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The2ndQuest
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The Official Abel G. Pena Discussion Thread
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Abel Pena has written for Insider, Gamer and Polyhedron magazines, as well as Fact Files and starwars.com.
He recently wrote the "History of the Mandalorians" article in Star Wars Insider, as well as the "Droids and the Force" article on Hyperspace. He's also working on an upcoming article on the Dark Forces series.
Forum Name: Halagad_Ventor
Individual discussion threads for Abel's articles:
-The Emperor's Pawns article (was: Gamer #5 stuff @ TOS!!!)
-Insider #80 to feature Mandalorian article, Yo Joe!
-TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
-Kyle Katarn's Tale (Dark Forces Articles by Abel & Jason)
-"Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous" & "Lord of War" by Abel & Joe (SWI #86)
-"Vader's Legacy": by Abel & Joe (SWI #88)
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Tam_Elgrin
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Abel = coolest guy ever. 
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Jort
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Excellent, now I will know where to check on Abel's upcoming stuff.
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Blithe
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Cool, I'm glad to see he got a thread of his own! I'm still really pumped for the Dark Forces article.
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Halagad_Ventor
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Date Posted:
3/15/05 12:10pm
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Hey folks! Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words. 
To get things going, I’ve ported over my answer to a question posted in one of the literature forum threads about the full breadth of my Star Wars work. Check it out!
CeiranHarmony wrote:
“Abel, another question, besides the 2 Insider articles, what else did you write? especially which Fact Files articles were yours? could you post a list?”
Let’s see. Besides the “Droids and the Force” piece for the Insider #81 online Hyperspace supplement, there was “Who’s Who: Imperial Grand Admirals” for Star Wars Insider #66, “History of the Mandalorians” for Insider #80, a series of interviews with the original creators of the Marvel Star Wars series, starting with “A Marvelous Comeback” in Insider #61 and continuing in the starwars.com (not Hyperspace) piece “The Circle is Now Complete: Classic Marvel Talents” (http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/comics/f20020718/index.html). On the rpg side of things, I also have “The Emperor’s Pawns” article in Star Wars Gamer #5 and “The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO” in Dungeon/Polyhedron #111/170.
As for the Star Wars Fact Files cards I did, I unfortunately don’t know how D’Agostini used the work they commissioned me for, since they often recut their pieces to suit their needs and I have no official copies. ::grumble grumble:: But, here are the subjects I worked on:
Count Dooku (2 cards)
Grand Moff Trachta
Tycho Celchu
Hin and Kee
the X-10D Draft Droid
the Anx
Lastly, taking it old school, two articles I did several years ago for the SWFA, though unofficial, have remained fairly popular over the years:
Loose Canon: A Discourse on the Public Direction of the “Official” Star Wars Universe
http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/ED3.html
The State of the Galactic Civil War – Part 1: From Endor to Coruscant
http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/civilwar.html
Any feedback you guys have for any of my work is encouraged and appreciated!
Take care,
Abel
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Halagad_Ventor
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Date Posted:
3/15/05 12:36pm
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Blithe wrote:
“Cool, I'm glad to see he got a thread of his own! I'm still really pumped for the Dark Forces article. ”
It should be very soon now, Blithe. Yesterday I just turned in Part 3 of the series. This project looks like it’s shaping up to exceed my expectations, building on some of my past Star Wars rpg work. I’ll post a link here as soon as Part 1 is up.
Take care,
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LAJ_FETT
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I've got all the Fact Files, Abel. I can't find an entry in the index for The Anx but there are entries for the other items in your list. Dooku has quite a few entries, though, so I would need more info to narrow him down, as well as Tycho Celchu.
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Halagad_Ventor
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Date Posted:
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Thanks LAJ_FETT. Maybe we can get to the bottom of this. If you know the numbers of the particular issues the items appear in, that would be great.
I know the Dooku cards made it fairly intact, as per our discussions on the Fact Files thread, though I don't remember what issue they appeared in. These were about Dooku’s activities during the Clone Wars. As for Tycho Celchu, hmm, I was asked to give a broad overview of his activities from all available Star Wars literature. That means there should be stuff from Star Wars Missions, to the X-Wing comics and novels, to the NJO. There’s bits about the Ssi-ruuvi Incident, the Battle of Coruscant, and the war with the Vong.
Thanks for the help!
Best,
Abel
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CeiranHarmony
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Tycho I found in the german issue 105, dunno where it is in your issues^^
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LAJ_FETT
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Here's some issue numbers from the UK Fact Files (note - I found these in the FF thread and one in the Rebelscum FF thread):
Grand Moff Trachta - #124
Dooku - I think the issue Abel did is #116. That's where his comments were in the FF thread.
X-10D Draft Droid - #106
Could not find Tycho or Hin & Kee listed in the thread, though they are in the index. What was the entry on Hin & Kee in relation to? I might not have listed their names in the thread.
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Halagad_Ventor
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“Tycho I found in the german issue 105, dunno where it is in your issues^^”
Do the German and UK issues differ in numeration CH?
“Here's some issue numbers from the UK Fact Files (note - I found these in the FF thread and one in the Rebelscum FF thread):”
Ah! Thanks LAJ_FETT.
”What was the entry on Hin & Kee in relation to? I might not have listed their names in the thread.”
I believe this mostly covered their adventure on Mimban, along with some species traits.
Thanks again!
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Abel
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Importing this from the WOTC Designers thread for interested parties:
Blithe wrote:
“Will the Dark Forces material only be based on the games and books titled "Dark Forces" or all the other games Kyle Katarn and crew star in as well like Jedi Knight II and Academy, though they aren't sepcifically called "Dark Forces"? I could certainly understand if it only covers the "Dark Forces" entitled EU, as there is a signifigant time gap between those games and the Jedi Outcast stuff. Thanks. ”
Hey Blithe! The Dark Forces series is going to cover Dark Forces and Jedi Knight II most heavily, but Mysteries of the Sith and Jedi Outcast also get some significant screen time. Jedi Academy also gets a couple references.
We’re trying to cover everything from the first Dark Forces novella to Kyle’s time in the New Jedi Order and beyond. Tall order. Look for some interesting news as to what Kyle’s been up to post-NJO.
Take care,
Abel
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yeah German and UK issues differ alot.
UK issues had less content each than the germans, that´s why the german issues stopped earlier than the UK issues. and in addition to that the UK issues got several articles more than the germans because of that.
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Did you (or were you allowed) to designate concrete details about Kyle's apprentice in Jedi Academy, in terms of specifiying race, gender or outcome?
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This will go well with fans, who are forever hyping to see Katarn in books. Just look how they giggled at his name just mentioned in Remnant, four times more in TUF, and his single line there.
This article is the closest they'll get. As NEGTC didn't mention anything about Jedi Outcast, I'm particularly looking forward to how empowering ordinary citizens with the Force is possible.
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Excellence, a lot of persons are force sensitive, just not enough to become a Jedi, so anyone with a little force sensitivity would be able to be empowered I guess.
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