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>>>business
week online have an interesting article describing the
growing symbiotic relationship between ilm and lucasarts. ilm
head of research and development steve sullivan and lucasarts
producer chris williams spoke of the connections. says sullivan,
"i think george has intended this for quite a long time. it was hard
before because we were geographically separate. the technology wasn't
far enough that ilm
and lucasarts could actually trade all that much." click
here for a deeper insight into this
fascinating development, which could benefit both the gaming and special
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>>>two birthdays are celebrated today, that of
Lightsabre webmaster mark newbold
and obi-wan kenobi himself ewan macgregor. both reach
the advanced age of 35, and at least one of them isn't thrilled about it... |
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thursday 30th march 2006 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
grand moff den treece, the imperial who became fixated on
bringing down glann cipples underworld empire... |
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A power hungry Imperial and ambitious career climber with a twisted edge, Treece
was marked for the fast track way back at the academy on Carida with his colleague Korne
Lans. Rising through the ranks he
accepted a posting on Mantin VII,
running the garrison there and overseeing the first stages of the design of
the Super Star Destroyer Revenger. It was during this time that he was offered
the Governorship of Chancai, a position that he quickly
accepted. From there it was a swift
soiree of parties and social occasions, always with an exotic alien on his
arm. After seven years in the post he
was offered the position of Grand Moff,
replacing his disgraced predecessor Grand
Moff Dacartchen. Accepting the
position, only if he could still operate out of his now beloved Chancai,
Treece ran the Imperial presence in Setnin
with an iron hand. Taking on his
former staff sergeant Commander Korne Lans as his aide he enjoyed the riches
that his position afforded - Fflivian
truffles, the best Duarga wine
credits could buy. And all the time
his hatred growing for the Governor of Amagad and leader of the Setnin
underworld, Glann Cipple. After installing ex-Grand Moff Dacartchen
to head up the Trefnarian Stormtrooper
Project, and the occurrences within, Treece began his own covert build up
of troopers on Zelon. Intent on securing himself as the unopposed ruler of
the sector Treece arranged the theft of a data disk from Cipples data base,
stolen by Cipples secretary Jezzren
and distributed to the other five major ganglords in the sector - Torona Formoon, Geon Tasar, Mister Spyte,
Predd Jason and Cipples arch-nemesis
Dressel, who
Treece had prior dealings with. Believing he had trapped Cipple on Soluman, Treece arrived only to find
out that it was Cipple who had deceived them all and after the nuclear
detonation that destroyed Devlin’s
Island, Treece’s shuttle crashed into the ocean. Treece survived the crash but suffered
terrible injuries becoming a tortured and twisted mess of skin and scar
tissue. Returning to Zelon, Treece found that he had lost his position as
Grand Moff - and that Lans was now an Admiral. Treece accepted the offer of continuing the
Trefnarian Stormtrooper Project,
the operation begun over a decade ago cloning Stormtroopers from pure unsullied Trefnarian DNA. Privy to the true details of the project,
Treece boosted the cloning facilities and produced clones quickly and cheaply
- regardless of the consequences.
However, Treece came unstuck after stumbling across a package
delivered by Jan Lomona some two
years before from a renegade group of Stormtroopers in the Quarshannel Sector. The opening of the package caused all of the
Cloned Trefnarian Stormtroopers on planet to die a swift death - therefore
bringing an end to the Trefnarian Stormtrooper Project. The only troopers from the project that
survived were those who had been stationed off planet. Disgraced, Treece left Trefnare to
convalesce and went underground for almost six years, watching the end of the
Empire from the sidelines. Eager to
take Setnin as his own and self-appointing himself Grand Moff of the sector
again he gathered four ISD’s with their commanders and set about retaking the
sector, attacking New Republic
supply stations and installations.
