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Halagad_Ventor Title: - Star Wars Author - SWRPG Designer Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 3/15/05 12:01pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	“was there any art with the article? if so post it please or is it on Joe´s HP?” I would’ve loved to work with Joe again for this piece, especially to finally get a visual for the Iron Knights, but Hyperspace didn’t commission any artist for this piece. “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 Insider #81 online 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, though since a thread was made for me in the Authors & Artists forum, comments relating to other articles might be more appropriately made there. Please stop on by for a visit! Take care, Abel -----signature----- Abel G. Peña: http://www.abelgpena.com Star Wars Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/abelgpena Second Prophet of the Church of Waru Recipient of a monstrosity known as a Mandalorian Ewok™
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CeiranHarmony Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 3/15/05 12:15pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	thx alot Abel! so I think I know nearly all of your works by know. the Dungeon stuff I miss, somehow can´t find the magazine here in Germany. and I knew your unoffical articles already! read them long ago and loved them, nice to find out they were your work! If anybody knows: how do I get access to the Dungeon star wars stuff, what was published in there, and is there still new SW rpg stuff published in the magazine? has anybody a list of articles of the Dungeon stuff? -----signature----- www.njoe.com (Govsec Author) "Less is more!" Union In Love with the Star Wars Atlas Dark Horse: Star Wars: Invasion (best idea ever!!!) My life is an Idiots Array, PURE SABBACC
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Halagad_Ventor Title: - Star Wars Author - SWRPG Designer Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 3/15/05 12:59pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Try shopstarwars.com or www.paizo.com CH. -----signature----- Abel G. Peña: http://www.abelgpena.com Star Wars Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/abelgpena Second Prophet of the Church of Waru Recipient of a monstrosity known as a Mandalorian Ewok™
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Eyrezer Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 3/17/05 3:32am Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Abel, where did that idea about Luke disliking the Jedi-readers come from? Just pulled out of thin air? It seems a rather narrow approach, especially considering the Jedi don't seem to have any wide reaching Force-detection procedures galaxy-wide anymore. How exactly does Luke plan to find more recruits? The old fashioned, stumble upon them way? -----signature-----
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 3/17/05 2:03pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	What works works, I suppose. Also, I was wondering how much of Nasdra Magrody's backstory was new for this article, stuff like his involvement with the Death Star project, him being an Arkanian and a latent Force-sensitive... In doing research for the Death Star histories, I've found references to him as the instructor of most of the Death Star's designers, but never anything that said he was actually invovled with the design work, although it was a logical conclusion. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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jawajames Title: Vice President/Chapt er Rep San Diego, CA Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 3/17/05 2:14pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	a great article - not only in the content (weaving everything together) but in the style.. (describing the philosophical problem first,etc...) when i first mentioned this article to my girlfriend, she immediately thought of Skippy! i wonder if the ancient Rakatans did work on channeling the Force into technology since Malak seemed to believe the Star Forge could be used to harvest and redistribute Force engery, and it was used to also manufacture weapons of war from a star's energy. -----signature----- Prophet of the Church of Waru. "Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please?" - TalonCard and my eye just fell off...
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 3/17/05 3:44pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please? Adrick -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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vong333 Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 3/17/05 4:34pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	How do you print this article, I seam to be having a very hard time in doing it.
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jawajames Title: Vice President/Chapt er Rep San Diego, CA Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 3/17/05 4:50pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please? Adrick Since you asked nicely, ..... my sources point to No. -----signature----- Prophet of the Church of Waru. "Jawajames, can I have your girlfriend? Please?" - TalonCard and my eye just fell off...
