Be Back Soon

Wow.... Okay.... I'm really sorry, everyone. I haven't been blogging for almost 20 days. I've just been so busy with so many other things, and I almost forgot about my blog. I'd just like to say that I will be taking a little bit of a longer break, but don't worry, I will definitely be back soon.

A Glance into the Past: DaS Entertainment

In the past few days, I have been looking for somethings cool to post on my blog while I prepare my stories. If you go on the Internet quite frequently, you will most likely know about archive.org, the place to find all sorts of awesome things that are no longer available on the web. While looking on the Wayback Machine (a.k.a. the thing on archive.org which allows you to travel back in time to see loads of website screenshots), I found a website entitled “das-entertainment.com.” After looking at a few more screen dumps, I realised that this website was the predecessor to bathtub-productions.com, which was Damien Valentine (a.k.a. Darth Angelus)’s main website before codedtransmission.com and chroniclesofhumanity.com. I managed to download a few files from here, including the original poster to Damien’s first part in the four-part machinima series Star Wars: The Darkness Saga (http://www.das-entertainment.com/gallerythingy/images/poster3.jpg), Falling into Darkness, as well as the original poster for part two (http://www.das-entertainment.com/gallerythingy/images/poster%20by%20nessa.jpg), The Darkness Consumes. After some really good hunting I found a huge collection of short stories (the stories were: Escape and Discovery, War, Falling into Darkness, The Day I Joined the New Republic, Sacrifice and New Command) which tied into the series, a large character profile and timeline (https://web.archive.org/web/20080510224613/http://www.bg-hunter.tk/), along with a lot of other things.

What I was really excited with though were the videos. 4 videos, not available on YouTube, Vimeo, or any other site for a matter of fact. The four videos were: Battlegroup Hunter, which is a little bit of an introductory to a small group that Damien was part of, Star Wars: Episode II & III Teaser, which is a trailer to Star Wars: Episode II – The Darkness Consumes and Star Wars: Episode III – Armageddon, Star Wars: Falling into Darkness Trailer, which was the original trailer to Episode I – Falling into Darkness, and, the best of them all, Star Wars: Episode I – Falling into Darkness, which is NOT the 2005 machinima fan film by Bathtub Productions, this is the original 2-D animated 2002 fan film Falling into Darkness, which is not available ANYWHERE unless you have the link!

So, if you want to watch these videos, follow the links (Links 1-4 are the original AVI and RM videos, click the links and they will automatically download. Links 5-8 are the MP4 videos, click the links and you will be able to download them from Google Drive [converted by Convertio].)

1. Battlegroup Hunter (AVI file, 6.99 MB)
2. Star Wars: Episode II & III Teaser (AVI file, 2.38 MB)
3. Star Wars: Episode I – Falling into Darkness Trailer (AVI file, 2.93 MB)
4. Star Wars: Episode I – Falling into Darkness (RM file, 16.1 MB)
5. Battlegroup Hunter (MP4 file, 2.77 MB)
6. Star Wars: Episode II & III Teaser (MP4 file, 1.06 MB)
7. Star Wars: Episode I – Falling into Darkness Trailer (MP4 file, 1.14 MB)
8. Star Wars: Episode I – Falling into Darkness (MP4 file, 47.9 MB)

I’ll also be creating a Darkness Saga timeline for fun, so check it out just under the heading, next to Home and The Complete Star Wars Legends Timeline. Well that’s a wrap, so see you next time on THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

Fandom Favourites, Part 2: Darth Angelus

Welcome back to THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

You might remember my first post in a series entitled “Fandom Favourites,” that specific favourite being Joe Bongiorno’s TheStar Wars Expanded Universe Timeline. This post is not about one specific website, but about one fan, who is Damien Valentine, a.k.a. Darth Angelus. Damien is probably most well-known for his work on the sci-fi series Chronicles of Humanity, although he has created some awesome stuff, his latest being Chapter 2 in an animated adaptation of Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire novel. If you have come across Damien’s work before, you will most likely know his video “The Death of Jar Jar” (whether it’s the original version, The Fall of Naboo version, or the Supreme Edition), which is hilarious and amazing and I can’t think of any other words to describe it. He is also the creator of the machinima-styled “Darkness Saga,” which is a four-part fan-film series, containing Falling into Darkness, The Darkness Consumes, Darkness Unleashed, and A Galaxy in Darkness. In 2016, he also created Imperials, which is a must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-must-see remake of Falling into Darkness. Well, below is a collection of links to his various paces on the web:

