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tuesday 31st may 2005 |
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>>>we continue our setnin selects with
number 143 by
dan biesel.
this image shows
the assassin goah galletti in a pencil sketch as drawn
by dan in preparation for our top banner image. 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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>>>classic fm have compiled a chart of
the top 40 most popular movie soundtracks, and john williams has a
very impressive showing. click
here for the chart to see where star
wars and other williams entries were placed. |
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>>>revenge of the sith pulled in an
estimated $55.1 million over the three-day weekend, down 49 percent from its
$108.4 million opening frame. with an amazing $271.2 million after 12 days,
sith already ranks as the 26th highest grossing picture of all time,
set new records for nine-day to 12-day grosses and is ahead of where
attack of the clones and the phantom menace were at the same
point. worldwide, the total now stands at $520,093,000 in a
mere 12 days, the 32nd most successful film ever, just behind monsters
inc and within $18.3 million of passing the empire strikes back. |
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>>>we have made some corrections to our
album page, with some spelling errors
in the
return of the jedi-special edition
liner notes corrected. many thanks to our australian friend mark
who spotted them. |
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monday 30th may 2005 |
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>>>mark
newbold add
the latest story to Lightsabre. shayy is the
story of shayy, padawan apprentice to the setnin jedi knight
ade-arr b'erain and her battles on the fields of salutarr during
the separatist invasion of the clone wars. but will her
masters visions of her violent death come true? for a slice of
rise of glann cipple
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the
rise of glann cipple
era and read on. |
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sunday 29th may 2005 |
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>>>we continue our site reload with the
eleventh section of the Lightsabre chronology,
the golden age.
to read the many stories within, go to the sidebar, click on
chronology and hit the golden age for some prime-time, original
trilogy-era action, or click on the link right
here. stories of note from
the golden age include jonathan
hicks' lost on hoth and only at your local
holovid theatre and mark
newbolds the tatooine effect and ready or not.
so get there and get reading. |
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>>>revenge of the sith continues its
record breaking run as more box office records tumble. by its ninth
day of release it had taken $215,913,000, beating spider-man 2's
previous record of $211,257,583. so far, every domestic american
opening record has fallen to sith apart from best seven day total,
less than a million dollars behind spider-man 2, and best opening
weekend (friday, saturday, sunday) again to spidey. worldwide
as of may 27th the total stands at $372,331,058, topping hitch as the
worlds most successful movie of 2005 in a mere 9 days. now the
questions can be asked - after the memorial weekend, just how far can
sith go, especially in the face of growing competition from films such as
madagascar, batman begins and war of the worlds. at
the moment, phantom menace-type numbers are not beyond the realms of
possibility. |
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saturday 28th may 2005 |
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>>>more interesting news regarding the much
mooted old, old republic movie project that has been lighting the
internet this past week. george lucas was quoted as saying the
following at celebration 3. "well, we have a TV series and an
animated series and depending how those do, this is something we might
someday visit ... but it's too far out to really commit to anything."
interesting news, and perhaps more fuel to the fire that revenge of the
sith may not be the last star wars movie, although it has also
been mentioned by lfl employees that lucas is also looking at dvd
premieres as well as tv series and internet-based projects to continue the
star wars saga. |
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>>>more than 200 uk cinemas have been
chosen to recieve lottery money to cut back on hollywood films in
favour of british, classic and arthouse movies. half the chosen
cinemas are owned by two multiplex chains - cine-uk, which runs
cineworld and ucg, and vue. for more on this exciting
development in the life of digital cinema, go to the
bbc website. |
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friday 27th may 2005 |
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>>>we continue our in-depth look into the
ships, characters and worlds of the setnin sector with a look at the
starship
tears-of-an-angel, the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
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>>>rumours are rife on the net claiming that
george lucas is considering a star wars movie set 800 years
before the events of phantom menace, showing the last battles against
the dark lords and featuring a young yoda. a clip from a
2004 interview says "he said, that if he did ever do another storyline....
that he would do when the jedi regained control of the universe from
the dark lords (there were many of them) 800 years before phantom
menace. and a young Jedi named yoda was instrumental in the effort."
