>>>we welcome back to Lightsabre
the man made r2-d2 roll, threepio walk and so much more
besides don bies. don spoke to us a few months back and
we had the pleasure of meeting him at
celebration europe
and his replies can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rantsat
blogs.starwars.com
or at our Lightsabre blog at
blog.lightsabre.co.uk.
don bies
>>>last sunday Lightsabre was
present at the attack of the garrison event at the national space
centre in leicester. well, our games reviewer anthony harding
was also present and he's sent over some more images from the saturday of
the event. so, for more garrison goodness click
here for snapshots from the event
or go to our
conventions page for a review of the
weekends events.
these jedi just
keep getting smaller...or is he far away...
saturday 29th september 2007
>>>here's a cool little snapshot from
Lightsabre's trip to las vegas a couple of weeks ago.
mark
was lucky enough to catch up with both lisa 'oboe-wan' smolen jenkins
and right on the last day leah 'nerf-herders anonymous' mangue.
here's mark and leah, taken by leah's husband michael, at the
stratosphere hotel.
"say cheeeeese!"
>>>great news, del rey have won
the licence to produce
indiana jones books. starting in 2008 with the novelisation of
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, written by
james rollins del rey will release further books based on indy's
adventures and both behind the scenes accounts of the making of the movies.
with Lightsabre guest
j w rinzler on board this is certain to be a set of quality
releases. click
here for more info, and just take in the promo cover for the making
of book below.
we don't like to
wish our lives away, but...
friday 28th september 2007
>>>continuing the new underworld age
- part two we present the 2002
story lord mind estoorby jonathan hicks.
after
the dramatic events of chancai fallsthe politics of the ki-ki
sector become strangely more
complicated as the weight of controlling the enormous setnin
sector
falls on their shoulders. the ki-ki begin
to bicker and pick apart old alliances, leading to confrontation and strife...
>>>fancy owning this gorgeous piece of
memorabilia, a signature edition of darth vaders helmet signed by the
sith man himself hayden christensen? well, you could if
you follow these instructions. contact
alexat
moving image toys, offer him the princely sum of £450 and wait by
the letter box for the merchandise to arrive. simple really.
"i wanna wear
it!" "no, it's my turn!"
thursday 27th september 2007
>>>we told you this way back in 2002 when this
article first hit the site. there are certain things you do not say to
darth vader, and these are they. but now we've had it
translated into portugese by our friend
joão pinto and the gang
at
fan force portugal.
so click
here and take a read of what not to say
to the big bad...
it was the
morning after the night of the painting party...
>>>we continue our look at worlds of importance
from the history of the setnin sector with
basser, the world that's home to the basser cadets and a popular
vacation destination...
Home planet of the military squad
the Basser Cadets.Located in the Luronsa System, Basser is responsible for law keeping of the
entire system, operated out of
Basser Town.
Much like its neighbouring world
Luronsa IV, Basser is visited by tourists and
vacation-seekers.Her beaches and coastlines are filled
with hotels and holiday resorts and is a massively popular Setnin Sector vacation planet
>>>lucasarts
tease us again with a video showing more from the making of the forthcoming
the force unleashed game, due on all platforms in the first quarter
2008. a force wrecking ball is the video, so sit back and watch
as the
lucasartsgang put together yet another sure to be classic game with
this video courtesy of
youtube...
wednesday 26th september 2007
>>>take a good look at the topps
card below. yep, that's drawn by friend of the site
leah mangue and it's available on
ebay for you to purchase by clicking
here. this is a genuine
one-of-a-kind opportunity to own some exclusive star wars art, so
take a look and get bidding, but hurry because there's only 4 days left.
han solo, from
the topps 30th anniversary series...
>>>those good people at
club jade found this, but we just had
to put it on the site today. watch out for some course language and
enjoy the genius of eddie izzards comedy put to the visuals of...lego.
somewhat fitting dontcha think.
tuesday 25th september 2007
>>>it came, it saw, it kicked your
butt. the family guy: blue harvest special went down a storm on
fox 9pm sunday night, prompting calls for an empire special to
kick off the 2008 season. here's the poster that advertised this seasons one
hour long special event.
"hold your fire?
what, are we paying by the laser now?"