Aboard his new command ship the ISD
Negator he eventually fought the New Republic Gunboat Colossus and Squadron
Indigo, engaging them and Rebel hero Wes
Janson over Varoone before
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wednesday 29th march 2006 |
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>>>mark
newbold
continues to
add to the newest section of Lightsabre.
dark horse comic covers -
revenge of the sith takes an in-depth look at the covers of the various mini-series that filled out the time period of the
end of the clone wars, the fall of the jedi and the rise of
the empire. to browse those classic covers, go to
assorted and click on
articles or click
here
for the
dark horse comic covers -
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tuesday 28th march 2006 |
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>>>setnin select reaches number
186 with
a piece by
mark newbold. this shows luschia arkensaw
relaxing with her old boss and adversary jabba the hutt.
for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through to the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>cloak and dagger is a star wars
galaxies video with a difference. designed to tell a detailed story,
that of an imperial hit on a rebel base, this cleverly designed montage,
with original and film audio, weaves a compelling story. |
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monday 27th march 2006 |
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>>>after a two month absence from
posting at the blogs,
mark newbolds latest blog
phoenix from the flames has reached the
number one spot on the
official star wars site. click
below for a look at Lightsabre's blog sitting proudly on top of the world. |
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>>>continuing preparations for the new underworld age era hitting the site and completing the
restoration of Lightsabre we present to you the stories from the era that
contains the start of the conflict - prelude to invasion.
the seeds of destruction
by
jonathan hicks
tells of the
setnin councils
annoyance at outside interference. but how can they be missing the
threat that lurks so close by? |
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sunday 26th march 2006 |
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>>>Lightsabre continues its
webmaster interviews. this week we
interview the founder of the 501st legion, albin johnson.
albin was a gent and his answers can be found
here or by going through the sidebar and
hitting
interviews. then discuss it at our
forums
or at
smugglers rants
on
blogs.starwars.com. |
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saturday 25th march 2006 |
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>>>we were lucky enough to be recognised for
our benevolent gesture, and
the force.net were kind enough to give
us a mention on their front page. take a look at Lightsabre's
mention on their site, putting our force behind
dustin
l roberts attempt to become the
president of the star wars fan club. |
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it's us, on the front
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>>>we present to you more
star wars limericks.
go through
humour and click
star wars limericks for some more crazy
poetry. |
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friday 24th march 2006 |
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>>>we've improved our sound recording
quality and so it's time for setnin radio episode 13.
presented by
mark newbold and
louis turfrey
and hosted by
star wars fanworks,
setnin radio brings you thoughts, musings, news and information
from the world of star wars, Lightsabre and sci-fi in general.
setnin radio is available in two ways - click on your choice of media
and listen to a live stream in windows media player or mp3, or alternatively
right click, choose save target as and save to your hard drive. |
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>>>prodition, the sequel to power of
the sith, the short film by jeremy west, is here.
with improved production values and special effects, this is every bit as
charming as it's predecessor.
take a look. |
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thursday 23rd march 2006 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
astorr gorre, the dark jedi who caused so much strife among the
setnin jedi during the clone wars... |
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Dark force user and
one of many who served Count Dooku
in his cause to bring power to the Separatist
movement during the Clone Wars. Born on the remote Setnin Sector world of Tegenar,
Gorre was once a young boy with ability in the force, but who resisted the
calling of Coruscant and instead
embarked on a personal journey of discovery that ultimately led to the dark
side. After over thirty years of
travel and schooling himself in the ways of the force he resurfaced on the
side of the Separatists during the
Clone Wars and marshalled their forces in the Setnin Sector. Rarely allowing himself to be seen or heard
directly, his only contact with the outside world came through his many
minions, who relayed his commands via his powers of mental manipulation. |
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>>>we bring you another stunning image
from
leah mangue, friend of the site,
webmistress of
nerf-herders-anonymous and
interview guest in our
webmaster interviews section. today she
brings us a pencil sketch of the ravenous rancor monster from
return of the jedi. |
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he's always hungry. it can only be...nah, i can't... |
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wednesday 22nd march 2006 |
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>>>v for vendetta opened
strongly to give natalie portman yet another blockbuster film to add
to her resume. opening with $25,642,340 over the weekend, it continued
to rise to $27,894,587 by monday. opening higher than warner
brothers executives predicted, the film faces competition next week from
spike lee thriller inside man, larry the cable guy and
horror movie stay alive. |
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tuesday 21st march 2006 |
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>>>setnin select reaches number
185 with
a piece by
jonathan hicks.
this shows a vessel approaching a resort on the holiday world of luronsa
iv, the location of many a mishap in the setnin sector.
for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through to the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>dustin
l roberts is a man with a vision. a man with a dream. a man
not afraid to wear an artoo beanie. and he needs your vote.
rebelscum.com man roberts, alongside
running mate artoo detoo, are running for candidacy in the race to
become the official star wars fan club president, and with
Lightsabre webmaster
mark newbold
deciding not to stand, he has decided to throw his vote behind roberts.