Darth Angelus on YouTube

Darth Angelus on Vimeo
Darth Angelus on the RP Repository
Darth Angelus on Slartist
Darth Angelus' Meditation Chamber
The Death of Jar Jar Website
Bathtub Productions Website
The Darkness Saga Website
Coded Transmission Studios Website
Star Wars: Imperials Website

To get you pumped to see all of Damien’s work, I have placed his amazing “Supreme Edition” of The Death of Jar Jar below, and, also don’t forget to subscribe to his channel, DarthAngelus:

As for the rest of Damien’s work, check out his channel, and stay tuned for more exciting content on THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

A Glance Into The Past: Valhalla Returns

You might remember my article on Han Solo and the Lost Hungarian Legacy, which explained a whole lot about Valhalla Páholy’s Star Wars novels. Now, after some interesting searching, I have found that only did Valhalla publish Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, Brian Daley’s Han Solo trilogy (along with the omnibus), and a four-book sequel series, they also reprinted many of Bantam Spectra’s classic 1990’s novels, and the novelizations of the original trilogy. Including the aforementioned 9 novels, they produced an additional 14 novels. Altogether, the 23 novels are:

·         A Birodalom örökösei (The Thrawn Trilogy Book 1 – Heir to the Empire)

·         Sötét erők ébredése (The Thrawn Trilogy Book 2 – Dark Force Rising)

·         0: Erőpróba (Splinter of the Mind’s Eye)

·         1: Han Solo hadjárata (Han Solo at Star’s End)

·         2: Han Solo bosszúja (Han Solo’s Revenge)

·         3: Han Solo küldetése (Han Solo and the Lost Legacy)

·         4: Han Solo nomádjai (Han Solo at Doomsday’s Edge)

·         5: Han Solo a birodalmi ügynök (Han Solo’s Gambit)

·         Csillagok háborúja (A New Hope)

·         A Birodalom visszavág (The Empire Strikes Back)

·         A Jedi visszatér (Return of the Jedi)

·         Az utolsó parancs (The Thrawn Trilogy Book 3 – The Last Command)

·         6: Han Solo és a fejvadászok (Han Solo and the Bounty Hunters)

·         7: Han Solo háborúja (Han Solo’s War)

·         1-3: Han Solo legendája (The Han Solo Adventures)

·         Különbéke (The Truce at Bakura)

·         Szökevények (The Courtship of Princess Leia)

·         A koréliai rajtaütés (The Corellian Trilogy Book 1 – Ambush at Corellia)

·         Új Rend (The Jedi Academy Trilogy Book 1 – Jedi Search)

·         Sötét oldal (The Jedi Academy Trilogy Book 2 – Dark Apprentice)

·         Az Erő bajnokai (The Jedi Academy Trilogy Book 3 – Champions of the Force)

·         Mos Eisley mesék (Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina)

·         Fekete kard (The Black Fleet Crisis Book 1 – Before the Storm)

I still am not sure if these novels are even partially official, despite the fact that the actual interior content has been approved. Either way, Valhalla Páholy (translating as “Valhalla Lodge” in English) sure tried to make the novels seem official, going so far as to using the name of the father of Carrie Fisher (who played Princess Leia), Ed Fisher, as a pseudonym for András Gáspár, who apparently “translated Pendragon Books’ (an earlier name of Valhalla) Han Solo at Doomsday’s Edge into the Hungarian language.” The trend of using the real author’s name as the Hungarian translator carried on through the fake Solo novels, when Nyúlzi Zsolt (or Zsolt Nyúlzi), whose pseudonym was Dale Avery, translated all of, well, erm, Dale Avery’s novels from English to Hungarian.

P.S. If you want to see the list of these fake books, along with the covers, search for the article “Valhalla Páholy Star Wars könyvei” on Kaminopedia, which is the Hungarian counterpart to Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki, or just go straight to the link below:

https://starwars.fandom.com/hu/wiki/Valhalla_P%C3%A1holy_Star_Wars_k%C3%B6nyvei

Thank you for reading, and see you next time on THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls

Welcome back to THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM....