>>>setnin select reaches number 257 with
artwork by
richard skidmore.
this shows 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.
monday 24th september 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 15 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 guffaws are not confused with breeds of parrot.
and don't forget, you can still catch chapters 9 and 10 of suns of solamonn right hereand all previous chapters of
the dork side
here
in ourhumour
section.
>>>Lightsabre and
jedi news were at the national space
centre in leicester, england yesterday enjoying the
star wars fest that was attack of the garrison. present
were
dave tree and the good guys from the palitoy 2007 archive,
star wars legends, empire strikes back and return of the jedi
producer robert watts and star wars costume designer john
mollo - both future Lightsabre interview guests - as well as
hundreds of happy star wars fans of all ages. click
here for a few snapshots from the event
or go to our
conventions page for a review of the
days events.
believe it or
not, han and chewie are the couple on the left...
photo by rebecca
newbold
sunday 23rd september 2007
>>>Lightsabre
continues its
webmaster interviews. this week
we interview a former staff member of Lightsabre who struck out on
his own three years ago to follow his dream of becoming a published author,
jonathan hicks. jonathan was instrumental in designing a huge
portion of the setnin sector, and contributed greatly to the site in
its early years and his interview can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rantsat
blogs.starwars.com
or at our new Lightsabre blog at
blog.lightsabre.co.uk.
jonathan hicks
>>>october 1st. doodle that in
your diary because as you are going about your everyday chores and duties,
john williams will be starting the score to
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull.
speaking to
the other paper
in a recent interview, williams said "i
just actually put pen down on a viola concerto. and i will be doing a week
for the new york philharmonic here, and then i’ll be coming out to
columbus for one day and i’ll be looking forward to meeting the orchestra. i
think they’ll be great. and then i’ll be home in california the first of
october to start on the next
indiana jones."
so, full steam ahead for doctor jones and company.
the maestro at
work
saturday 22nd september 2007
>>>family guy: blue harvest hits
fox
tomorrow night at 9pm and
the official site have a glut of coverage from the
show. click
here to go to
the official site's latest news and browse
through seth mcfarlanesstar wars credentials, and click below
for the official trailer to the season six premiere.
>>>for the second time this week the flannelled onegeorge
lucas spoke to
tv guide about all manner of things,
from lucas' love of hbo show rome to the tone of the two new
star wars tv series. click
here or on the image below to find out
more.
clone wars
threepio
friday 21st september 2007
>>>christine hewett, senni tonnika
from a new hope's cantina scene has sadly lost her battle against
cancer. appearing in the uk for the final time at
celebration europe, our thoughts go out to her family and friends.
>>>this is a new one. some clever devil
has designed an all-purpose remote control unit in the shape of luke
skywalkers lightsabre from return of the jedi. it makes all
the sounds, emits a light beam and costs a mere $39.95. click
here to view the order page and ponder on what's coming next.
luke gained the
upper hand in his ongoing battle against the remote...
thursday 20th september 2007
>>>fantastic news for anyone owning a
nintendo wii.
the force unleashed is coming
to the platform next spring. click
here for the official
lucasarts press release and
start counting down the days until you'll be swinging your lightsabre's
around the living room and scaring the cat...
there's never a
parking space when you need one...
>>>ok, he looks mighty young on the packaging
so this is likely not the final, signed off versions, but here we see the
first images of the new
indiana jones packaging, first posted on
cool toy review.
click
here or on the images to go to the
entire article and start saving those pennies for next year...
new indy
stuff...drool...
>>>we continue our look at worlds of importance
from the history of the setnin sector with
ashta, the world where chatroot and the howlrunners ran the
empire away and where riger and the mysterious woman known as
arkensaw fell in love...
Setnin
Sector
jungle homeworld to the native Chimboes, located in the
four planet Ashta System. Their homeworld had been
invaded by the Empire and their race decimated when
Chatroot and the Howlrunners, the renegade team of legend
arrived on the planet. After just three raids the Howlrunners
drove the Empire off Ashta, and the Empire later slapped a `too
hostile’ order on the planet. Previous to this, Ashta was the
world where Riger and the force powerful woman
Arkensaw met and fell in love
wednesday 19th september 2007
>>>we launch our latest addition to
the site, our
blog. click the sidebar icon to
go to our new
blogarea,
join up and start chatting with fellow Lightsabre and
blogpals.
we're keen to get a real community going here, so get over there asap, make
some friends and enjoy the atmosphere at
www.blog.lightsabre.co.uk...
get to the blogs
and one of these good people could be there waiting to chat...
