Motivated Monster--Exactly why I love Palpatine Okay, bear with me, but I finally figured this out for myself. I have been intrigued by Palpatine since The Empire Strikes Back and have chalked it up to things like him being a great actor or the cleverness required to fool an entire Galaxy into making

For Love of the Fic--The person I have become to never be published An explanation of why I am officially insane as a fanfic author.

International flair I am now, thanks to my only and favorite brother, the proud owner of a Star Wars comic book in Portugese! He just got back from 2 years in Brazil. So far, I've figured out that there's one story called "Obsessed," two about seasons and one with "Jedi"

And the award goes to--What I'd nom SW for, part 1 (TPM and AOTC) Random idea, but the boards.theforce.net fanfic awards season ended today with a bang. Well, okay, the bang was mostly me having an ecstatic attack at actually winning against what I thought were all odds, which subsequently startled the same roommate

This isn't your fangirltasy--The importance of characterization You know, I've been reading fanfic as long as I've written and I've seen some excellent characterizations.

The Agony and the Ecstasy--A few thoughts on Luceno's Dark Lord Let me first say that I loved this book. The plot was plausible and there were very engaging original characters being brought in in the shadow of the fallen one.

Using my religion--A thought on the census religion marker of being a Jedi First, a comment: For all those who commented about wanting to see Vader survive Endor, here's another fun tidbit. The story I am writing about that just won the award for Best Drama in the theforce.net's Beyond the Saga Fanfiction Awards. Another

Crime and Punishment--A theory on Vader and the suit Okay, I may have mentioned before that I'm writing a story called Lest Ye Be Judged. It's about a suitless Vader, post-ROTJ, standing trial for his war crimes.

So, if I had my way...--speculations on fanfilms awards So, today the winners are announced and here are what I would predict for the finalists.

Pros and Cons--For those of you San Diego Bound A few instructions from someone who wishes she were going with: