>our celebration europe
dedicated page finally bows out from the main page sidebar and moves
to it's new home, on the assorted header page.
click there to see the coverage Lightsabre gave the show in the
months leading up to the 13th - 15th july convention.
>>>we begin our look at worlds of importance
from the history of the setnin sector with
a-desando, the world that gave birth to jan lomona and a planet
with a chequered political history...
Setnin Sector home to the free trader Jan Lomona and world of history and ancient sites.In the largest of the planets continents, Henmarr, and outside the urban area
of Ecaps City lies the
region of narrow canyons known as the Lomona
Straits, named after the Lomona family who’ve done so much for A-desando
over the years.Close by is the city
of Ponon, which sits on the opposite
side of Lake Mazapamano and
the Ponon Pass from
Ecaps City, the capital city of A-desando.A
city largely comprised of housing estates, Ponon was where Narn and Sieera Lomona had their second home, and where their
son Jan first met his childhood sweetheart and later fiancée Frans
Latka.Desando Dynamics, the sectors foremost ship
design and build corporation, is situated on Garpos Island.Sharing the
Desando System with her three
sister worlds - Locaarn, Lagara and Halando, A-desando orbits the yellow
star Tri-Lomon at a distance of
275 million kilometres.Holding three
moons in its orbit, Sandosol, Rigette and Gennta, A-desando has a mixed
climate varying from cool winds in the north to a warmer climate in the
south.Senator Gennata of A-desando who served the world in the senate
for almost fifty years lived out his years in the warm southern state of
Drellea
wednesday 25th july 2007
>>>interesting news comes our way from san
diego. jessy adams,
assistant vice president of get solo llc, in
association with lucasfilm ltd are about
to release star wars social networking cards. over to howard
roffman at lucasfilm. "millions
of people of all ages have a deep bond with the characters and stories of
star wars. these new products are unique, because they capture that
personal connection. fans will find the social networking cards to be a fun
way to express themselves when meeting other fans, because they can
personalize them with their favourite star wars images, include
interesting personal information, and even build a collection." click
here for more details on
this new development in star wars collecting.
home yoda, home!
tuesday 24th july 2007
>>>as many of you will know, one of the reasons
Lightsabre was at celebration europe
was to raise money for cancer
research uk. well, we certainly managed to exceed our
expectations, by a long way. our cancer
research uk total, and there's still money trickling in, was
£1015.00. many thanks to chris rider, the Lightsabre
gang, everyone who donated, our neighbouring stalls, dave prowse for
contributing seven signed photographs but especially to gerald home
- a complete star - who donated half of the money he raised towards our cancer
research uk fund raising campaign. we shall be handing
the cheque over to cancer
research uk very soon, and you'll be able to read all about
that here on Lightsabre.
>>>setnin select reaches number 249 with artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows a second concept design for the isd revenger, from
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.
monday 23rd july 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 7 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 the jaw aches from grinning...really.
>>>we welcome to Lightsabre our
latest star interview guest, the actor who populated numerous roles in the
prequels, jerome blake. we first met jerome at
february's sf ball in bournemouth and caught up again at celebration europe
last week 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. and be sure
to come back in two weeks time for the third and final part of our interview with
rick mccallum.
jerome blake
>>>those good people at galactic empire network
are running a competition with the grand prizes being some very exclusive
books. over to
stephen. "the
galactic empire network,
in association with dk
books,
is holding two competitions in which visitors can win two signed, limited
edition posters from hans jensen, illustrator of star wars
complete cross sections, and two copies of you can draw star wars
signed by bonnie burton, matt busch and tom
hodges. all they need to do is visit galactic empire network
and answer two questions. the competitions end august 21st." cheers
stephen,
and make sure you click through and enter the competition for these
exclusive prizes.
bonnie and matt
signing the books at celebration europe...