>>>setnin select reaches number 255 with
artwork by
louis
turfrey. this shows an imperial tie fighter
victorious over a rebel b-wing.
for more looks into the worlds of setnin, click on the mini banner
above and go through to the setnin select archive.
>>>we play catch up with turning to
the dork side 14 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 bubbles of goo on the schnoz are a must.
and don't forget, you can still catch chapters 9 and 10 of suns of solamonn right hereand all previous chapters of
the dork side
here
in ourhumour
section.
monday 17th september 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 13 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 dribbling with laughter at the dinner table is considered
polite.
and don't forget, you can still catch chapters 9 and 10 of suns of solamonn right hereand all previous chapters of
the dork side
here
in ourhumour
section.
>>>tim tolkien is the great
nephew of lord of the rings author jrr tolkien and here in the
uk he is considered one of our senior artists, sculpting exterior pieces
such as the spitfire island in castle vale, birmingham,
voted the most popular island in the uk. click
here for a press release detailing his latest project, a life size
ent to be erected in moseley in birmingham, the city
that inspired much of tolkiens writings.
an artists
impression of what the ent will look like in moseley
sunday 16th september 2007
>>>we welcome to Lightsabre the
man who's amazing one man star wars trilogy has wowed audiences all
over the world, charles ross. charles was in
lichfield to perform the show and generously gave us some of his time
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.
charles ross
>>>the start of issue 2 of our 4 part
adaptation of
quest for freedom is about to start shortly, but until then here is
a promo poster by quest artist richard skidmore
featuring some very familiar characters from the setnin sector.
in the foreground we have landocalrissian and chewbacca,
along with the berone sunrise, jan lomona, five a-desandian
'camel' fighters and at the rear grand moff treece, scarred and
injured after his defeat at the hands of glann cipple in
jan lomona and the sirens of amagad.
>>>it's on its way 26th december 2007,
but until then here is the cover art for
drew karpyshyn's sequel to path of destruction, darth bane:
rule of two.
darth bane: rule
of two
>>>its official - the title of the
fourth
indiana jones movie, as revealed by shia lebeouf at last
weekends vma's in las vegas will be
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. with the
title not expected to be released until novembers teaser trailer - a trailer
certain to break all internet download records when it hits the net - this
was a great bonus for all fans of the series.
coming 2008
sunday 9th september 2007
>>>Lightsabre
continues its
webmaster interviews. this week
we interview the webmaster of galactic empire, a long
time member of the star wars online community and an ally of the site
for many years, stephen g harrogate-bramley. stephen has
been a constant fixture online during the lifetime of Lightsabre and his interview can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rants
or
on
blogs.starwars.com.
stephen g
harrogate
>>>just so everyone is aware,
Lightsabre is taking a weeks break while we enjoy a trip to las vegas,
to hopefully catch up with some of our blog friends.
keep checking out all of our great affiliate sites - jedi news, galactic empirejust to
name a couple - and join us back here in a weeks time for our one man star
wars trilogy charles ross interview.
saturday 8th september 2007
>>>rich cando has cleverly managed to
get the drop on 20th century fox and matt groening by releasing this very
clever parody of the simpsons star wars special. while it's clearly in
the air everywhere we have to wonder what next. star warsdancing with
the stars special? star wars ugly betty special? star wars holiday
special? no, no, been there, done that...
friday 7th september 2007
>>>continuing the new underworld age
- part two we present the 2002
story a single day
by
louis turfrey.
watching the events of chancai falls,
we see lord raven make his plans and learn more about why he and his
wife lady raven are in the position of power that they are.
>>>it's a safe bet that when tk-574
joined the imperial training academy on carida he thought the barracks would
be a lot different to this. room service, mini bar, his own
comfortable bed. better than the hammock they promised him.
what's a guy got
to do to get a drink round here?
thursday 6th september 2007
>>>former Lightsabre writer
and goah galletti creator jonathan hicks is certainly
making the news over here in the uk. read this piece from the express
and star for more news of jonathan and his first collection of
stories,
those dark places.
>>>we
continue our look at worlds of importance from the history of the setnin sector with
arrarat, the world where future assassin goah galletti met his
wife tref goodman and started his path to infamy...
Setnin Sector planet where the future assassin Goah Galletti worked as a load-lifter
at the Brintiini Starport.It was on Arrarat that Galletti met his
future wife Tref Goodman.A flat, rocky world, Arrarat was regularly
swathed in violent thunderstorms and was the site of a large ground battle
between Republic and Separatist forces during the later hours
of the Clone Wars.It was here
that Jedi Master Ovo Duplis was shot down by his Clonetrooper
Commander after the fatal Order 66 was given.
wednesday 5th september 2007
>>>that george
lucas fella has his fingers in a lot of pies. not only
did he restore and update the star wars trilogy, add scenes to the
dvd release of the prequels, replace puppet phantom menace yoda with
a cgi stand in and add all sorts of bits and bobs to thx-1138, he's
now got his paws on singing in the rain. watch this amazing video
to see what lucas
has planned for us in this super special edition...
tuesday 4th september 2007
>>>setnin select reaches number
255 with artwork by richard skidmore.
this shows another concept design for the issd 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.
>>>meet mark marty, star wars comedian with
unfortunate comic timing. watch as he turns a rowdy and jolly jabbas
court into the scene of his imminent demise. be aware, there's some
adult
language.
monday 3rd september 2007
>>>turning to the dork side 12 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 snorting with laughter doesn't mean you can eat from the
trough.
and don't forget, you can still catch chapter 8 of suns of solamonn right hereand all previous chapters of
the dork side
here
in ourhumour
section.
>>>we bring the official press releases for
jonathan hicks' book those dark places. over to
jonathan who we thank for the mention of us as a 'successful fan
website'.
>>>continuing the new underworld age
- part two we present the 2002
story chasing shadows
by
louis turfrey.
we learn what critchekskumul
was up to during the events of chancai falls.
once again with his dog spacer,
we learn that he was on a mission to tail
squadron indigo
commander terrie
saffra,
but upon whose instruction he was acting we do not know…yet.
setnin select 60
from 2002 depicting the fall of chancai...
saturday 1st september 2007
>>>it appears that george
lucas has fallen in love again. and it's a love affair
that kind of crept up on him unawares. and the best of it is, we're
all set to benefit from it. next years clone wars cgi series is
utilising lucas'
unique talents as the creator himself is diving into the writing and editing
of the show. click here
for the official site's
in-depth report on this fantastic situation, brought to us by pete 'coca
cola dropper' vilmur.
the flannelled
one, and he appears to be having a lot of fun
>>>here's an advert from back in 1999
and the huge phantom menace promotional machine that really makes you
wonder why someone out there hasn't decided to market this as a product.
and why oh why isn't yoda's milk blue?
>>>we know the original star wars is
unimpeachably flawless and perfect, but apparently there are a few little
errors in there. watch this set of clips and see if you can spot any of the
greeblies...
>>>back in 2004 jonathan hicks left
Lightsabre to work on other projects, and the fruits of his labour are
now revealed in his first collection of short stories. those dark places
collects 12 tales about the little people in a big universe. long time
readers will be more than familiar with jonathan's depth of writing talent,
and will be spending wisely by clicking hereor on the image
below and ordering a copy of his very first release.
those dark places
>>>after a six month break
Lightsabre
recommences its
webmaster interviews. this week
we interview the man who brings us our dose of dork side every week,
neil baker. neil is a prominent blogger on the official site,
a documentary maker and friend of the site and his interview can be found
here or by going through the
sidebar and hitting
interviews. then discuss it at
smugglers rants
or
on
blogs.starwars.com.
neil baker
>>>Lightsabre is lucky enough
to have been featured in our local paper. in a half page piece by lichfield mercury
editor andy kerr,
the spotlight was thrown on the charity work done at celebration europe in
july. click the image below for a larger version of the newspaper
piece or go to the sidebar, click assorted,
various articles
to find the piece...
marie, bex, yoda,
amanda, mark and louis
>>>we welcome to Lightsabre one of the
most recognisable faces in the star wars universe, the man with the
largest collection of memorabilia on the planet and the official fan liaison
officer for lucasfilm, stephen sansweet. markand louis
met up with steve backstage at celebration europe for
the interview 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.
revenge - the
real life story of star wars episode 3 - revenge of the sith
>>>we welcome back to Lightsabre the producer of the star wars trilogy
special edition and most notably the prequel trilogy, rick
mccallum. rick chatted to us for 40 minutes about all
manner of things 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.