sites such as theforce.net and ain't-it-cool.com have poured
scorn on this news, first mentioned in the uk's daily star, and while
lucas has certainly found his touch again on the big screen, this
would certainly make a great setting for a live-action series. stay
tuned for more news on this hot rumour, but remember - it's merely a rumour,
and an unsubstantiated one at that. |
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>>>orange have launched their own
star wars website to promote both the film and their nokia 3220
phone. for a closer look at the phone and the site, click
here. |
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>>>jakks pacific are gearing up to push
their plug and play system, one that only requires batteries and a tv set,
by sending us a link to video clips of the game. click
here for a preview of
the game and take a look at this fun and engaging games system. |
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>>>friend of the site david guivant had a
fantastic star wars moment recently, when his
short film l-cheapo was screened at the grand rex theatre in
paris.
fans there were also interested in his short star wars film george lucas:
legend of the force. but perhaps the most exciting moment was meeting
revenge of the sith producer rick mccallum as he prepared to travel to the
cannes film festival. mccallum also intended to watch guivants short
film. |
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rick mccallum meets
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>>>anybody out there interested in a cool
star wars number plate for their landspeeder, swoop or
speeder bike? well, a british fella by the name of russ is
selling his number plate and taking bids for it and for anyone into star
wars this is well worth a look. take a peek at the pics below and
contact russ here. but hurry up,
if no one makes an offer it will be sold on
ebay. |
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thursday 26th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
continue to spotlight selected characters from the Lightsabre
archives. today we feature one of the best starship thieves to unpick
a lock, nias derril... |
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nias derril |
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This human co-pilot of Yorath
Devalis was also an expert starship engineer, and a computer and security
expert. Piloting the starship Freedom Flyer with his droid CB-2, Derril was friends with the
bounty hunter Tarr Ranth and the
assassin Goah Galletti. Due to the damage of a bomb which ripped
through his ship at the same time as the bombs that hit Bad Luck Beon Odiss and
Jan Lomona Derril lost both of his legs, some of his lower torso, both lower arms and suffered severe nerve
damage. It took six months to heal properly including a month in a bacta
tank. His fiancé Aleria Constance also died. He
has became a paranoid depressive, controlled by an addiction to spice
provided by the Raven. His
brain no longer provided enough endorphins and he was prone to bouts of
anger, always looking for a reason to go on and hides this from his friends. Derril later managed to secure an Imperial Star Destroyer, which
he named the Constance to
use as his base for starship repair and docking facilities, the ISD housed the mind and soul of
his late wife Constance. A major player throughout the sector in
this regard, he assisted the rebellion against the Ki-Ki invasion alongside his good friend Blake De’Athe and colleague Jan
Lomona.
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wednesday 25th may 2005 |
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>>>today is a very special day in the star
wars calendar. wednesday may 25th is exactly 28 years since the
release of star wars, later christened episode 4 - a new hope.
the fallout from that eventful day, when it was released on just 32 screens
across the usa, as opposed to the 3661 that revenge of the sith has
exploded onto, is still felt today. also worthy of mention is the
release of return of the jedi, 22 years ago today. |
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>>>revenge of the sith just keeps on
racking up those box office figures. its domestic total as of monday
is now $172,802,507 with the
international total $156,418,058, adding up to a stunning total of
$329,220,565 in just five days. now the final star wars
epic is racking up all kinds of records, becoming the joint fastest to hit
$100 million along with spider-man and matrix reloaded (three
days, although counted in hours it is likely top), the biggest
opening/single day ($50,013,859 including the
thursday 12.01am previews) the biggest three day ($124,237,232)
four day ($158,449,700) and five day hauls ($172,802,507).
already it is less than $5 million behind the years biggest hit, the will
smith vehicle hitch, which has taken since february 11th to gross
$177,575,142
domestic and a total of $360,026,349
worldwide.
internationally it took just five days to accumulate $329,220,565,
another blockbusting record. stay tuned to Lightsabre for more
news of revenge's progress at the box office. |
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tuesday 24th may 2005 |
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>>>we continue our in-depth look into the ships, characters and worlds of
the setnin sector with a look at the
s-76 ridley sunwing,
the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
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>>>mark
newbold adds a review of the final
star wars movie revenge of the sith. click
here
or go through reviews on the sidebar. |
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>>>we continue our setnin selects
with
number 142 by
dan biesel.
this image shows
the smuggler jan lomona in a pencil sketch as drawn
by dan in preparation for our top banner image. 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 23rd may 2005 |
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>>>boba fett - scourge of the underworld
and the most lethal bounty hunter in the galaxy, but you also might know him
as jeremy bulloch, our latest interview here at Lightsabre.