As you might not know, I love investigating about fake Star Wars items. What I also enjoy seeing is when people make out that something is real, and that it isn’t fake. This story isn’t fake. It just doesn’t exist. Anyway, while looking up about the cancelled graphic novel Lightsider (if you didn’t know, it bridges that gap between Dark Horse Comics’ Dark Empire and Dark Empire II), I came across the title “Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls.” It sounded pretty much fake, but anyway, as usual, I had a nice long search for this title. One of the things that came up was an article on “Bib Fortuna and theRise of the Dark Falls” on Simple Darthipedia, which is unsurprisingly the Star Wars humour wiki. There were also A LOT of Jedi Council Forum threads that appeared, such as “Rise of the Dark Falls – The Forgotten EUMasterpiece!” and “The Official Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls Discussion,” so it was just too tempting to not look at each and every one of them.

“Riseof the Dark Falls – The Forgotten EU Masterpiece!” was a thread begun by aw_heel_naw, explaining that he had recently come across a copy of “Rise of the Dark Falls,” and that it digs deeper into the “wars of Star Wars.” Information started being spread on this forum, such as it being authored by Derek J Reda, published by Skylark, and also that the cover text was “Rise of the Dark Falls, The Forgotten EU Masterpiece of Derek J. Reda.” Most believed that this was not a real book, due to the lack of an ISBN, or the fact that the term “EU” or “Expanded Universe” was not being used in 1985 (the so-called date of publication), although some did actually give in to the idea. Later on in the thread, it was revealed that there had been a Wookieepedia article about “Rise of the Dark Falls,” later deleted, followed by a section about the “book” in the real Bib Fortuna article! Sheesh!

In “The Official Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls Discussion,” much of the story is revealed, such as a two-chapter-long “Lekku scene,” which was dreaded by all of the readers for being too long and graphic, and an in-depth checking of the Dark Falls operatives’ vehicles. It was also said that Season Two of Dave Filoni’s 3-D animated The Clone Wars series was going to kick off with a three-part Dark Falls storyline, as well as there being a sequel, Darkness Falls on the Rise of the Dark Falls, and an interval story, The Search for Chewbacca’s Gold.

After some time, the story was apparently deemed fake by a member of Lucasfilm, Ltd. What had started out as a silly joke became an almost real Star Wars story.... A now remembered “EU masterpiece....”

Above: Original cover for Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls

Above: Rejected alternate cover for Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls

Above: Front and back covers of Bib Fortuna and the Rise of the Dark Falls

Star Wars: Underworld – Uprising Concept Art Reveal

Welcome back to THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM! What you are about to see is concept art from my upcoming story, Star Wars: Underworld – Uprising, which is inspired by Karen Traviss' cancelled Boba Fett novel, as well as a lot of new content, plus some homage to Star Wars 1313. First off, I have Boba's main armour, which he wears under the title of "The Mandalorian." Here is a front view of the helmet:

All of the helmets which are used for this concept art have been taken from the cosplay website "Mandalorian Mercs," with additional colouring using Microsoft Paint, and further enhanced using the Microsoft Office "Plastic Wrap" effect. The next is a back view:

And finally, here is the side view:

After creating Boba's helmet, I created designs for other competing Bounty Hunters; the first is Grendel, who is a strong and violent character, followed by Oya Karir, who is a vicious female hunter:

Along with these Bounty Hunter characters, I will also be recreating Xasha, who first appeared in Haden Blackman's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II graphic novel adaptation. I hope you like the art, and if you do, keep a look out for THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

Star Wars: Underworld – Law and Order Preview Edition

Welcome back to the same old Sith blog which has the same old name and the same old domain name and the same old.... Well, everything is basically same.... Anyway, hopefully you remember that I am creating the Underworld series, all about the criminal underworld of Coruscant, mainly focusing on the good old slummy Level 1313. My newest post is a preview to one of the stories in the Underworld series: Law and Order! No, this isn't Universal's good old Donoforio and Eames investigating the Star Wars underworld, but it is a story about some cool clone commandos chasing after a certain Jedi in the underworld.... And I do really hope that everybody likes who they are after he/she is revealed.... Well, below is a link to the preview, also introducing Libra Squad, the newest and possibly the coolest clone commando squad yet (they most likely do not beat Delta Squad or any Republic Commando squads, but please, this FAN-FICTION!), who are assigned to find the mysterious Jedi in the one and only Level 1313....