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 3/17/05 10:36pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Dang it. I like girls more then I like Star Wars, but one is more accesible then the other. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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Halagad_Ventor Title: - Star Wars Author - SWRPG Designer Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 3/18/05 12:31pm Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	Eyrezer wrote: “Abel, where did that idea about Luke disliking the Jedi-readers come from? Just pulled out of thin air? It seems a rather narrow approach, especially considering the Jedi don't seem to have any wide reaching Force-detection procedures galaxy-wide anymore. How exactly does Luke plan to find more recruits? The old fashioned, stumble upon them way?” Good question. There are a couple things behind this story, though mostly it would have to be that when I first wrote Droids and the Force, the NJO was in it’s early stages, and expecting the piece to be published at that time, I was playing up the Luke vs. Kyp angle that was so strong a part of that series early on. So that was the motivation. But really, the Force detectors aren’t all that effective for spotting Force-users, at least, not noticeably more than the “Force nub” method Luke discovers in the Jedi Academy Trilogy. I figured Luke would want to go with the more “natural” method, while young, arrogant Kyp would advocate whatever is more practical…and less likely to leave him hurled in a pile of Jedi robes half way across the room. So un-Jedi-like. In any case, just because Luke doesn’t support the devices doesn’t mean he’s right; Luke’s got his own prejudices that could be temporarily clouding his judgment. One possible basis for those prejudices is the fact that Luke’s a bit cybered himself, with that prosthetic hand. TalonCard wrote: “Also, I was wondering how much of Nasdra Magrody's backstory was new for this article, stuff like his involvement with the Death Star project, him being an Arkanian and a latent Force-sensitive...” The Arkanian heritage is new, specifics on some of his personal research into the Force is new, and some of his involvement with the DS might be new. Can't quite recall at the moment what I got from Magrody's notes in Children of the Jedi. Take care, Abel -----signature----- Abel G. Peña: http://www.abelgpena.com Star Wars Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/abelgpena Second Prophet of the Church of Waru Recipient of a monstrosity known as a Mandalorian Ewok™
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Halagad_Ventor Title: - Star Wars Author - SWRPG Designer Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 3/19/05 11:49am Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	vong333 wrote: “How do you print this article, I seam to be having a very hard time in doing it.” Try printing in landscape, vong333. That should get you the full text and graphics. jawajames wrote: “a great article - not only in the content (weaving everything together) but in the style.. (describing the philosophical problem first,etc...)” Thanks jawajames. I’m glad you appreciated the style, which is obviously academic. Hopefully we will see more of Tam Azur-jamin in future novels. ”when i first mentioned this article to my girlfriend, she immediately thought of Skippy!” When I had written this piece as an rpg supplement, I had put an adventure seed in there where a group of Iron Knight heroes go looking for Skippy, which was the name of the Shard inside R5-D4. I could’ve kept the info, but I felt it was too warped. Other adventure scenarios involved tracking down 4-LOM, saving Droid World from the Yuuzhan Vong, and hunting the Vong with some assassin droids. ”i wonder if the ancient Rakatans did work on channeling the Force into technology since Malak seemed to believe the Star Forge could be used to harvest and redistribute Force engery, and it was used to also manufacture weapons of war from a star's energy.” Hmm, an interesting idea. “Since you asked nicely, ..... my sources point to No.” The Great God Quay has spoken! TalonCard wrote: “Dang it. I like girls more then I like Star Wars, but one is more accesible then the other. ” You mean they’re not fawning all over you with all that continuity knowledge of yours? 'Why TC, what an impressive personal canon you have!' Take care folks, Abel -----signature----- Abel G. Peña: http://www.abelgpena.com Star Wars Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/abelgpena Second Prophet of the Church of Waru Recipient of a monstrosity known as a Mandalorian Ewok™
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Jort Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 3/20/05 5:11am Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	So the Skippy story is canon now?
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CeiranHarmony Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 3/20/05 5:18am Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force
	yeah, includin his heroic death in ANH, R5D4 = Skippy. he sacrificed himself to help R2D2 and C3POs mission. but there still is the other version wherein R2 manipulated R5D4s motivator while in the Jawa Sandcrawler, to ensure he and C3PO stay together. which one do you prefer? -----signature----- www.njoe.com (Govsec Author) "Less is more!" Union In Love with the Star Wars Atlas Dark Horse: Star Wars: Invasion (best idea ever!!!) My life is an Idiots Array, PURE SABBACC
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Jort Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 3/20/05 6:53am Subject: RE: TOS Exclusive Article: Droids and the Force - Date Edited: 3/20/05 6:53am (1 edits total) Edited By: Jort
	I think I prefer the first, wouldn't sabotaging Skippy be a little too easy? Any droid could do that, I think the restraining bolt would stop R2 from doing such things. Poor Skippy.
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