"I need to do some emergency gloating." ~Han Solo

And so it ends...--Where Legacy of the Force went wrong--Spoilers ahead

v'TaiakEth — May 18, 2008 01:40 AM

I got addicted to Star Wars when I was 13 and 24 hours later, I had written my first fanfic. It was pathetic and made Leia a Mary Sue and ignored pretty much every law of good writing, but I was 13 and didn't know any better.

The Committee to Re-Elect Palpatine

v'TaiakEth — Nov 23, 2007 10:26 PM

So, what exactly got Palpatine to stay in office so long? First of all, how often were elections held? In Revenge of the Sith, 3 years after Palpatine is allotted "emergency powers," Obi-Wan refers to him as a Chancellor who has stayed in office long

Quick note on new title

v'TaiakEth — Aug 30, 2007 12:53 AM

You may have noticed that this blog is no longer called "All things relative." I got rather tired of that and decided to quote one of my favorite characterizations of Han that I've ever written. In it, Leia is trying to find a stalling technique and Han

Galactic Busboy and other concepts--what makes minimum wage in the GFFA?

v'TaiakEth — Aug 30, 2007 12:50 AM

Musings on the GFFA equivalent of minimum-wage jobs.

Top 10

v'TaiakEth — Aug 14, 2007 10:27 PM

A friend recently asked me for my Top 10 Fanfic Recommendations. SInce she also asked my roommate, I had a few that I had to leave out for the sake of not overlapping, but here are the ones I decided on.

The regent policy--a look at Naboo politics and what might have been

v'TaiakEth — Aug 13, 2007 11:43 PM

So, I've probably mentioned this before, but I'm writing a story called Lest Ye Be Judged. Actually, it's a rewrite, since the original version was written in 250 single-spaced pages before the release of Episode III. The new version has been ongoing

Oops...

v'TaiakEth — Jul 31, 2007 04:15 PM

I forgot to say how cool C4 was. If you want full details, go to my normal blog at ishneedsalife.blogspot.com. Even though no one but the Truly Dangerous Company crew, one filmmaker and a moderator from theforce.net noticed me, I had a lot of fun.

The fanzine revolution

v'TaiakEth — Jul 24, 2007 10:07 PM

My first brush with "true" fandom was in locating fanfiction in the most random places on the internet. Then I got addicted to fanfix.com and started submitting my own works in 1997. Somewhere just after The Phantom Menace was released, I got an offer

Like, totally, look out for me at C4!

v'TaiakEth — May 11, 2007 11:59 PM

Okay, so it would take a major event for me to go to Los Angeles and, yes, it is happening. To whit, the marvelous Truly Dangerous Company is going to be showing ALL of the Pink 5 films on May 27. And I do mean all, including Return of Pink 5, Volume 3.

May the Fourth Be With You and your little parody too...

v'TaiakEth — May 04, 2007 09:16 PM

Since this is May the Fourth Be With You day and it's the 30th year of fandom for some (including my parents), I decided to write a song parody. The original song is "I enjoy being a girl" from Flower Drum Song.

Wacky Everyday--some thoughts on fanfiction about everyday things.

v'TaiakEth — Apr 07, 2007 08:36 AM

So once in a while at TheForce.net, someone will boldly challenge us all to write about someone from the GFFA doing completely normal things. For example, Padme changing diapers, Luke doing dishes or Leia ordering pizza. That sort of thing. I always

15 minutes of fame...x2

v'TaiakEth — Mar 23, 2007 03:58 PM

Okay, so instead of giving you something more boring to read, I'm going to put up here two things that have recently involved me and my fandom. The first is my review of Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, which won the TheForce.Net Book Review Contest

It's that time again

v'TaiakEth — Mar 16, 2007 04:12 AM

Okay, so every year, I drag my butt over to atomfilms.com and sneer and sniff and occasionally laugh in wonder, awe and utter fangirlishness at the offerings of the people who enter the Star Wars Fan Film Contest. It's kinda a ritual now. After all,

Dear Mr. Allston--No, this is a good thing! (My thoughts on Exile)

v'TaiakEth — Mar 07, 2007 05:25 PM

Finally, a worthwhile LOTF book! Here's my thoughts, mostly spoiler-free.

"Okay, first of all, Trey LIED to me." ~Amy Earhart (Very minor Allegiance spoiler)

v'TaiakEth — Jan 30, 2007 03:22 PM

Congratulations to Trey Stokes of the Truly Dangerous Company. Today, Allegiance came out and on page 106-107, Han has a conversation with "one of the new pilots--Stacy something-or-other."

Do you have what it takes to be the next...

v'TaiakEth — Jan 30, 2007 03:15 PM

You know what I'd love to see? Lucasbooks Idol.

Happy New Year!

v'TaiakEth — Jan 15, 2007 12:49 PM

What I have to look forward to:

Take back the dignity!--A complaint about females in Star Wars

v'TaiakEth — Dec 30, 2006 05:24 PM

Let me clue you in on something: 80% of the reasons why I liked Star Wars as a 13-year-old had to do with Princess Leia. She was the coolest female movie character I'd ever seen and she didn't need to be Lara Croft to do it. Granted, Lara Croft didn't

The Star Wars Holiday Special--Yes, it really IS that bad

v'TaiakEth — Dec 18, 2006 05:28 PM

This isn't a rant, just an advisory.

Troy Denning--King of TMI--Tempest somewhat non-spoiler review

v'TaiakEth — Dec 09, 2006 09:55 AM

What ever happened to the PG-only rating on the SW universe?