the staff
an introduction to who writes, edits, draws and designs what on Lightsabre
webmaster, writer, editor, guides compiler
Mark
wrote Quest for Freedom, his first Star Wars story back in 1982 and had
already completed a trilogy of stories by the time he and Jonathan Hicks
began Newbold-Hicks Productions (NHP) in 1984. Continuing with his
main pursuit of writing while Jonathan concentrated on games mastering and
building up the Setnin Sector through scenarios, Mark worked on detailed
plans of Chancai and the back history of Jan Lomona (also his roleplay
character) as well as other creations which include A-desando, Duze Jostenn,
the Berone Sunrise and Cantarr bi-Romou, and began the early work on what has
become the Lightsabre Guides section. Mark began work on the Guide to the Setnin Sector as an aid to the roleplay games back in 1996, which swelled into what is currently on the site today. In 1998 he wrote Jan Lomona and the Sirens of Amagad for the site (then known as Wirezone), which became the first major Lightsabre story and today is webmaster (having taken over from Louis in June 2000), editor and oversees the Setnin Select programme. Mark drew together what was then seventeen years of history and timelines taken from the NHP audio days, roleplay timelines (three in total), fiction timelines and others to make up what is now the official Setnin Sector chronology. He compiles all the Guides sections, cross-references each and every story into the various guides sections, chooses the Setnin Select images, oversees the links sections, writes articles for the Roleplay, Humour and Various sections, sets the questions for the Interviews and continues to add to the Chronology sections and write for the site.
Mark lives in Lichfield, England with his wife Rebecca.
Mark is an occasional contributor to the Star Wars Insider as well as Model and Collectors Mart.
writer, artist, web site designer
Louis
Turfrey befriended Paul, Jonathan and Mark in 1992 when he joined the
roleplay group that Jonathan was running at the time. Along with Darren Houghton and Nick
Gilmore, Louis put in many hours playing a wide and varied range of
characters, and from here came the birth of Tarr Ranth, Nias Derril and
Daemon Garr, all now important characters in his current stories. In
1994 he and Mark launched Fanta War, a short-lived publication that saw
copies distributed at the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC)
`94. Later ventures included a Fanta
War website launched in 1996, and Wirezone, which was where Jan Lomona and
the Sirens of Amagad (a title thought up by Louis) first saw the light of
day. Initially operating
as webmaster, Louis named and launched Lightsabre in July 1999, setting its
initial design and layout as he has ever since, and proceeded to operate the
site until June 2000 when Mark took over duties. An occasional games master, Louis is the sites main artistic contributor and delivers the majority of the Setnin Select images. An expert with computers and a columnist in 3 publications, Louis is the sites technical adviser. After Jonathan, Louis contributes the largest amount of stories to the site, concentrating on his favoured group of characters, the Jedi, as well as occasional entries in the Various section.
Louis lives in Lichfield, England with his wife Libby and two children, Ben and Jessica.
Louis is a weekly contributor to Micro Mart magazine.
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| 1985 - from jons first drink... | 1994 - to jons scissor allergy... | 2004 - to just plain...gone |
writer,
artist, games master
Jonathan
has been writing and drawing Star Wars since 1984 when he and Mark Newbold
began Newbold Hicks Productions (NHP), a venture that continued until 1990.
By
this time Jonathan was already an experienced games master, running regular
games for Mark, Paul, Jason, Andy Curtis (the creator of Luschia Arkensaw,
the Euphoria Station and other characters) Darren Houghton (creator of
Colonel Cazinski, Kamira and…Coca-cola Man) Louis, Nick Gilmore, Paul
Gilbert, Robin Oult, Dave Shields and Phil Thompson (AKA Peach Squadron). This continuing experience with GM-ing
became good groundwork for his later role as the editor and main contributor
to the Roleplay section.
As
well as this, over the years Jonathan has been Lightsabre’s main fiction contributor,
coming up with many of the major stories and plot points and overseeing his
numerous creations which include naming the Setnin Sector, Glann Cipple,
Amagad, Carlonian Feese and most prolifically Goah Galletti. He has also contributed images both
computer assisted and hand-drawn to the galleries and the Setnin Selects,
written articles for the various and humour sections and continues to roleplay
with Mark and Jason on Thursday and Sunday nights (a great testing ground for
new stories, ideas and characters).
Jonathan lives in Lichfield, England with his fiancé Lisa and son Bruce.
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| 1988 - from little anakin squirewalker in episode 1... | 1992 - to obi-wan squire in episode 2... | 2002 - to paul windu in episode 3 |
writer
Paul
Squire wrote Frayed at the Edge, his first Star Wars story back in 1988. Already a lifelong friend of Mark, Paul
then regularly role-played with Jonathan and Mark, doing many games with Jonathan, developing the Ryath Centaur character and well and
truly integrating his creations into the fabric of Setnin. As well as playing a character, Paul was
the groups second most prolific games master, running many campaigns in a
style totally different to Jonathans and adding a hard, tough edge to Setnin
that helped define the sector and the famed Setnin Way.
Along with more short stories, Paul continued to develop his own batch of characters which revolved around the ex-Imperial Centaur, and by 1999 and the launch of Lightsabre was a regular contributor to the fiction section, adding many flourishes to the Chronology with his great memory of roleplay games from days past.
Paul lives in Warwick, England.
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artist
Jason Brown has been a friend of Jonathan and Mark since the early 1980’s, when he was already a noted artist. Many of the various designs of Lightsabre have come from Jason’s hand, including the original and revised versions of the Berone Sunrise, the layouts for Chancai and the design of the Imperial base from the 1986 What Lies Within story. In 1986 Jason began a comic serialisation of Quest for Freedom and over the years as games master drew quick sketches that illuminated his stories (many set outside the Setnin Sector) beautifully.
Jason lives in Birmingham, England with his partner Jacqui and son Fabian.