to find out more about the man behind the mask you can read
here or by going through the sidebar
and hitting
interviews. |
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>>>nintendo have released their
latest game for the gameboy advanced and ds systems -
revenge of the sith. for a demo of this fantastic game,
click here |
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>>>revenge of the sith has set the world
box office on fire, breaking records around the globe and topping both of
its predecessors. revenge crushed the overall foreign opening
record with an estimated $144.7 million five-day haul from over 9,000
screens in 114 markets in 105 countries. the final prequel topped the
previous title holder return of the king's $127 million bow and more
than doubled attack of the clones $69.1 million debut. in the uk, revenge grossed $26.8 million, including previews from 485
screens. revenge opened in the usa with an estimated $158.5
million since thursday, shattering the four-day record once held by the
matrix reloaded at $134.3 million after notching new milestones for
midnight showing, opening and single day, two-day and three-day grosses. for
the weekend, revenge took an estimated $108.5 million, coming second
to spider-man's $114.8 million and shrek 2's $108.0
million. |
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>>>we have news of an artist who may be of
interest to regular readers. king has released his debut
single, `she likes star wars' as may be familiar to listeners of
outcast and no doubt. to learn more click
here and enter the world of king... |
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sunday 22nd may 2005 |
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>>>Lightsabre
returns to normal service after our brief hiatus, and clearly we have a lot
of new ground to cover. the amazing events of revenge of the sith
has both opened up and closed many parts of star wars, but speaking from
this part of the world it has only served to inspire and fortify our
admiration for the works of george lucas and the universe he has
spent three decades building. trust us - Lightsabre will grow,
star wars will grow and fandom will receive a surge unlike anything
it's seen before. |
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>>>after
starting the day with $16,912,367 from midnight shows alone, revenge of
the sith ended thursday 19th may 2005 with $50,013,859 from an estimated
9,400 screens at 3,661 theatres, the biggest day ever for a single movie in
history. it managed to follow with a friday take of $35 million,
bringing in a total of $85 million for the two-day frame and beating out
spider-mans previous record of $83 million. to keep track of the final
films progress go to
box office mojo, or click
here to follow their special briefing on
revenge of the sith. |
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thursday 19th may 2005 |
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>>>revenge
of the sith finally arrives and
louis turfrey
brings the first review of the film to Lightsabre.
to read what our temporary site editor think of the sixth and final entry in
the series, click
here or go through reviews on
the sidebar. |
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10th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
bring you our latest interview, this time with star of the entire six movie
saga and the soul of r2-d2, kenny baker. kenny gave
a great interview, with the kind help of his son kevin, and you can
read it
here or by going through the sidebar
and hitting
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| >>>we
continue our setnin selects with
number 141 by
louis turfrey.
following on from last week, this image shows
the world of a-desando, one of her moons and tri-lomon,
the sun of the desando system. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the setnin
select archive. |
| >>>once
more we take an in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles
of the setnin sector, with
troopie, the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>as
this is our last update until may 23rd, click
here for a brief word from your
webmaster and a few thank you's... |
| monday
9th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
carry on with our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles
of the setnin sector, with
shadow of the phoenix, the latest entry
in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
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| >>>the
chancai express is the main source
of news throughout the setnin sector. allied with the chancai
news network - cnn - the
chancai express brings you all the
latest news every minute, every hour, every day. for a closer look
at the hottest news from the mid-rim, go to the
chancai express and get your news fix. |
| >>>just
a brief reminder to those of you who haven't checked out our
coming soon page lately, tomorrow will
be the last Lightsabre update before the release of revenge of
the sith. although don't despair, check back tomorrow for the
latest of our new setnin selects and our interview with saga legend
kenny baker. |
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8th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
update our staff page with the latest news on who works on the site
and what they are up to. for a look at your hosts, click
here or go through the staff
link on the sidebar. |
| >>>we
continue to make changes to the organisation of our sections, this time
the
reviews section. now, when you
click through reviews you will see that the
books,
console games,
soundtracks,
pc games,
roleplaying
and
movies/dvd's/videos
sections have all been redesigned. for a better look go through
reviews off the sidebar and
check it out. |
| >>>we
move on with our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles
of the setnin sector, with
setnin revenge, the latest entry in
our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>jonathan
l bowen is a name star wars fans will be hearing a lot about
over the coming months and years, due in large part to his first release,
anticipation-the real life story of star wars:episode1-the phantom menace.
