With all the noise and online activity, it's sometimes easy to lose track of what happened when, so here's what may or may not become a weekly recap of Hyperspace (and other Lucas Online) activity that you may have missed.

The biggest news was kept entirely offline -- Lucas Online (along with the rest of Lucasfilm) finally moved into new office space at the gorgeous Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio, San Francisco. So while we were unpacking our offices and getting settled, we still found time to share some cool exclusives with Fan Club members this week.

The coolest? Without a doubt, the ILM Siggraph Reel. Originally shown at the SIGGRAPH conference this past August, the reel deconstructs a number of ILM's amazing visual effect shots for Episode III. Highlights include:

- Examples of how seemlessly the Generals' Quarters set was blended with digital set extensions
- Before-and-after comparisons of digital head replacements for Count Dooku (Kyle Rowling) and Palpatine (Michael Byrne) stunt doubles
- Shots of the Mustafar miniature in action
- ILM's new logo!

Also this week, AudioCast presents the entire audio track to Star Tours! That's Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman) playing your hapless droid pilot, Rex. This is a treat because the ride is so intense, those trying to take notes rarely get a chance to, so now you can appreciate the full audio and listen to little cues and story-points. Also, is it just me, or does that opening music remind anyone of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?

Fiction updated this week with a reprint of To Fight Another Day. It's written by Kathy Tyers, New York Times Bestselling author who also penned The Truce at Bakura and Balance Point. To Fight Another Day follows the story of Tinian I'att, an armanent heiress pushed into fighting the Empire. Tyers first created this character in the story Tinian on Trial (reprinted in Hyperspace last year). For those who read Tyers' story in Tales of the Bounty Hunters and have always wondered where Tinian and Chenlambec came from, these are the stories. In fact, this story has the first appearance of Chenlambec. To Fight Another Day was originally first printed in the Star Wars Adventure Journal #6, in May of 1995. It features artwork by Mike Vilardi, presented in color for the first time.

This week's edition of Bantha Tracks Online goes to New York, for Fashion Week, and features snapshots from Trisha Biggar's "Dressing the Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars" exhibit. Fan costumer Kristin Mrozek got to meet her idol Trisha, and present her with an honory membership in the Rebel Legion costuming club. And make sure to note that Bantha Tracks has a new snail mail address.

The Episode III Set Diaries continue to run through the film in sequential order, giving insight into production and comparisons to the shooting script. Find out what the revolving set was originally planned for and how much actually ended up in the film. Also, there's a look inside one of the DVD deleted scenes: "A Plot Against the Jedi?" Be sure to click on the picture viewer so that you can see some screen shots from this scene. As a bonus, get a look at an experiment that Rob Coleman's animation team did to get a handle on the new Yoda model. They went and replaced some of the puppet footage from Episode I with the new digital Yoda. It's slide #9.

This week's What's The Story is Melee, the little girl of little faith when it comes to Anakin's Podracing ability. It's okay, Melee. I would have bet against him too.

In image series news, it was a prequel week for Galactic Gallery. See Kurt Kaufman's sketches of the T-14 hyperdrive generator from Episode I, a mood painting to capture lighting of Dooku's escape in Episode II, and Ryan Church's establishing painting of the Jedi Embarkation Platform from Episode III. Fantastic sense of scale in that last one. Photoreceptor added a Star Destroyer under construction -- complete with model kits being bashed -- and a rare shot of Cliff Claven on the set of The Empire Strikes Back.

On the webstrip front: Ekria, Zonder and Drake are reunited in their escape from clone troopers, but Drake may have gone too far with his public display of Force in Reversal of Fortune; Saboteur Mag Doum escapes Arda-2 and calls Darth Vader in As Long As We Live; Luke and Tanith Shire part ways. Skywalker is reunited with Princess Leia as the Empire attacks the neutral world of Kabal in Deadly Reunion; and in what is probably one of the most oddball Star Wars stories told, and Imperial officer (who's also a lizard with no pants) rounds up innocent women and children to blast, while Luke and Han scale an Epcott-center lookalike in order to stop this guy, in Bring Me The Children.

In offline news, subscribers started getting Star Wars Insider #84 shipped to them this week. A look inside reveals:

Letter From the Editor: Brett Rector admits his love of troopers
Comlink: You tell us what you think of the Top 20 EU moments
Skywalking: Comic-Con recap, Battlefront II, DVD, new LFL VP, CW Vol 2, and other acronyms!
Jedi Library: Jason Fry lifts some heavy books from Chronicle Books, looking at The Star Wars Poster Book, and Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels.
Drawn by the Force: A look inside Purge and Republic #81
Technical Readout: Examining the Geonosis Arena
A Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic: 8 packed pages of clone lore, from equipment guides to order of battle, and more.
The Art of Revenge of the Sith: More never before seen concept artwork from the Episode III's Art Department, including SW sketches from the artists when they were kids.
Ask the Master: How many days pass in Episode III, where is Bestine, what's the deal with Moff Jerjerrod and other stuff.
The Creatures of Episode III: Even the nos monster gets some attention.
HoloNet News: It's back for a big 8-page finale.
Scouting the Galaxy: Will there be more videogame action figures? How about an Ultimate Edition Episode II soundtrack? And is Topher Grace a big stinkin' liar?
Posters of Episode IV The Star Wars Poster Book is out! (well, at least in one store in San Francisco). See some of the stuff that didn't fit in the book.
Jabba's Collection You need a lot of figures to stage a battle, and Hasbro obliges.
The Best of Hyperspace: Hey, my blog is in there. Fixed! Fixed!
Bantha Tracks: Some truly great fan art submissions, plus the folks who won the Star Wars Dream Bedroom and more
Emperor's Exhibit: Matt Busch draws Vader. What... you were expecting Jira the fruit-vendor?

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