With the sponsorship of former Bantam Spectra editor Tom Dupree, I "auditioned" for the opportunity to write a Star Wars trilogy on the strength of my novels Emprise and The Quiet Pools. After I was approved by Lucasfilm, both Bantam and Lucasfilm sent me cartons of background and reference material, including an extensive timeline distilling the events of the other licensed fiction (novels and comics).

There is also alot of books and comics made about SW. For more info about SW, you might want to check out the official website or theforce.net.

Due to the nature of it's metagame, Quake Wars doesn't have a storyline as such. However, the game is set in 2065 during the initial Strogg invasion of Earth. Quake Wars will not feature a single-player campaign. It will be an online-only team-based FPS, in the same vein as Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.

Richard Montanari: See the answer to Bobbewig's question above. I will add that the story moves from the elegant penthouses of Rittenhouse Square to the desolate row houses of North Philly to some very private clubs where all manner of bad behavior occurs. Richard Montanari: Yes. Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano return in the next book. Sophie, too. The detectives of the PPD Homicide Unit are rested and ready for whatever evil may come their way. And evil comes. kkoverman@opera-stl.

Actually, Star Wars can be played pretty well with an arcade joystick or the Tron stick. But for the authentic feel, you need a flight yoke. The original ones are frequently available on E-bay (search for yoke). They usually go for $75-$100, although I saw a Road Riot 4WD yoke, which is similar (only single-axis, though), go for $8 on E-bay recently. However, they are often pretty beat up, or missing buttons, triggers, stops, gears, etc.

The Star Wars movies have so far not been announced for Blu-ray, however, it is being distributed by Fox which is a Blu-ray supporting studio. For more information please see the Is this title coming to Blu-ray thread? in our forum.

Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club is the Lucasfilm-run organization for Star Wars fans worldwide created to unify and spotlight fan activity, give exclusive inside access to Star Wars productions, provide a way to buy really cool exclusive stuff, and most of all... to celebrate Star Wars. Membership brings you a fantastic benefits package put together by Lucasfilm for Star Wars fans, including a year's worth of special savings at offers at StarWarsShop.

The Star Wars Insider is a print publication, a bimonthly magazine now published by Titan Magazines. In past offers, a magazine subscription was included with Hyperspace membership, but the current Hyperspace Offer -- effective April 2007 -- does not include a magazine subscription. You can purchase your subscription separately from Titan Magazines.

About 200MB on my Swedish server and an additional 600MB on other servers. Shortage of time, webspace and bandwith have stopped me from adding more.

Answer: Since we are not the manufacturer of the items in our online shop, we don't have information on what stores carry each item.

My official Star Wars work has appeared in a lot of publications, including Vader: The Ultimate Guide, The Official Star Wars Website, Star Wars Insider, Dungeon/Polyhedron Magazine, The Official Wizards of the Coast Website, Star Wars Gamer, and The Official Star Wars Fact Files.

All members are asked to have a Star Wars sounding name because it adds "flavor" to the group and enhances the "character" of your costume.

I enjoyed playing all the scenes I was in, I also enjoy looking back at them now, my favourites to watch have to be attats in the 'Empire Strikes Back' and the Ewoks in 'Return of the Jedi'

Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (SWG) is an online roleplaying game in which players can literally travel the galaxy, take part in the Galactic Civil War or just set up a tap caf. The game's setting is some time after the Battle of Yavin but before the Battle at Hoth. SWG was development by Verant, Sony for LucasArts. For more information about the game itself visit the official Star Wars Galaxies FAQ.

On the soundtrack CD set from that series was a song called â??My Womanâ?? which was recorded in 1932 by Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band. The trumpet riff I sampled was played by Nat Gonella. I would recommend *anyone* who likes pop muisc to search out 20s and 30s compilations. It was all downhill from there! And that’s all it is! I don’t know why the tabs I’ve found over-complicate it all so much.

It's all about the love of filmmaking, playing in that wonderful world George Lucas created, having fun, and showing what can be done at an independent level. If we can inspire others that is payment alone.

This is by far the most frequent question I have received over the years. The short answer is Ebay--that's where I found mine. Also, you might want to snoop around the arcade newsgroups on Dejanews---they are always selling arcade parts. You should keep in mind that there are a few other less well known games produced by Atari that used yoke controllers. S.T.U.N. Runner and Hydra both use the same style yokes found on the Star Wars machines.

In general, it is a streamlined version of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game combat rules, simplified so that it's easier to run several different characters at once and play through a battle quickly. Here are some specific features. Initiative: Each round, you roll initiative for your whole squad. You don't roll for each individual character. Each round, players take turns activating two characters at a time until all the players have activated all their characters.

We carry a large variety of collectible memorabilia and costumes from many areas of interest. We chose StarWarsAttic due to the fact that the main focus of our interest is Star Wars and Star Wars related items.

The game's main character is Sylvester "Sly" Boots, a down and out detective with a big debt hanging over his head. Early on, Boots happens upon a bodyguard job that should help him square things away - but all too soon, things take a turn for the worst and Sly finds himself caught in the middle of a sinister galactic plot.

In the first Ultima, you had to stop the evil wizard Mondain from completely overrunning the four continents of the planet Sosaria and end his reign of terror. In the sequel, you had to travel through several periods of time to find Mondain's child bride and prodigy Minax and undo the destruction she did to Earth. Ultima ]I[: Exodus takes place on Sosaria again. This time, you and a party of adventurers must find and defeat Exodus, Mondain and Minax's offspring, and restore peace to Sosaria.

The series is set in what would have been ten years in the future -- the early 1980's. It had been discovered that Aliens are coming to Earth and kidnapping people for unknown reasons. A secret military defense organization named SHADO ("Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation") is set up and is just becoming operational in the first episode. SHADO's main headquarters is secretly hidden beneath a London film studio, and many SHADO personnel double as film studio employees as a cover.

Toto, I Think We're Not In Japan Anymore. Man, the things we miss by not living in Japan! Not sure exactly which toilet product this commercial is advertising, but I wish we had more bizarre commercials like this one here in the States. (Couresy of Boing Boing) Today's a big day for someone in my little corner of the world. I'm proud of you, shorty. Congratulations. Search topics: I noticed that during my hiatus, I still got an average of about 50 hits per day.

No. Effective April 2007, the offer is split so that Fan Club membership is separate from Star Wars Insider subscription.

Celebration IV will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center which is located at 1201 South Figueroa Street. Los Angeles, CA 90015

Yes. All members of SWTA are very big fans of Star Wars, which is why we're taking part in the project. We guarantee that, between the four of us, we know every possible tidbit of Star Wars trivia we need to make the game :).

Answer: Since StarWarsShop.com is the official Star Wars shop run by Lucasfilm, many of the manufacturers produce exclusive product for our shop. We carry exclusives in many different categories and are constantly working to create new exclusive opportunities for our customers. Three types of exclusives exist on StarWarsShop.com as follows: Shared exclusive items that are originally designed as an exclusive for a large retailer like Target or Kmart and are sold on StarWarsShop.