To read the preview, either follow the link below, or read the rest of the post!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QUvRmV0tySTvOfPDiBoLYp2GFX9ZqP3y/view?usp=sharing

“Dark Room” Imperial Training Vessel, Coruscant, 19 BBY

   “Move along, squadron. It’s got to be here somewhere.” A group of about ten men slowly walked through a dark room; their silver armour totally unseen in this shade of black. The man in standing away from the rest slowly reached for his sub-machine gun, which dangled stiffly from his right hip. As he reached out, there was a loud shrieking noise, much to the surprise of the collective of men. The man shot his hand towards his gun. Just when he was about to shoot, a large tentacle grabbed his neck. “Dianoga!” he shouted. With all his force, he clenched his fists towards his neck, which only tightened the creature’s grasp. The metal plates on the floor began to soar into the air, more and more tentacles gasping out every second. The hold of the creature became tighter and tighter, as it appeared that all the men were at a lifeless end. All but one. The creatures large yellow eyed tilted slightly to the right. “Hey there, fella. Hope you enjoy the afterlife.” The creature ripped out another leg, but was halted by a sudden blast towards its eye. A large metal rod drove itself into the creature’s pupil, turning the floor absolutely blood-red. The creature slowly opened its arms, and smashed directly into the ground. Ten dead bodies slipped onto the bloody floor, with only one creature left alive in that room. Libra-4, elite combatant who had definitely had his taste of blood and war. Sadly, his entire squad was dead in front of him. “Thought these buggers weren’t ready for the job. Not my decision for them to join the commandos.” A small vibration buzzed onto the commando’s leg. He pulled out a hologram, and flipped it on. A tall and dark man appeared on the hologram, barely visible in the dark room. “Lord Vader, how good to see you.” Vader smirked beneath his heavy mask. “Where is your squadron, Libra-3?” The commando glanced at the massacre. “Meeting up with God, sir. What’s the mission?” Vader looked up at the commando. “There is a Jedi, live and well, somewhere on this planet. I am tasking you with hunting him down and bringing his to his last breath. I have other things to attend to.” Libra-3 grinned. He hadn’t seen Jedi blood in eight months. “Oh, and do be careful. The Jedi are very dangerous.” “It will be done, my lord.”

I really hope that you liked the post, and stay tuned for more action and adventure (and, duh, SCI-FI, because it's Star Wars) on THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM

Star Wars: 1313 Preview Edition

Welcome back to the... Um... I’m not actually quite sure what this is... Smith... Sif... Sit... Oh! It’s THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM! Duh! How could I forget?! Okay, so, you might remember from my Gaze Into The Future that I am creating quite a lot of fan-fiction, such as new crossovers and stories based on cancelled media, including 1313, LucasArts’ amazing company-wide game. Below is a preview to my own adaptation of the awesome Boba Fett story, with special thanks to IGN, who supplied Star Wars fans with a load of 1313 information, and also everyone who was working on the game, especially the concept artists, because if it wasn’t for the concept artists, I wouldn’t be able to understand the story as well as I do!

To read the preview, either follow the link below, or read the rest of the post!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9TjxvQoGU7Uodvln7nvOAlwiejgaBCQ/view?usp=sharing

