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>>>we reach the end of september with news that
our Lightsabre
interview guest on sunday, matt busch,
has signed a deal with razor digital entertainment to release his
independent movie, conjure, on dvd. as well as writing, producing,
and directing conjure, matt also plays himself along with fellow artist and
model sarah wilkinson in this supernatural thriller. |
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thursday 29th september 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
aurran, jan lomona's trusty and loyal droid who saved him from
doom on many occasions... |
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Correctly referred to as Z-3BO, this old former A-desandian security droid was
activated eighty years before the Battle
of Yavin on board the Republic
cruiser Renown III, a ship
operating within the Setnin Sector. Aurran has been in the service of the
Lomona family for many years, watching out for Jan and keeping him out of
bother with his strict parents. Coming
with Lomona when he left A-desando,
Aurran remained with the outlaw tech Romanoe
for a while during the first Gang War.
During a brief spell Aurran acquired information about a rival gangleader
that Glann Cipple wanted
eliminated, the Chancai based ganglord Wessen. When Cipple learned of this knowledge he
threatened to strip Aurran to his bare wires, but Romanoe and his efficient
crew saved the old droid. Loyal and
independent, Lomona knew that whilst he was away from his ship, the Berone Sunrise was safe in Aurran’s
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wednesday 28th september 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith has closed the
gap but still lies $17.6 million dollars behind finding nemo.
with the hugely anticipated release of the dvd now lying just 35 days away
it seems unlikely that sith will now make the all-time top ten. a
shame then that lucasfilm didn't give the movie one final worldwide
push as it leaves cinemas in an effort to cement its place in the top ten. |
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>>>december 6th, the same day as clone wars
season two, brings a re-release of 2004's star wars trilogy dvd
box set. with new cover art, this is purely the dvd versions, in other
words the 1997 special editions with the enhanced 2004 sound and new
effects. retailing for $49.95 this will make a worthy addition to any
dvd collection for the box art alone. |
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>>>the flannelled one george lucas is to
be honoured by the esa at a charity event next month. in
recognition for his huge contribution to the computer games industry over
the years, lucas is to be made the 2005 champion honouree at a gala
event in october. for more details, click
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>>>always a great site for exclusives,
aint-it-cool have managed to get hold
of some amazing shots from the deleted scenes on the forthcoming revenge of
the sith dvd. for a closer look click
here, but in the meantime check this
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tuesday 27th september 2005 |
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>>>setnin select continues this week as
we reach number 160. by good friend of the site
dan biesel, this shows terrie saffra,
dressel, glann cipple, frans latka and mister spyte sharing an
uneasy truce in the neon-lit confines of zythlies dropout parlour on
amagad. for more looks into the worlds
of setnin, just click on the mini banner above and go through the
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of
dan biesel, apart from clicking on the emaciated corpse logo on
our menu bar, click through the
cgi gallery for a much more detailed
look at the amazing work of this brilliant artist. |
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monday 26th september 2005 |
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>>>the american film institute continue
their 100 years charts with the 25 most memorable film scores. a 500
strong jury of film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians
selected john williams' star wars score as the most memorable of the
last 100 years. williams also has another three scores in the top 25 with
jaws and e.t.-the extra terrestrial making the chart. for a
full run down of the chart, click
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sunday 25th september 2005 |
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>>>for those of you interested in
reading the ramblings, questions, thoughts and babble of Lightsabre
webmaster mark
newbold head on over to
starwars.com-blogs and
smugglers rants, the location of marks
own blog. the site is a great melting pot of ideas, thoughts and
questions and is highly recommended for every star wars fan.
head over there and take a look. |
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saturday 24th september 2005 |
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>>>fox have decided to limit the amount
of revenge of the sith dvd's sent to retailer in an effort to curb
the enormous returns that blighted both shrek 2 and the
incredibles. a wise move or over-cautious? click
here for the full article and decide
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friday 23rd september 2005 |
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>>>we've strived to bring you the very best in
interviews with the stars and that shall continue over the coming months.
in just over 2 weeks we bring you acclaimed artist matt busch,
followed by the second part of our julian glover interview.