you can read mark
newbolds review
here or go through the reviews
section on the sidebar and click through to books. |
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7th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
continue with our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles
of the setnin sector, with setnin bounty hunter queeds ship
the raptor, the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>the
mail on sunday have contacted us to let us know about a great special
offer in this sundays edition. they have teamed up with 20th
century fox and lucasfilm to produce
the only official guide to revenge of the sith, as well
as teaming up with aol to give away a cd-rom full of exclusive content
and trailers from the film, plus competition tickets to a world exclusive
screening and a visit to the set in australia. for more details, click
here and take a closer look. |
| >>>jakks
pacific have a new game coming onto the market, a plug and
play system that only requires batteries and a tv set. for more information
click
here for their official press release
and take a look at the gallery below for some cool star wars action... |
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| friday
6th may 2005 |
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| >>>we
stride forward with our in-depth look into the characters, locations and
vehicles of the setnin sector, with setnin bounty hunter
queed, the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>bai
ling, star of sky captain and the world of tomorrow also played
a small part in revenge of the sith as senator
bana breemuin, a scene that
has now hit the cutting room floor with more of a thud than it once might
have, perhaps due in part to her appearance in this months issue of
playboy magazine. so, to see precisely what bai looks like wearing
a lightsabre and two meters of black masking tape, click
here... |
| >>>lucasfilm
have arranged a series of 10
charity screenings across the usa a
week before the may 19th release of revenge of the sith. for
a full list of those events, click here and get the details on which special
guests will be attending... |
| >>>we
make changes to the organisation of our assorted section. now,
when you click through assorted you will find three sub-sections.
various, containing pieces that don't
fit in neatly with other parts of the website.
humour, which is filled with the daft
side of star wars and our newest section,
articles. here you will find
pieces that once sat in the various section that are more in-depth looks
at aspects of the saga, from views on internet fandom to the design of the
may various album covers. for a redesigned and better look, go through
assorted to the new
various,
humour and
articles sections. |
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5th may 2005 |
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continue to spotlight selected characters from the Lightsabre archives.
today we feature one of the greatest swoop racers ever to come out
of the mid-rim, brey yard... |
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racer whose easygoing nature and sharp retorts
bellied a serious drinking problem. Yard
owned the droid Enneight. Despite this, Yard had a business arrangement
with fellow swoop rider Skeet
Jonas. Yard
came into possession of the freighter the Happy
Contriver, which was previously owned by the D’Staan/Riger/Cipple/Dressel
partnership. Brey
sacrificed himself to save young Skeet and his friends
by crashing his speeder into a hovertank.
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move forward with our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles
of the setnin sector, with setnin sniper
tunnil fulle, the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>mark
newbold adds two reviews to our book reviews section. reviews
of darth maul-shadow hunter and tatooine ghost can now be
found in the reviews section on the sidebar and clicking through
to books. |
| wednesday
4th may 2005 |
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| >>>jonathan
hicks brings us a review of
the final star wars movie soundtrack, revenge of the sith
by john williams, performed by the london symphony orchestra.
for a full read through of
jonathans thoughts click
here, or go through reviews
and soundtracks. |
| >>>rumours
abound of the new location for c4, previously held in denver
and indiana. it looks possible that the fourth celebration
convention will be held in las vegas in two years time, to coincide
with the 30th anniversary of a new hope's release. |
| >>>it appears
that steven spielberg has been seduced by the power of
the dark side. speaking today on
christian o'connells morning show on xfm
spielberg said "I saw
it about a week ago,
and it's absolutely amazing. it's the best of the last 3
episodes, it's the best way you could
possibly imagine for george to finish it off, it has a tremendous
ending. it's very dark and
you'll cry at the end, it's wonderful." |
| >>>we
continue our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles of
the setnin sector, with the
nebulon s fast attack ship, the latest
entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
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3rd may 2005 |
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give today over to a special Lightsabre occasion, the return of our
setnin select programme. continuing after a year-long hiatus
with number 140 by
louis turfrey,
this image shows
the shore of lake
mazapamano near ecaps city on the world
of a-desando. for more looks into the worlds of setnin, just
click on the mini banner above, go through the setnin select archive and
discover... |
| monday
2nd may 2005 |
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| >>>mark
newbold and
jonathan hicks add
the latest story to Lightsabre. how much for the room is the
long gestating story of what goah galletti and jan lomona
do when they are in a crowded bar, scoping out potential opposition to their
employer glann cipple. for a slice of golden age
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the golden age era and read on. |
| >>>we
continue our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles of
the setnin sector, with bad luck beon odiss' ship
the lone light the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
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1st may 2005 |
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2005 is finally here, and with only 17 days until revenge of the sith
the countdown really hots up, and Lightsabre is the place to get
the latest news on the finale to the star wars saga, as well as your
fix of the latest setnin sector news. this month, as well
as bringing you interviews with both kenny baker and jeremy bulloch
we also add a new chapter to
louis turfreys
novel
sons of time, bring more tales from the
clone wars in
mark newbolds shayy and starting tuesday 3rd may we bring
back one of our most popular features, brand new setnin selects.
so strap yourselves in, it's going to be a fun ride. |
| >>>we
continue our in-depth look into the characters, locations and vehicles of
the setnin sector, with
level 11 of the chancai trade centre,
the latest entry in our
in-depth section which can be found
off the sidebar through
guides. |
| >>>hollywood.com
adds an interesting interview with george lucas, catching him just
back from a brief break away and quite eager to chat about revenge of
the sith, indiana jones iv and other lucasfilm projects.
for a look at the state of the lucas empire, click
here. |
| >>>we
bring another classic setnin select as we wait for the return of
new selects to the site on may 3rd. showing the starship of
cipple/d'staan/dressel/riger and karoo the happy contriver we present
setnin select 89 by jason brown. |
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april
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we enter may we bring a selection of our latest features from the end of
april 2005. for a full run down
of what happened here last month, click through archive on the sidebar
and check it out, or simply click
hereand see what we've been up to. |
| >>>on
the last day of the last month before the last star wars film we
bring you our latest interview, this time with special effects legend and
two-time oscar winner phil tippet. phil was extremely
accommodating with his time to give us this interview, which you can read
hereor by going through the sidebar
and hitting
interviews. |
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we add a
guestbook to the site, allowing everyone
in fandom the opportunity to let us know what you think of the site and
of star wars-related issues in general. so, if you have anything
you'd like to say about the site, suggestions, problems, ideas, anything
then click through and let us know. |
| >>>news
from celebration 3 and the george lucas talk. it seems
that the new television series, which is about two years away, will be set
between revenge of the sith and a new hope, and that lucas
wants an entire season of scripts written before the first scene is shot,
a'la young indiana jones chronicles, which arrives soon on dvd.
rick mccallum also stated that the plan is to produce 100 episodes
of this new series, making in all probability an initial five season run.
also, there seem to be plans to continue the relationship with the
cartoon network, possibly with half-hour
3-d shows. and, dependant upon the success of the first series, lucas
has stated that there is the potential to do other series set outside the
timeframe of the six episode saga, so we may see the knights of the
old republic after all. |
| >>>we
introduce a site that will be of interest to any star wars fan, especially
in the days surrounding the release of revenge of the sith.
moviemarket is a one-stop shop for
your star wars collectibles, specialising in beautiful photographic images
from the final star wars film. for a sample of just what they have
to offer, click through the banner to
moviemarket, or go through our new
chancai trading centre which is being constantly updated. |
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we add a new section to Lightsabre. chancai
trading centre is a handy guide to sites and shops that sell
star wars merchandise on the web, and as such this page will continuously
grow as the weeks and months go by. so, to see the latest in star
wars memorabilia and internet shopping, click on the sidebar, head
on down to the
chancai trading centre and browse around. |
| >>>starwars.com
has released three more television ads to hype revenge of the sith.
unite
heavily features general grievous, while
jedi action 1 and
jedi action 2 focus on the Jedi aspect
of the final prequel, and all show exclusive footage from the movie. click
on the links above to view these powerful tv spots... |
| >>>mark
newbold adds
the latest story to Lightsabre. Office Space is the story
of dogtooth fford, an employee of the zelon intergalactic
trustee society who manages to unknowingly get himself mixed up in glann
cipples business. but how does he extricate himself from this
situation? to see how he does it, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the new alliances era and read on. |
| >>>our
latest interview hits the site, this time with nien numb himself,
mike quinn. mike was an absolute pleasure to deal with and
gave a great interview which you can read
hereor by going through the sidebar
and hitting
interviews. |
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