Orbit of Tatooine, 11 BBY

   “Tatooine.” Boba Fett skewered his personal spacecraft, Slave One, towards the sand-covered desert planet. The Slave had once been the iconic transport of the skilled bounty hunter Jango Fett, but since Jango’s passing on Geonosis, the ship had been presented to Boba, who was Jango’s genetically cloned son. “Haven’t been here in a while.” As he passed the planet’s two moons, he soared towards what appeared to be a sandstorm, not that he cared. “I’m in for a wild ride,” he spoke to himself. He launched the ship forward, full speed ahead, almost accelerating into hyperspace. The Slave’s boosters shot the craft directly towards its destination, and a parsec before crashing into the dunes, Boba pulled the ship off the ground, sand flying everywhere. He then landed a few hundred metres from a Sandcrawler. As the main exit slowly opened up into the broad daylight, Boba engraved his boots into the warm dust below his feet. He treaded across the paths of the short but mischievous Jawas, and headed straight for shelter. On his head, he wore his father’s metal helmet, and on his back he carried a long blaster rifle, similar to the DC-15 rifles, used by the Republic’s clone troopers during the Clone Wars, who later betrayed and killed their masters, resulting in this fine Imperial mess. In the distance, he spotted a lone dewback. Carrying a large sack on his left shoulder, he dragged himself towards the green creature, and chucked his belongings onto the animal’s back. He gazed towards the Sandcrawler up ahead, and began to trot towards the large vehicle. While the sandstorm grew stronger, the Jawas attempted to evacuate from their selling of droids. Fett wore a large brown poncho, which flew side-to-side during the storm.  He ran towards the short creatures and shouted, “Kuminee bok cuza—” Fett was interrupted by the Jawas, who took one glance at Fett’s rifle and screamed, “Ny shootogwa! Ny shootogwa!” The leading Jawa turned to his companions. “Gogowa!” he shrieked. Boba turned back to his dewback, and lowered his rangefinder to find the nearest shelter. He hopped on and sailed away. A shadow appeared from behind the Sandcrawler. He spoke into a comlink, “Fett doth bolla, o cakanle Jabba....”

Wow, okay. There are probably a few questions that are going to be asked about this story, such as “Who’s the guy who’s randomly speaking into a comlink in a language that seems a lot like Jabba the Hutt’s, as well as the fact that he seems to be talking to Jabba?” Well, check out IGN’s article at IGN.com to look for some clues on what it might be! As for the rest of the blog stuff.... I am getting my The Phantom Menace / The Force Unleashed II Photo Comic prepared, as well as one for the E3 2012 demos of 1313. I am also beginning to play around with some ideas for the Underworld series, and I have also almost completed the second chapter of Chronicles of Telian Aieler – The Clone Wars, which means that it is pretty much ready to be posted! (WARNING! The events in the beginning of the story do not follow-on directly from the Preview Edition!) I am also going finally going to post my father’s Opening Crawl for Episode XX, which reminds me that he is also working on his own section in my Archive Insider magazine! So, stay tuned for more on THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

A Gaze Into The Future, Part 2

Hello and welcome back to THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM! Just a little bit of a shout-out to Darth Saidgge, who had his birthday yesterday, receiving lots of love and also Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron - Masquerade! As for the blog.... You might remember when I posted A Gaze Into The Future the other day, which is.... A, um.... Gaze into the future.... Well, here's PART 2, which reveals a selection of some of the logos for the stories! The link below will take you straight to the PDF:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MkE1eJbylwP3ILYO-491Mx82fOwJLcuq/view?usp=sharing

This PDF reveals the logos to Halo / Star Wars: Galaxy Evolved, Back to the Future / Star Wars: Dark Times (Now titled as Back to the Dark Times), Marvel / Star Wars: Empire Rising, Indiana Jones and the Return to the Great Unknown, Escape from Dagu, Imperial Commando, and 1313 (a.k.a. Underworld: Dangerous Cargo), using fonts such as "Halo," by Will Turnbow, "Back to the Future 2002," by Cyril Bourreau, "Marvel," by Ybt Fonts, "SF Fedora," by Shy Fonts, "Star Jedi," by Boba Fonts, "Clone Wars," by SpaceStation, "Anklepants," by Typodermic Fonts, Inc., while the last one is just the plain old 1313 logo. Another upcoming thing from me is the Underworld series, which chronicles a bunch of events that take place on Coruscant's very own Level 1313, which includes:

• Hidden - An adaptation of The Clone Wars episodes "Lethal Trackdown" (Season Two, Episode 22), "To Catch A Jedi" (Season Five, Episode 19), and "The Wrong Jedi" (Season Five, Episode 20), all of which feature Level 1313.

• Law and Order - A Jedi flees to Level 1313 after the dangerous and violent Order 66 is executed.

• Conspiracy - Boba Fett's crazy counterpart from the E3 Gameplay Demo for 1313 goes on a dangerous mission to the lava planet Vernost.

