Monday, April 30, 2012

Fanfiction: A How To Guide




By Fallon Sunstar

Though reading fanfic is fun, there are quite a few really bad ones out there. Here's an easy guide on how to avoid reading really badly written or inappropriate fanfics.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Celebration VI “Trailer”!!



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Orange County Mayor, Teressa Jacobs post a "trailer" for the upcoming Star Wars Celebration VI event, happening this August 23rd-26th at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Forida. The video features footage from 2010's Star Wars Celebration V (also held in Orlando) as well as footage of Mayor Jacobs herself, dressed a Princess Leia(!!!) and surrounded by other Star Wars characters welcoming fans to Celebration VI!!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Fan-Art: Katie Cook and Grant Gould

By Fallon Sunstar


Fanart, like fanfiction, is a broad and often intimidating realm for one to navigate.  The Star Wars fandom has so much fantastic artwork for it out there, it's almost hard to grasp.  Today I'll show you two fantastic and quite famous fan-artists, whose art in general and for Star Wars in particular is becoming more well known across our galaxy.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TOR-iffic Awareness – Events You SHOULD Participate In!

The new and improved SWTOR website.
By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/The Star Wars Underworld   

Another TOR-iffic Awareness article here! I will just be recapping the current events going on at The Old Republic Cantina, that I believe none of you should miss! Participating in these events will make the community a great place to go to everyday, where new things will always pop up and everyone would like to mingle with others at any time. Having a community with participation will bind us all together, always helping to bring something fresh to the table and being able to further enhance gameplay on Star Wars: The Old Republic, just the few of many things people already participating would like. I just cannot fathom how some will "support" and then stay in the background, not really putting their effort in a community they were invited to join that they'd possibly like. So please, I urge you all to support us! This would also mean a lot to communities that have been helping us out like The Star Wars Underworld, Order of the Sith, For F***'s sake it's Star Wars, and more (that last page mentioned was censored for the younglings).

Fanfiction Review: Comedy

By Fallon Sunstar

Fanfiction is a thrilling and entertaining world for the fan of any movie or book series, and especially for Star Wars fans!! Throughout the years I've found some fantastic works of fanfiction, many of which I'll be reviewing for this site! I'll review stories and take you step by step into the world of fanfiction.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Legacy Update: Rakghoul Outbreak Across the Galaxy!

By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/The Star Wars Underworld  

Yesterday, BioWare kicked off a dynamic event for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with a surprising Rakghoul Virus Outbreak which has been contained on the desert world of Tatooine. The Rakghoul plague, which BioWare invented for the original Knights of the Old Republic, is somewhat like a zombie apocalypse in the Star Wars universe.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Star Wars in Concert heads to Japan



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C-3PO in the six Star Wars films and on The Clone Wars Television series, revealed today at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago that the highly popular Star Wars in Concert will be touring in Japan at some point in the future. The concert features a full orchestra plying Star Wars music, a the world’s largest LED screen playing clips from the saga, a light show, and is hosted by Daniels.

Star Wars in Concert heads to Japan



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C-3PO in the six Star Wars films and on The Clone Wars Television series, revealed today at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago that the highly popular Star Wars in Concert will be touring in Japan at some point in the future. The concert features a full orchestra plying Star Wars music, a the world’s largest LED screen playing clips from the saga, a light show, and is hosted by Daniels.

Second Lego Star Wars Special Coming!!



By Dominic Jones/ The SWU

Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C-3PO in the six Star Wars films and on The Clone Wars Television series, revealed today at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago that a second Lego Star Wars television special is in the works. The first Lego special, The Padawan Menace, aired last July and was very well received by fans of all kinds.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Should George Lucas make Episodes 7, 8, and 9?

By Savanna Kiefer

Ever since the full prequel trilogy was released, fans have been debating whether or not George Lucas should make Episodes 7,8, and 9 to complete his story. Again, the fans are split on this topic and some want the Expanded Universe to be made in movie form while the other half just want to stick with the 6 films. I have very conflicting opinions about this subject but ultimately fall into the category of people who think that Episodes 1-6 should be the only Star Wars movies.

Sunday, April 8, 2012



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Dark Horse has released a preview for this summer’s upcoming comic series Darth Maul: Death Sentence written by Tom Taylor with cover art from Dave Dorman. The first issue of the series goes on sale on July 25, 2012.

Check out the preview below:

STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL–DEATH SENTENCE #1

By now the galaxy has learned the terrible truth: Sith Lord Darth Maul still lives. Worse, he has joined forces with his brother Savage Opress!

The Jedi are searching for them and, after Maul and Opress cut a murderous swath through the Outer Rim, so is an army of mercenaries hired by a wealthy mine owner.

Darth Maul has a price on his head, and for him there is only one way to deal with such a problem: go directly to the source!

Death Sentence #1 is on sale July 25, 2012. Written by Tom Taylor (Invasion) and cover by Dave Dorman (Dark Empire, Crimson Empire)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Star Wars Identities Update



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

The traveling Star Wars exhibit known as Star Wars: Identities opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on April 19, 2012 and in anticipation of this the exhibits official website has been updated with more details from the exhibit. It offers more in depth information about the journey fans will take in exploring their own identity as well as that of the Star Wars universe during the exhibit. It also previews some of the artifacts included in the exhibit. Some of the items are: The Millennium Falcon model, the R2-D2, Stormtrooper, Darth Vader and C-3PO costumes, The Droids in the Desert and Chewbacca concept Ralph McQuarrie art pieces, a Joe Johnston Yoda concept, the Han Solo in Carbonite prop and a early Killian Plunket Ahsoka Tano design.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Celebrity Hosts announced for Disney Star Wars Weekends 2012



By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Disney has announced that Clone Wars voice actors James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein will be returning as hosts for this years Disney Star Wars Weekends events. Taylor, who will also be the host of the Main Stage at Star Wars Celebration VI this summer, will be the Official Celebrity Host of Star Wars Weekends 2012 and Eckstein will be Celebrity Host of “Behind the Force,” which focuses on behind the scenes aspects of the Clone Wars television series. Also look for Ashley to debut some new Her Universe items during the show.


Sunday, April 1, 2012

Star Wars Special Edition and Blu-Ray Versions

By Savanna Kiefer

George Lucas loves to retouch and change the Star Wars saga. I know that some fans don't mind these small tweaks but, the majority of us have complained about at least one edit in our entire history of being a fan. In this post, I'll be discussing my opinions on the Star Wars Special Edition and Blu-Ray releases which contain edited content.