click below for more details, and
we ask that when you renew or start a new subscription for
hyperspace that you use dustin's email of
dustin@rebelscum.com
as a reference. |
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monday 20th march 2006 |
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>>>natalie portman had a fine time at
the annual
showest awards, collecting the award
for female star of the year, but she also had the honour of meeting a
chimpanzee wearing a coca-cola t-shirt. wonders, truly, will never
cease... |
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nat's the one on the left... |
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>>>continuing preparations for the new underworld age era hitting the site and completing the
restoration of Lightsabre we present to you the stories from the era that
contains the start of the conflict - prelude to invasion.
moving house
by
louis turfrey
tells of the
setnin jedi's move to the world of
rai, making it their permanent base for
future teaching in the sector. |
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sunday 19th march 2006 |
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mark newbold
continues to
add to the newest section of Lightsabre.
dark horse comic covers -
attack of the clones takes an in-depth look at the covers of the various mini-series that filled out the time period of the
clone wars and the descent towards darkness of anakin skywalker. to browse those classic covers, go to
assorted and click on
articles or click
here
for the
dark horse comic covers -
attack of the clones |
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saturday 18th march 2006 |
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>>>entered into the 2002 lucas fanfilm
awards, this short film by jeremy west garnered a mass of attention when
readers of
the force.net heard about it. making it to the final 44
entrants, power of the sith didn't win any awards but won a lot of hearts.
take a look. |
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>>>george lucas has been speaking to
time magazine, and has given a few
clues as to the future of his film making, and of the star wars
story. click
here for a closer look at lucas' plans,
as well as
here for steven spielberg
discussing the current state of the movie industry. |
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friday 17th march 2006 |
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>>>coolwater
productions invite you to set sail with them as they embark
upon the
galactic cruise dream vacation. from
november 5th to the 12th, you could be sailing on a mexican riviera cruise
with some of the stars of the star wars saga. plo koon
actor matt sloan, general grievous himself matthew wood,
jabba operator dave barclay, senator male dee actor kee
chan, the voice of wedge antilles david ankrum and boba fett
jeremy bulloch are the guests on a cruise that promises to be out of
this world. for more information, click on the banner below. |
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>>>revenge of the sith, while being
shunned by the mainstream awards this year, has flourished in the
sony ericsson empire awards.
sith picked up the award for
scene of the year, that of anakin's
transformation into darth vader, and
best science fiction/fantasy film of
the year. rick mccallum was on hand to accept the awards, and
george lucas sent a special video message from the ranch, deep
into finishing off the
indiana jones 4
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rick mccallum accept sith's awards |
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>>>natalie portman braved the weather at
the premiere of
v for vendetta, stepping down a soaking
wet red carpet but nevertheless charming the crowds. opening today in
the us and the uk, v for vendetta, based on
alan moore and
david lloyd's classic
warrior strip, look set to have a
sizeable opening weekend. |
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thursday 16th march 2006 |
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>>>bob
vitas, compiler of the internets largest star wars
database, has moved his famous site. moving away from the confines of
the force.net,
bob has struck out on his own and
moved
the completely unofficial star wars encylopedia
to a new home. go to the
new site and check out the most
detailed star wars archive on the planet. |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
dessio d'staan, a hugely important character in the history of setnin,
despite spending much of his life in the far off verlence sector... |
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Major mover in the criminal
underground of the Verlence Sector world of Abrogard, until his premature death
from cancer of the lung. D’Staan was
once a close friend and business partner of the Setnin Sector ganglord Glann
Cipple until an unfortunate falling out occurred, leading to D’Staan
double-crossing Cipple and his associates.
D’Staan took his wife Jeriah
and daughter Armella to Abrogard
in the Core Systems to build a
secure life for his daughter away from Setnin. D’Staan never learned the truth - that his own wife had an affair with Cipple and that
Armella was in fact Cipples daughter.
Seven years after his death, Cipple was finally contacted by Dessio
D’Staan by way of a Letter-Search
instructing him to come to Abrogard and set up a trade run into the Core Worlds, the deal D’Staan had
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>>>we bring you another stunning image from
leah mangue, friend of the site,
webmistress of
nerf-herders-anonymous and
interview guest in our
webmaster interviews section. today she
brings us han and leia in a scene from return of the jedi.
deep in jabba the hutt's palace han is thawed out and helpless, and
leah
captures the uncertainty in solo's eyes. |
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wednesday 15th march 2006 |
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>>>the final night of the annual
showest awards includes the induction
of one of star wars premiere actors. natalie portman
will be inducted as the female star of the year, an award coming hot
on the heels of her
oscar nominated performance in closer and the
blockbuster attack of revenge of the sith, and a day before the
opening of v for vendetta. held at bally's and paris
casinos in las vegas, we're sure that there will be more news
arriving from the show, so stay tuned. |
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>>>mark newbold
continues to
add to the newest section of Lightsabre.
dark horse comic covers - the phantom menace
takes an in-depth look at the covers of the various mini-series that so
deftly filled out the time period of the discovery of anakin skywalker. to browse those classic covers, go to
assorted and click on
articles or click
here for the
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tuesday 14th march 2006 |
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>>>setnin select reaches number
184 with
a piece by
jonathan hicks.
this shows a holy temple on janos, much like the one ryath centaur
smashed into starting, igniting a janite holy crusade.
for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through to the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>we can relax, despite harry potter and
the goblet of fire overtaking revenge of the sith as 2005's
biggest grossing movie worldwide, the flannelled one george lucas has
managed to hold onto at least some of his money. in fact, take a look
below at the yearly
forbes list to see just how much moola
he's got.
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steven spielberg |
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monday 13th march 2006 |
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>>>it was the conflict that defined the
setnin sector, and brought about the widest changes in the sectors
history. started 6 years ago, the new underworld age was
Lightsabre's own multi-part storyline, every bit as far reaching as the
new jedi order or the legacy era. now, in preparation of
the new underworld age era hitting the site and completing the
restoration of the site we present to you the stories from the era that
contains the start of the conflict - prelude to invasion.
back to the setnin
sector
by
jonathan hicks
was that first story, telling of the arrival into the sector of
draite galletti, son of goah,
on a mission to learn more about his father. |
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>>>humour
- it can brighten the darkest day,
unlock the coldest heart and bring a smile to the harshest face. with
that in mind, we present to you
star wars limericks, a collection of
short poems about many of the star wars universes favourite characters.
go through
humour and click
star wars limericks for some unique
poetry. |
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>>>there's nothing that needs to be said about
this video except for it's title -
star wars 3 - a lost hope.
watch, laugh and thank us later. |
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sunday 12th march 2006 |
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>>>we're excited to bring you our latest
interview with official star wars artist otis frampton. his
answers can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
our
forums
or at
smugglers rants
on
blogs.starwars.com. |
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>>>the phantom menace star keira
knightley,
oscar nominated for pride and
prejudice, has one of the most eagerly awaited films of the summer
floating into view on the horizon - and it features some amazing
ilm
effects. pirates of the carribean - dead mans chest hits
theatres in july, but until then here's the teaser trailer to whet your
appetites. |
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>>>take a browse through the
Lightsabre archive and check out past months, where you'll find a glut
of embedded players showing film clips, trailers and a host of other
goodies, straight from the
google video archives. |
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saturday 11th march 2006 |
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>>>peter serafinowicz, best known to
star wars fans as the voice of darth maul, but to british
visitors as duane from spaced, pete from shaun of
the dead and as a cast member of look around you, has released a
short, 3 minute spoof called
o! telling the amazing story
of the redesigned oscar statuette, peter plays the roles of
keyhole, paul mccartney and al pacino, as well as alan
alda. for a look at this brilliant spoof, click
here or on the embedded movie
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friday 10th march 2006 |
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>>>as any regular visitor to Lightsabre
knows,
leah mangue is a great friend of the
site and we always take huge pleasure in highlighting her amazing artwork right
here. well, leah has now opened a new site that spotlights her
fantastic art. take a click through
here and visit
l. mangue art, where you will find not
only her out of this world star wars artwork but also a wide variety
of other artwork, her blog and a biography of her life. and in
addition to this, leah's site is also in our
artists section in
links, as well as becoming our 5th
affiliate. we're proud to call
her a friend, and we'd love it if you all got to know her better too, so get
browsing. |
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>>>following on from bringing you
leah's new site we bring you another
unique image from
miss mangue, friend of the site,
webmistress of
nerf-herders-anonymous and
interview guest in our
webmaster interviews section. today she
brings us a rendering of sio bibble, naboo politician
portrayed by oliver ford davies. |
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thursday 9th march 2006 |
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>>>it seems we may end up waiting longer for
indiana jones 4
than any of us would have liked. fox news spoke to steven
spielberg over
oscar
weekend and it appears the current status of both the project and the
director himself are on hiatus. when the fox reporter told
spielberg that he'd spoken to george lucas recently and had been told
that lucas was happy with the script, spielberg replied "george lucas isn't
the director. i am." added to this the news that spielberg aims
to take a year off after a recent run of films that include the terminal,
war of the worlds and munich, as well as the news that
spider-mans david koepp is now taking a final run at the script and it
seems that our favourite archaeologist will have to wait another year to be
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about the forthcoming star wars television series that are both in
pre-production. "somebody has to buy it first, you know what I mean.