• Dangerous Cargo - An adaptation of the original E3 Gameplay Demo for 1313.

• The Chase - An adaptation of the final plot-line of 1313.

• Uprising - The dark, violent, unexpected, and final installment to the Underworld saga....

Now that you know a little bit about Underworld, take a look at the first-look poster, which is in PDF format below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yi3GRp_-cLWnljXINc4RLSp6f999SRCr/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for visiting THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM! Goodbye!

A Gaze Into The Future

Welcome back to the one, the only, THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM!

In the post below, I have created a sneak-peak to all sorts of upcoming fan-fiction (and that sort of thing), coming soon to a Sith blog near you!

#1 The Archive Insider

It’s very likely that if you’re a Star Wars fan, you’ve probably heard of the magazine Star Wars Insider, which is the ultimate way to find out about previous and upcoming Star Wars stuff, such as behind the scene looks, interviews, exclusive fiction, and more. From October, I will be publishing my own online magazine counterpart to this blog, with all sorts of stuff, such as exclusive FAN-fiction, which brings me to....

#2 Tales from the Sith Holocrons / Tales from the Jedi Archives

This series of short stories will explain one important event in the lives of either a Sith of Jedi character from my stories (That doesn’t include Fandom, Saidgge, or those dudes. That comes later.), and will be published in The Archive Insider. It will include characters such as Lord Pseyth, Endar Nomaak and Zey Heyanh (Don’t worry, they’re coming soon to Chronicles of Telian Aieler – The Clone Wars), Darth.... Well, um.... That one is a special one that I don’t want to give away.... and a certain Dark Acolyte by the name of Artel Darc, which reminds me of....

#3 The Lostworlds Collection

You might not know, but there is quite a large chunk of cancelled Star Wars content in this galaxy, so The Lostworlds Collection is going to explore some of this content in all-new fan-fiction editions, with a few plot twists just so the stories can fit into continuity. These stories will include: Escape from Dagu by William C. Dietz, Battlefront III, Imperial Commando, and Jedi Outlaw video games.... Oh, I almost forgot 1313, so.... Oh, I also almost forgot another important thing....

#4 Underworld

Ever heard of LucasArts’ game 1313, or the live-action show Underworld? Well, this new series will explore different events which tie into 1313 and Underworld, such as Hidden, which adapts Level 1313’s first appearance in Dave Filoni’s The Clone Wars, Law and Order, which explores a Jedi’s time in hiding after Order 66, Conspiracy, which is a prelude to 1313 from the perspective of Boba Fett’s bounty hunter counterpart, Dangerous Cargo, which is an adaptation of the E3 gameplay demo for 1313, and Uprising, which is a sequel to Dark Horse Comics’ Dark Empire, and also a tale of one of Boba Fett’s last missions, inspired by Karen Traviss’ cancelled Boba Fett novel. Looks like there are some pretty crazy stories coming soon, which reminds me of....

#5 The Crossovers

Ever wanted to see the Master-Chief face off against galactic assassins? Darth Vader getting his hands on the DeLorian? Thanos becoming the Emperor of the galaxy from his Titan Star? Indy encountering more strange galactic things? Well, you’re in luck! Another chunk of stories is the crossover series, including Halo / Star Wars: Galaxy Evolved, Back to the Future / Star Wars: Dark Times, Marvel / Star Wars: Empire Rising, and Indiana Jones: Return to the Great Unknown, which are all stories taking Star Wars an another of my favourite pop-culture items, with the Indy story as a sequel to Dark Horse’s Into the Great Unknown from Tales #19, so get ready for a whole chunk of action!

Now that you know a little bit of what’s to come, get ready to rumble in the all-new Star Wars galaxy, coming soon! Also, it's DARTH SAIDGGE's birthday on Thursday, so please, e-mail me at darth.fandom@gmail.com so I can show him how everybody thinks that he is a pretty cool Sith Lord!