>>>the final attendance figures for celebration europe
have been released, and they make for very healthy reading. click here for the full
figures, but know that over the weekend 29,000 people paid to enter the
excel arena, with 3,500 free passes being handed out to children under
the age of eight. not only does that show that star wars is in
rude health with 'the star wars generation', but that future
generations of star wars fans are being brought in.
saturday 21st july 2007
>>>insider 95 hits mailboxes in
september, and it's yet another issue packed with wholesome star wars
goodness. cynthia cummens shows us how to draw padme amidala,
pete vilmur and bonnie burton show the best of star
wars.com, frank parisi reveals some of the new toys to be
released and stephen sansweet scouts the galaxy, along with much,
much more. don't hang about, get your copy as soon as it's released.
insider 95
>>>lucasarts
hits the san diego comiccon. in order to both celebrate the
past twenty-five years of lucasartsand the bright
future of the company, lucasartsare setting up
in booth #2913 with an amazing display of new and old product.
click here for more details, or
get down there yourself...
friday 20th july 2007
>>>after a weeks break to maximise our celebration europe
coverage we bring to you the eighth page of our four-issue online comic
adaptation of quest for freedom, drawn
to celebrate not only the 30th anniversary of the original star wars
but also the 25th anniversary of that very first story. drawn and
designed by richard skidmore,
with cover art by craig burt and logo design by
tim wann, this mark newbold
written story takes places between the events of empire strikes back
and return of the jedi, as lando calrissian and chewbacca
search the galaxy for their lost friend han solo. click the
mini banner below to reach the comic book archive and
the eighth page of our weekly comic strip, quest for freedom.
>>>Lightsabre had the distinct
pleasure of spending some time in the company of stephen sansweet,
the author of tomart's guide to worldwide star wars collectibles,
star wars from concept to screen to collectible and the forthcoming
the vault. our interview with stephen will hit the site
soon, but in the meantime here's a shot of
louis, stephen and mark taken just after the
interview. many thanks to chris gereke and lori satre
for their help.
louis turfrey,
stephen sansweet and mark newbold
>>>it looks like star wars is
in for another batch of awards, if the nominations for the emmy awards
are anything to go by. the highly regarded show was garnered with
nominations for outstanding
directing for nonfiction programming, outstanding writing for
nonfiction programming and outstanding nonfiction special.
congratulations are in order to the history channel and everyone
involved, and fingers crossed for the big awards day.
"ok, so I
follow this evolution but where did jabba come from..?"
thursday 19th july 2007
>>>Lightsabre and galactic empire network
have been allies and friends for a number of years now, and it was our great
pleasure to finally meet its webmaster stephen g harrogate last
weekend at celebration europe.
stephen was just as friendly and helpful as we knew he would be, and
it's our pleasure to announce g.e.n as our 8th affiliate.
our good friend
iain armstrong at the costume parade
photograph by
neil baker
>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
yedda familee, one of three siblings who stayed hidden for much of the
ki-ki/setnin war...
One of
a group of triplets, sons of Baron Pede Familee and
Baroness Julid Familee. Bought up in a world of care
and safety, Yedda had to deal with the outside worlds as best he could when
his world was turned upside down. He was caring and thoughtful, as taught by
his father, but slowly began to realise that these virtues wouldn’t serve him
well off Chinngard. Along with his brother Corri, Yedda hid on Amagad throughout much of the
war, coming back into the limelight in the fortress of the Cipple sisters
wednesday 18th july 2007
>>>trust us, there's going to be a lot
of celebration europe
talk floating through the site over the next few weeks, as we build up our celebration europememories page with photo's and pieces by a whole glut of writers
and fans. but, while we wait for that here's a great video montage
taken from the weekends activities that really evokes the excitement of the
weekend. oh, and watch right to the end for a first-class piece of
quality sarcasm.
>>>well, he's finally hit the big time with a
crash. Lightsabre's own louis
turfrey has this photo - taken friday
night at the fox pub right next to the excel arena - on the
official star
wars blogalong with friends of the
site john stubley and nicky spink. but i had no idea jedi wore
wristwatches...
louis takes on
john stubley and nicky spink at kerplunk...
photo by terry
hodges
tuesday 17th july 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number 248 with artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows the millenium falcon evading imperial pursuit. for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the
mini banner above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>kenny baker was a great
guest at celebration europe,
mixing with the fans and chatting to anyone who had a question. as the
weekend progressed the upper deck at the novotel became the
place to be, and we managed to snap kenny relaxing with family and
friends.
photo by anthony
harding
monday 16th july 2007
>>>at celebration europe
we were lucky enough to meet up with
neil baker,
and having had a face to face it's even more of a pleasure to be presenting
turning to the dork side 6, direct from
neils own site a place in the galaxy.
you can view it there or go to our humour section on the
sidebar where the airways hurt from snorts of laughter.