later in the year we have artist randy martinez, conceptual artist
iain mccaig, artist joe corroney, author andy mangels,
shaak ti actress orli shoshan, revered artist dave dorman
and empire strikes back director irvin kershner. so, stay tuned
to Lightsabre for the best in
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thursday 22nd september 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
dressel, the underworld ganglord who was once a partner of glann
cipples but later became his most dangerous enemy... |
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Formally an ally and friend of
Glann Cipple. Along with Anzai Karoo, Dessio D’Staan, Riger
and Cipple, Dressel ran a successful operation with them until sixteen years
before the destruction of the first Death
Star. However, various events led
to the demise of the group partnership – D’Staan left with his family with
all the details of the runs to the Core, Riger disappeared under mysterious
circumstances and after an altercation Dressel and Cipple went their separate
ways, Cipple to build his empire out of Amagad
and Dressel from Cawbate. Dressel went it alone and built the
major competitor to Cipples stranglehold in the Setnin Sector, using the talented smugglers Petrol Merritch, Sull Dinn and Velka Mararr and sometimes
utilising the talents of Jan Lomona. For a while Dressel teamed up with Mister Spyte in a partnership known
as the Talismen but this was
short-lived. Ensconced in the Duet, his Catamaran-style Sailbarge,
Dressel ran a tight operation. Smooth,
slick but above all devious and brilliant, Dressel continued to be a major
figure in the underworld for many years, taking the prominent position
following Cipples escape from Setnin after the Heed debacle. Seven
years later when Cipple attempted an invasion of Setnin alongside Zobian Pirates and Arcc Nedeen, Dressel was wise enough
to give aide and work with fellow gangleaders to repel the threat. Dressel
met his death at the hands of Riger, who had spent years planning his revenge
under the guise of the bounty hunter Queed. Dressel was
pushed off the same cliff in Old
Veshat Town on Trefnare
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wednesday 21st september 2005 |
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>>>clone wars season 2 has followed in
the footsteps of its predecessor and won an emmy at the 57th awards in the
field of outstanding animated program (for programming one hour or more).
and don't forget, clone wars season 2 hits the streets 6th december. |
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tuesday 20th september 2005 |
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>>>it's tuesday so it must mean its time to
bring you the latest setnin select. this week we premiere
number 159, this week by jason brown and mark
newbold. this shows jan lomona as he carefully works his
way through the ruins of marner. 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 19th september 2005 |
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>>>we finally add our latest interview to the
site, and we are thrilled to welcome veteran actor julian glover.
julian was kind enough to conduct a half-hour long telephone interview with
Lightsabre, and the first part of that interview can be read
here or by going through the sidebar and
hit
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sunday 18th september 2005 |
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>>>mark
newbold and jonathan hicks add the 219th story to
Lightsabre. last night is a brief snapshot of the real
goah galletti's final hours in the setnin sector before leaving
on a long-term mission to the core worlds.
for a slice of amagad dynasty
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the amagad dynasty
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saturday 17th september 2005 |
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>>>ign.com
bring news from the ranch. it appears that lucasfilm
have begun to hire scriptwriters for the forthcoming star wars tv series.
in efforts to keep the content of the show secret the show shall be written
at the ranch under the watchful eye of lucas himself. for more
news click here for
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friday 16th september 2005 |
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>>>chris williams is an amazing artist
with a visually impactful website. also known as the
starving artist, chris has brought to life many star wars
situations among other amazing art pieces...and we're very proud to say he's
helping Lightsabre with some very special artwork. go to
the starving artist for a closer look
at this excellent artist as well as visiting our
links section where his site is in our
newest section,
artists. |
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thursday 15th september 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
kaile mirrener, mercenary and ex-rebel alliance member who had
visions of a fearful destiny... |
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Mercenary
and ex-member of the Rebel Alliance from the planet
Wennicas. Of half A-desandian parentage, and a
distant cousin of Jan Lomona, Kaile was always intent on
doing the right thing, joining as he did the Rebel Alliance for
a time, and feared a senseless death. Wounded on the ice planet
Hoth and returning to the Setnin Sector, Mirrener
occasionally worked with Droob Hunstat and Ryath
Centaur, including a mission to Branta with Centaur
and Tarr Ranth that ended up in a battle with the
Imperial Interdictor Voracious over Morb.
Mirrener’s dreams were haunted by visions of his own death in a
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wednesday 14th september 2005 |
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>>>the latest box office figures for
the weekend are in and revenge of the sith lifts its total to
$842,598,390, leaving it $22 million behind finding nemo. but
who will win in the battle between the little fish nemo and the big fish
palpatine? |
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tuesday 13th september 2005 |
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>>>we bring you the latest setnin select,
number 158, this week by mark
newbold. this shows general aera tyrahh as she watches
squadron indigo fighters launch to take on the forces of the ki-ki
sector. 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 12th september 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith now lies an
agonising $23.9 million behind the tenth placed movie of all time finding
nemo, but with grosses complete in many countries and the last big
location of japan winding up its run it seems that the final film will fall
just short of the revered top ten. still, not a bad showing for the
sixth film in a series. |
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sunday 11th september 2005 |
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>>>news of a new hard cover novel in 2007 based
on the creation of the death star has been released onto
starwars.com. by michael reaves and steve perry this
novel is expected to tighten up the many various histories and stories that
have cropped up over the years regarding the birth of the battle station.