A New Threat Has Emerged

Welcome back to THE JEDI ARCHIVES OF OBI.... Sorry, I meant to say.... Welcome back to THE FUT.... Sorry, sorry, sorry.... Welcome back to the TEMPLE OF D.... THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SK.... What's *FZZZ* happening? *FZZZ* Transmission *FZZZ* breaking *FZZZ* away.... *FZZZ* This is an Imperial Broadcast! We urge all Imperial citizens to stay away from ANYWHERE! A fugitive from Coruscant, known as Saidgge, has escaped from Imperial captivity, and stolen Imperial property, in order to create a new super-weapon of mass destruction! Now, he cannot be stopped! He has completed his mission, and is now heading for the galaxy's greatest landmarks, hunting down any who stand in his w– AGHH! *FZZZ* You have been warned, you midgets. You now stand in the path of LORD SAIDGGE! Bow or die before your ruler!

Ha. Ha ha. HA HA HA! *FZZZ* Again! This is the second time I have been interrupted! Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to find this crook, and make sure that he never invades this archive EVER AGAIN! .... .... .... <transmission-ended> .... .... .... <caching-data> .... .... .... <process:complete> .... .... ....

Star Wars: Han Solo and the Lost Hungarian Legacy

Welcome back to THE SITH ARCHIVES OF DARTH FANDOM....

While doing some research across the web, I came across the “Hungarian Han Solo Books” section on Joe Bongiorno’s Expanded Universe website. The stories were published by “Valhalla Páholy” in the early nineteen-nineties. I do not speak the Hungarian language, so the only words I could understand were “Han” and “Solo,” with some other words kind of easy to understand. I have not properly read through any of the books, although I was quite astounded by the copyright section. It appeared that the stories had previously been published as English books, except I didn’t know why a publisher would place an exclamation mark after the “All Rights Reserved” text....

I began to wonder if these were truly official Lucasfilm stories, so I started looking for answers, when I came across Withnail Books’ article on “Han Solo and the Lost Hungarian Legacy.” (The link to this article is: http://www.withnailbooks.com/2015/01/han-solo-and-lost-hungarian-legacy.html) It explains how one day, a book entitled “Erőpróba” was spotted in Budapest. The tale was a story centred on Luke Skywalker, and was written by Alan Dean Foster, with cover art picturing Luke with a shoulder-holster. It was later found out that the story was Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, although the title translated as “Showdown.” A few weeks later, books entitled “Han Solo Hadjárata,” “Han Solo Bosszúja,” and “Han Solo Küldetése” were found, and soon revealed to be Brian Daley’s classic Han Solo trilogy ( Han Solo at Stars’ End, Han Solo’s Revenge, Han Solo and the Lost Legacy ). Another book, known as “Han Solo Legendája,” was also found, and is actually a Hungarian reprint of Brian Daley’s The Han Solo Adventures, which collects all three of his books. All the covers were unusual, such as Han Solo in a literal space-suit, further questioning the fact that these were authorized.

Valhalla, the publisher of these books, were actually producing fakery, and later tried their hand at creating their own novels in the Star Wars Expanded Universe timeline. They produced four novels, which were:

·         Han Solo nomádjai (Han Solo at Doomsday’s Edge)

·         Han Solo a birodalmi ügynök (Han Solo’s Gambit)

·         Han Solo és a fejvadászok (Han Solo and the Bounty Hunters)

·         Han Solo háborúja (Han Solo’s War)

The English translations (which are in brackets above), were proved to also be fake (even though it did make the publication more authentic)! As for the writers, Dale Avery, who wrote the majority of the books, was actually just Hungarian author Zsolt Nyulászi, while Ed Fisher was the name of Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia)’s dad! Lucasfilm later found out about these books, and forced Valhalla to cease these books to exist, except that didn’t matter to “Dale Avery.” He went on to create Császári Vér, which was now his fourth (fifth, if he created “Ed Fisher’s” novel) Han Solo knock-off novel! Even the cover (which pictures a Romulan Warbird from Star Trek, even though the story had nothing to do with that sci-fi series) was a rip-off!

The Lost Hungarian Legacy of Han Solo still remains quite a mystery to the galaxy, but hopefully it will soon be translated by somebody and be able to be read by eager Star Wars fans! See you soon! 

Above: Splinter of the Mind's Eye Hungarian novel.

Above: Han Solo at Stars' End Hungarian novel.

Above: Han Solo's Revenge Hungarian novel.

Above: Han Solo and the Lost Legacy Hungarian novel.

Above: The Han Solo Adventures Hungarian novel.