When we were first contemplating establishing blogs on starwars.com, I had already been blogging for several years on my own site and on various blog sites. I was a full-fledged blogging addict. So i figured the fans here would love to use these blogs as a place to pontficate deeper meanings in Star Wars mythos, or recall their first Star Wars memory of Halloween costumes and special birthday presents. I couldn't wait to read our fans reviews of our films, comics, books, toys and games.

And for the most part, that is exactly what happened here. Fans blogged about every Star Wars topic under the sun -- make that 2 suns! And it's been a blast to read everyone's stories about why Star Wars will always be cool to them. And it's also interesting to read about other passions people here have whether it's other sci-fi/fantasy/superhero franchises, or even the Wolrd Cup! And the more you write, and better, you may find yourself featured as the Blog of the Day, or interviewed on starwars.com as a Profiled Blogger or even in the Best of Hyperspace section of the Star Wars Insider magazine!

But I'm sad to say, there's also a few bad apples in these parts who have been using their blogs to attack other bloggers, and in some cases other VIP bloggers. And this is going to end today.

We don't allow anyone to abuse their blogs by picking fights or personally attacking other bloggers. In fact it's a rule and we expect everyone here to follow it. This means you can't attack folks in a blog whether it's a normal entry or under the guise of some bizarre form of fan fiction/play (which is also not allowed here anyway).

So I wanted to remind folks here that we didn't create this blog feature so you could make others feel bad. It's here so you can blog about what you care about (and quite frankly what the rest of us care about) -- your Star Wars fandom -- not your beefs with other users, VIPs or mods. That also means we don't stand for folks who invade the comments area of people's blogs and pick fights either.

As our lovely VIP Karen Traviss said recently said in her blog entry Housekeeping: "See, you have to think of this blog as my living room. In fact, all TOS blogs are someone's personal space. They're not exactly private, but if someone has left their front door open as an invitation to join them for a beer, the least you can do is behave the way they ask you to in their home."

And on more point Traviss makes that I think you ALL need to remember: "No brawling. I mean that. Start a fight , break any of my best china, diss anyone who's not here to defend themselves - especially other authors, SW or not, because that's staggeringly bad manners in a writer's blog - and you're out."

If you're angry at someone commenting on your blog, blacklist them and delete their comments. If you don't like someone's blog, don't read it. If you really want to complain about someone's blog then go to Blog Feedback here.

DO NOT USE YOUR BLOG TO ATTACK OTHER BLOGGERS OR YOU WILL BE BANNED. (That goes for posting abusive comments in someone else's blog too.)

Got it?

Good.

Now let's get back to blogging about things that really matter -- like if Han shot first, if Ewoks would have really eatten their captives, and if R2-D2 can actually beatmix.