a replacement for the proposed old republic hardcover by elizabeth
hand, this certainly looks like something special to look forward to. |
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>>>it seems appropriate to remember the many
victims of both 9/11 and the awful aftermath of hurricane katrina. the
thoughts of all involved with this site go to friends and families of all
concerned. |
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saturday 10th september 2005 |
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>>>once again due to work commitments we will
have to delay our interview with julian glover, but fear not,
everything is in hand and we shall bring the first part of our interview
with him monday 19th september. |
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friday 9th september 2005 |
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>>>the setnin sector is a huge and vast
area, encompassing many star systems, anomalies and regions. with the
rediscovery of an old map used to write many of the early stories it seems a
good time to update that map and bring it to the site. so, go to the
guides link on the sidebar, click on
maps of the setnin
sector and start
with the area that covers what used to be known as quadrants e and
f as well as part of the central sector for a look at
the first of four new maps that will ultimately link to form a whole guide
to the setnin sector, eventually to be complete with trade routes. |
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>>>dvd
answers has posted some enlightening news regarding the dvd
menu's for the forthcoming revenge of the sith dvd. take a look
here for a more detailed look at the
screens, as well as below for some fantastic images of the deleted scenes. |
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thursday 8th september 2005 |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with the swoop racer skeet jonas,
son of grand moff galgen and a man with a hidden history... |
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This young human speeder
bike racer led a full life. Born
on Coruscant and, unbeknownst to
him the son of Imperial Grand Moff Galgen, he was taken to
the desert planet of Tatooine by
his mother at the age of nine and brought up by moisture farmers in the
township of Mos Banely on Tatooine
after the accidental death of his mother at the hands of the bounty hunter Queed. Jonas bought a speeder bike, which he
raced, until the Empire shut down
such activities. Hoping to make his
fortune, Skeet entered the Tatooine
Ten Thousand, a punishing speeder bike challenge across the surface of
the planet, of which the first prize was 500,000 credits. Jonas failed to win, and trashed his
speeder in the process. Owner of the
droid Enneight, Skeet also had a
latent ability in the Force - a
trait passed down to him from his mother, Fuida Galgen-Jonas. As
well as the speeders, Skeet had a business arrangement with fellow swooper Driss Cotta. Skeet left the world of racing behind for
a number of years until a meeting with legendary racer Veen Bern made him change his mind and join
Driss Cotta’s racing team. |
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>>>clone wars volume 2 hits the streets on december 6th and the
star wars community cannot wait, so to tide you over until then here's a
glimpse of the fantastic dvd cover art. |
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wednesday 7th september 2005 |
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>>>more news comes our way from friend of the site
david guivant.
both of davids projects, legend of the force as well as his
fan film
prime of the jedi
are to be played in a continuous loop
at the singapore science centre as people are waiting for the making
of revenge of the sith session. with guivant's work being sent
to the ranch and with the possibility of george lucas seeing the
films his star is certainly in the ascendancy. |
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tuesday 6th september 2005 |
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>>>we bring you the latest setnin select,
number 157, this week by jason brown. this shows the former smuggler kee-livinees on
the planet of marner, lining up
jan lomona in his sights. 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 5th september 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith enters the final lap on its
triumphant tour around the worlds cinemas as it's international tally hits
$458.4 million. added to it's domestic us gross of $379.8 the final
star wars epic has now amassed $838.2 million, just $26.4 million behind
finding nemo, a gap that may now be too much to bridge with just 57
days until its worldwide dvd release. |
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sunday 4th september 2005 |
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>>>steve anderson is an artist you will be familiar with, with works
in the star wars universe ranging from the revenge of the sith,
tatooine ghost and shatterpoint book covers to promotional art
that spans both the prequel and original trilogies. now steve has
opened his own site,
steveandersondesign.com which is packed
with the amazing art he had done for lucasfilm, as well as the lord
of the rings movies and other campaigns. head right over to
steveandersondesign.com
and take a closer look, and watch out for an exclusive interview
with steve sometime in the not too distant future. |
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saturday 3rd september 2005 |
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>>>most of you must have heard by now that carrie fisher has
signed on for at least one episode of the hit wb show smallville.
carrie appears in the october 27th episode of the show, and there are no
nods to her star wars alter-ego. says executive producer
alfred gough "it didn't seem appropriate. it was hard to draw the
reference without it feeling like `ok, let's everybody turn and wink at the
camera now'. well, to whet your appetite here's an early look at the
princess in action, as well as a smallville video mix . |
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friday 2nd september 2005 |
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>>>revenge of the sith continues to close in on the worldwide total
of finding nemo. now just $26.7 million behind disney's
highest grossing film ever, sith still stands an outside chance of
making the all-time top 10. but, with the dvd only 60 days away it may
still prove to be unattainable. |
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>>>due to unforeseen circumstances we won't be
able to bring you our planned interview with jan duursema, so in 9
days time make sure you are here for the first part of a fascinating
two-part interview with general veers and walter donovan
actor julian glover. |
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>>>welcome to september with Lightsabre.