you can produce lots of tv and unless it's very compelling, nobody's going
to want to put it on their channel. but there's so many channels of
distribution. you turn around and every six months there's something new.
there's ipod downloads, there's premium sites, there's
through-the-telephone. you just don't know what's going to be here in a
couple of years. in three years, what's going to be the hot new way of
distributing? so i think that's always a possibility. clearly you want to do
something that's going to get to as many fans as possible that's as wide as
possible." sansweet continued, pushing the argument for dramatic,
wide-sweeping sci-fi on television. "i really think you can do
[dynamic action] in episodic tv now. it's interesting because a lot of
the techniques that george used in episode 1 for example, were
things that he developed in the young indiana jones chronicles — some
of the special effects techniques of crowd, doubling, tripling, quadrupling
the size. with computer animation and storage and rendering getting faster
and faster, i think you'll be able to see some of the things you see in the
movies be transferred to the tv. look at some of the shows like galactica
and some of the other shows that have amazing special effects." |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
predd jason, underworld gangster of huge influence who was a constant
thorn in the side of all other setnin underworld operators... |
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Young ganglord with quarters on Chancai who harboured an ambition to be the primary ganglord in
the Setnin Sector - even if it
meant killing every other ganglord in the process. Killed on Wennicas by Luschia
Arkensaw with a rocket launcher during a meeting prompted by Glann Cipple. |
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wednesday 8th march 2006 |
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>>>now that we're taking a closer
interest in the world of comics it's time to keep a close eye on the latest
releases arriving from dark horse every month. 5
titles hit the shelves during june, a list which includes 3 regular titles
and two trade paperbacks. first off its the controversial star
wars: legacy #1, by john ostrander and jan duursema, the
newest series set in the legacy era which ships june 7th.
next up is star wars: rebellion-my brother, my enemy #3 by rob
williams and brandon badeaux which arrives june 14th. the
third comic to arrive is knights of the old republic #6, by john
jackson miller and brian ching which is available june 28th.
of the trade paperbacks, star wars omnibus: x-wing rogue squadron
volume 1 arrives, courtesy of writers haden
blackman, michael stackpole, mike baron, darko macan,
peet janes and artists tomas giorello, edvin biukovic,
gary erskine, arthur adams, steve crespo, doug mahnke
and stan and vince. collecting the stories that
first introduced us to the legendary rogues this is a vital cog in the
star wars history machine and can be bought in june. and finally,
star wars: clone wars volume 9 - endgame, which tells tales
from the start of the jedi purge and hits shelves july 26th. |
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tuesday 7th march 2006 |
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>>>setnin select reaches number
183 with
a piece by
mark newbold.
this shows jan lomona's trusty astromech droid troopie.
for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through to the
setnin select archive. |
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>>>mark newbold
continues to
add to the newest section of Lightsabre.
dark horse comic covers - tales of the jedi
takes an in-depth look at the covers of the various mini-series that so
deftly filled out the history of the ancient jedi order and their
wars against the sith. to browse those classic covers, go to
assorted and click on
articles or click
here for the
dark horse comic covers - tales of the jedi |
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monday 6th march 2006 |
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>>>the
oscars were as entertaining as ever,
but star wars-related efforts reaped little reward. keira
knightley missed out on best actress, that honour falling to reese
witherspoon for walk the line. in the best make-up category
revenge of the sith lost out its only nomination to the chronicles
of narnia, and king kong beat out ilm
efforts war of the worlds and narnia to take best special
effects, as well as taking the awards for sound editing and sound mixing.
john williams, nominated for both memoirs of a geisha and
munich lost out to gustavo santaolalla for brokeback mountain
and steven spielberg saw ang lee take the best director
statue, also for brokeback mountain. |
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