>>>anthony
harding is a guy you'll be hearing a lot more from
over the coming months on Lightsabre. not only was he present
at the battle of the bridge at celebration europe,
but he's also joining the Lightsabre staff with his game reviews.
but, until then, here's a great image of anthony and friend of the
site bonnie burton saturday night at the novotel hotel,
right by the excel arena.
"is that a
lightsaber or are you just pleased to see me?"
sunday 15th july 2007
>>>this will be a day long remembered
in star wars fandom, the day jedi battled sith on the
royal victoria dock bridge in a fan organised moment of genius. Lightsabre has a much longer
version on the way, featuring staff members
louis
turfrey and anthony
harding, as well as friend of the site iain armstrong
but until then enjoy this clip from the climactic moment of the battle of
the bridge.
saturday 14th july 2007
>>>we were very lucky to get the
chance to meet up with
neil baker during the weekend
of celebration europe,
and like the rest of us he certainly got busy checking everything out.
here we see
neilmodelling a rather fetching orange number for the official star wars
blog...
neil baker - the
man, the myth...
photo by bonnie
burton
friday 13th july 2007
>>>ian mcdiarmid was the
special guest of honour at the opening ceremony of celebration europe,
regaling the crowd with a brilliant opening chat full of humorous anecdotes
and stories. watch the video below for the opening ceremony and check
back over the coming weeks as Lightsabre'scelebration europe
coverage is filled in.
thursday 12th july 2007
>>>as celebration europe
draws ever closer we are finally able to announce Lightsabre's
special guest. gerald home
portrayed two characters in return of the jedi, tessek -
that's squid head to us old time palitoy guys - and the mon
calamarian officer. geraldshall be appearing at the Lightsabre stand in the dealers
area, on table d-74 on saturday 14th july, where he shall be
signing the very last of his c3 and c4 official pix images.
with a significant portion of the proceeds being donated to cancer
research uk, this is sure to be a great way to meet a genuine
star of the star wars saga and have a chat with one of the men behind
the masks. don't forget - saturday 14th, table d-74 in
the dealers area to meet gerald home.
come and meet
gerald home
>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
dren nolder, the towering and ferocious mercenary who ran with jan
lomona and goah galletti...
This towering alien mercenary
possessed the strength to tear through steel blast doors when driven to do
so.Nolder assisted the Galletti/Lomona partnership on
occasion throughout the Setnin Sector,
and also in other sectors such as the Dead
Man Sector.Here, along with
Galletti and Lomona, Nolder was cloned and during a close call Nolder was
drenched with water - something his race abhorred.Using his immense strength he tore through
steel doors to escape.
wednesday 11th july 2007
>>>1986 was a very busy year for
nhp. it was the year that most of the nhp star wars universe
was spawned, introducing many of the major characters that inhabit
Lightsabre today. but back in 1986, much like 2007 with the
untitled audio drama, nhp - newbold hicks productions - were planning something big.
in those pre-internet days the
message didn't spread quite so far as today, so it's a pleasure to be able
to bring to you some of the literature of the time. known by nhp as
'the green sheet', this early detailing of trouble on tantum
v
includes cast details, special effects information and doodles by current
Lightsabreroleplayeditorjason brown.
click below and take a closer look and also visit our new trouble on tantum
v page in the audio section which details the
development of this never-produced mini movie....
the green sheet
>>>saturday july 14th at
5.30pm in the platinum theatre will be the place to be at celebration europe,
because that's where and when the european premiere of the rough cut of
fanboys is being held. the films director kyle newman is
there holding court, and it's sure to be a fun and affectionate viewing for
all celebration europe
fans. click here for more from the
official site and make sure to make your way to the platinum theatre
for 5.30pm...
i bet those
aren't george's hands...
>>>this looks certain to be one of the
highlights of the whole weekend, with a glut of production stars attending celebration europe.
not only do we have former Lightsabre guest and droid wrangler
don bies, original
trilogy production designer norman reynolds and producer of
star wars and indiana jones robert watts, but we are also graced
by the legendary model maker lorne peterson. click here for the official
announcement - this looks set to be an amazing weekend, and the
announcements are far from over, so keep 'em peeled...
don bies
lorne peterson
norman reynolds
robert watts
tuesday 10th july 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number 247 with artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows a concept sketch of an a-desandian 'camel' fighter. for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the
mini banner above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>going to celebration europe?
are you a hyperspace member, but don't know how to register?
well, vital information regarding registering details for celebration europe can
be found right here.
top trumps...
monday 9th july 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 5 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 the sides just ache from laughing so much...honest.