we continue to push forward with new interviews, artwork and stories from
the baddest part of the mid-rim - the setnin sector. so
for a daily fix of star wars news and some great fiction, bookmark us
and keep coming back for more... |
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>>>our look at selected characters of
importance from the history of the setnin sector continues with
grand moff galgen, father of the swoop racer skeet jonas and
collaborator with arcc nedeen... |
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Born on the world of Lebbat in the Brother
Sector, Galgen was father of the speeder bike racer Skeet Jonas. Four years
after Skeets birth, Galgen answered the call to join the Separatist movement and swiftly rose through the ranks. Appalled at her husbands neglect of his
family Skeets mother Fuida
Galgen-Jonas fled to Tatooine
with her four year old son where she was eventually tracked down and killed by
the bounty hunter Queed, who’d
been hired by Galgen to find her.
Galgen didn’t find out that Queed had spared Skeet’s life until many
years later. After the end of the Clone
Wars and the transition from Republic
to Empire, Galgen governed Junduk IV
and briefly Raca City before his
rise to the rank of Grand Moff. Galgen secretly used the talents of the Bedois alien dark force user Arcc Nedeen, hoping to impress
Imperial Centre enough to give him a posting on Coruscant. However, whilst
Galgen was aware that Nedeen was a force-user, so did his adversary Komag the Hutt who also employed
Nedeen. Komag threatened to blackmail
Galgen and tell his Imperial superiors of the illegal use of a force user but
failed to do so before his own death.
Although Arcc Nedeen escaped, Galgens illegal use of a force user was
revealed by Lieutenant Terrov and
Galgen was taken back to Imperial
Centre for execution.
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>>>we bring sad news on this the final day of august. empire strikes
back and indiana jones actor michael sheard has died at
his home on the isle of wight today of cancer. sheard, 65, memorably portrayed admiral ozzel,
prompting george lucas to hail his choking by darth vader as
"the best screen death i've ever seen.", and gathered a new legion of
fans, but in the uk he will always be remembered as deputy head mr bronson in the
long-running children's show grange hill. a regular at conventions
around the world, sheard had become linked to the charity sheardy love.
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>>>mark
newbold adds the 218th story to
Lightsabre, a tale of squadron indigo and wes janson.
snap decisions tells of terrie saffra's elevation to commander
of indigo and the part played by rogue five wes janson.
for a slice of years of change
era action, go to the
timeline section on the sidebar, scroll
down to the
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pilots of squadron indigo page to
account for the new pilots detailed in the forthcoming story snap
decisions. for a detailed look at past and present indigo rosters,
from the battle of mantin 7 to the new underworld age, click
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characters
database to include new
characters
from our forthcoming squadron indigo story snap decisions.
the characters database now contains 1078 original characters,
created over 23 years of stories and is ready to browse through by hitting
the sidebar, clicking on
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>>>brock peters, best known to star
wars fans as the voice of darth vader in the radio series and to
star trek fans as admiral cartwright in star trek 4
and 6, as well as captain sisko's father joseph
died today. aged 78, peters succumbed to pancreatic cancer after a
lengthy illness. remembered for his breakout role as tom robinson
in the classic to kill a mockingbird, peters appeared in over 50
films and was honoured in 1991 with a
lifetime achievement from the screen actors guild as well as a
tony award nomination for lost in the stars. peters is
survived by his longtime companion marilyn darby and his daughter
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>>>we add our latest interview to the site, and
we are delighted to welcome the multi talented rena owen.
for an insight into a fascinating and interesting lady click
here or go through the sidebar and
hit
interviews, then discuss it at our new
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>>>we add a new feature to Lightsabre,
one that shall encourage more of you to discuss the mid-rim and the
setnin sector. our new forum, kindly hosted by the great team
at
njoe, is up and running, allowing you
to talk about the latest interviews, stories, artwork or anything else that
takes your fancy. to get started click
here, register and get chatting, we'd
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>>>neo kerberos, the man behind
star wars expedition is enlisting
fellow star wars fans to save a location vital to the history of the
saga. the building used for the exterior shots of the mos eisley
cantina in a new hope has been saved from destruction, but
requires extensive refitting. neo also suggests placing a commemorative plaque, to signify the
historical importance of the location.
for more information, take a close read
here and sign up to this very
worthwhile petition. |
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>>>we add our latest interview to the site, and
we are thrilled to welcome prolific puppeteer toby philpott.
toby was a pleasure to deal with while arranging this interview, so to read
it click
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>>>today we add
mark newbolds detailed look at the
berone sunrise, jan lomona's smuggling vessel and the main ship
in the Lightsabre stories. for a close look at the insides of
the ship, click
here or go through the sidebar
to guides and
berone sunrise for an in-depth tour around the
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