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Only Sith Deal In Absolutes!

by: Halagad

date posted: Sep 20, 2005 10:22 PM | updated: Aug 30, 2006 1:04 AM

Abel's Early Fan Works

Like I said, the SWFA has maintained its website for almost as long as the group has formally existed. It's here that I made my first significant, albeit unofficial, forays into Star Wars. The links are below. Though unofficial, these early pieces got me noticed in the Star Wars community, and the positive response gave me the confidence to keep on knocking on Lucasfilm's door till they gave me some work.

Loose Canon: A Discourse on the Public Direction of the "Official" Star Wars Universe (2000)

My memorable first foray into the battlefield that is Star Wars canon. Written prior to the existence of such attempts at formalizing continuity as "Infinities," "G-canon," and "C-canon," etc, the editorial argued for total inclusivity regarding Star Wars literature, a view that has gained considerable legitimacy in the years since. I was pleasantly surprised a few years ago when I found one Kasia Rostkowska had translated this op-ed piece into Polish: "Dyskusja o kanonie SW."

The State of the Galactic Civil War--Part 1: From Endor to Coruscant (2000)

This is the one that garnered me a small cult following in the Star Wars community in my pre-LFL days. An essay outlining in excruciating, and I do mean that literally, detail the confusing happenings in the Star Wars universe immediately following the events of Return of the Jedi to the end of Mike Stackpole's X-Wing novels, the academically-inspired process of citing every source I referred to was so grueling I had to quit for a good three or four months before I could even look at the essay again.

The first of three planned parts covering the 20-odd years of post-Jedi literature available at the time, I was so put out by the time I finished the first part that I never wanted to write Star Wars again. Thankfully, I soon after had my first official Star Wars proposal accepted for a project on the Emperor's Hands. It was in this project that I made official many of the conjectures I first ventured in this essay.

MIA -- Arbitrator of Sins (1999)

Folks have often asked me about my short story Arbitrator of Sins, detailing the final battle of the Mandalorians during the Clone Wars. Cleary a major inspiration for my recent work on "History of the Mandalorians," it (along with my contributions to Zardra's Star Wars FanFic Database) was removed from the web around five years ago when I first started writing officially for Lucasfilm. It's possible that I may bring it out of retirement some time in the future, but for now it's stashed away on my flash drive in folder "Star Wars Stuff."

~ Abel G. Pe�a

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	Arf Maul We'll Blow Your Planet Up!
date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 2:04 AM It's great to see that fanboys sometimes become authors too Teeeheeeeee and on a completely unrelated note, you look cool as Halagad Ventor in Insider 84 :-D

	Halagad Only Sith Deal In Absolutes!
date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 10:17 AM It's great to see that fanboys sometimes become authors too You're telling me! Teeeheeeeee and on a completely unrelated note, you look cool as Halagad Ventor in Insider 84 :-D Heh heh. Thanks Aff!

janlomona
Smugglers Rants

date Posted: Sep 29, 2005 10:24 AM

That was an interesting read, and quite inspiring.
I guess the best way to get noticed is to keep on knocking at that door until they let you in. You've certainly taken a very interesting route to working for LFL (just one, tiny piece published on the back of an envelope that has anything to do with LFL would do for me right now). My problem is that I write mainly fiction, although I maintain a huge database of our own characters, starships, planets etc. I write the occasional article for the site (Lightsabre) but wouldn't know who to contact (although I do have an occasional email friend at LFL who helps me to get interviews).
Anyway, great stuff and an top blog.

The Dark Moose
Moose Poodoo

date Posted: Oct 25, 2005 8:09 PM

It's possible that I may bring it out of retirement some time in the future, but for now it's stashed away on my flash drive in folder "Star Wars Stuff."

I hope we get a chance to air it out, soon, Halagad :0) Cool stuff. i enjoyed the State of the Galactic Civil War. I felt like I was watching the History Channel for a second. How cool would it be for the HC to do a special on that in their own way :0) They could use your info.

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