>>>back in 1986 nhp - newbold hicks productions -
embarked on developing a cine film project. called trouble on tantum
v it was set to be nhp's first live action adventure, but the
project never got off the ground. in the Lightsabre archives
there are pages and pages of script treatments, artwork, design and
background work, including this. written by mark newbold,
this is the language written for tantum v, to be spoken by the
tantalese natives of the forest planet. take a look back to
1986 and see where that language would have taken us through our new trouble on tantum
v page, a new article that shall grow to detail the
development of this never-produced mini movie...
tantalese if you
please...
sunday 8th july 2007
>>>former Lightsabre guest and
friend of the site joe corroney
is appearing at celebration europe,
and he's contacted Lightsabre to pass on a special message.
over to joe. "hope all is
well and looking forward to seeing you at celebration europe.
i was wondering if you could post this news to your readers at
lightsabre.co.uk about my celebration europe
print reserve. i am currently taking a list of reserve requests for
prints prior to the show if you email me directly at
joe@joecorroney.com or through my myspace page and type
celebration europe print in the subject line. this print will be limited
to 250 hand signed and numbered editions, 18" x 24" (or 46 x 61 cms) in size
and will sell for £35 each. it will only be available for sale directly from
me in the art show (located in the south event hall of the excel arena) at
star wars
celebration europe in london, england from july 13th -
15th. i will be taking reserve requests up until midnight on july 10th and i
will be accepting payment at the show. the artwork *will* be available for
sale to all fans and everyone that attends the event and there will be *no
limit* to how many copies you can purchase in person until it is sold out.
everyone can check out my news section at my official site for more info and
for a preview of the artwork
www.joecorroney.com/news. thanks
so much mark." our pleasure, see you there joe.
joe corroney
saturday 7th july 2007
>>>yet more amazing news for visitors
to next weekends celebration europe.
along with billy dee williams, rick mccallum,
anthony daniels and ian mcdiarmid the weekend welcomes luke
skywalker himself mark hamill. mark will be signing friday
and saturday, and a virtual queue system has been implemented to cope with
the expected high demand so buy those tickets now and grab your place in the
queue.
mark hamill - we
guarantee he won't be wearing this outfit next week...
>>>the insiders guide to
celebration europe has hit the official site,
detailing all the many and various activities that have been planned for the
three-day star wars bonanza next weekend. click here
for the link to the official site and download the pdf's detailing the
schedule of events, and make sure you drop by dealers booth d-74
to visit the Lightsabre stand
where we'll be more than happy to discuss all things Lightsabre and
admiral motti...
just one week to
go...
friday 6th july 2007
>>>we bring to you the seventh page of our
four-issue online comic adaptation of quest for freedom, drawn
to celebrate not only the 30th anniversary of the original star wars
but also the 25th anniversary of that very first story. drawn and
designed by richard skidmore,
with cover art by craig burt and logo design by
tim wann, this mark newbold
written story takes places between the events of empire strikes back
and return of the jedi, as lando calrissian and chewbacca
search the galaxy for their lost friend han solo. click the
mini banner below to reach the comic book archive and
the seventh page of our weekly comic strip, quest for freedom.
>>>our latest
affiliatecoolwaters
productions have long been associated with
Lightsabre, ever since its founder and webmaster derek maki
kindly helped us with some business on the site. now, years later, a
number of coolwaters
productionsclients are
appearing at celebration europe
and, to promote and mark this occasion, coolwatershave redesigned their logo and site. click hereor on the banner below to visit the newly freshened up site and
see just who they have on their impressive books.
>>>it's the film we're all watching the
progress of and it's shooting right now. and, while the official site
is giving us some excellent information there are always set reports and
snippets from extras that give us just that tantalising bit more. this
newly constructed site is a great hub to find out all the indiana jones 4
news you need.
thursday 5th july 2007
>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
aaron calcavera, the young hotshot
x-wing pilot who made a name for himself with the
rebel alliance...