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Greetings from the Recon Office.

With the beguinning of Summer upon us, time is either one of two things: abundant, or non-exsistant. The past two weeks it has been the latter, but I am trying to find a happy medium hopefully.

My CA:RO VA Manijak has been working on the RO website and Convention Database. Look forward to a report from him next week on those two items.

If some of you have been looking to book a room for Celebration 3, you may have been finding alot of "full" answers. That is because alot of the hotels in the area have already blocked many rooms for the event. Those rooms will be avalible to the public in the last summer, so dont worry, your not out of luck... yet. :P If I were you, I'd get your room reserved QUICK! They WILL fill up fast!

In the News section, I have a list of the hotels that were avalible for Celebration 2 and how much they cost. Since the Database has went down, alot of people have come and asked me about this because they seen it in a past report. So here it is for your viewing pleasure.

I have the Emperor's Hammer on the "list" for a Fan Club booth at Celebration 3. This booth will have to be manned during the entire 4 day event. Around Christmas time, I will be starting to set up a schedule of who and when. I will probably only have 2 hour shifts, unless someone just wants to stay longer.. its up to you. I will report if anything changes with LucasArts concerning the booth space. I have NO idea how big it will be, but hopefully it will be in a more high-traffic area.


As you all know, the "Holy Trilogy" ( as I like to call it.. :P ) will be out this fall on DVD. The cheapest I have seen has been $40, though I heard there will be a "Collecter's Edition" that might come out 6 months after the inital release? Can anyone confirm this??


I have run across some "website surveys" groups recently. Some of thease are connected to the large web browsers. If your site rates high up, then if someone does a search for your type of site (I.E. Star Wars, Star Trek.. etc.. etc..) then your site will be listed accordingly. Ill see if I can get the EH's Domain entered asap. As long as that is okay with the FC and XO??


Anyways, that's it from the Recon Office.. See you next week!!



STAR WARS NEWS!
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New KOTOR2 Planet

IGN has posted a new Planet Preview for KOTOR2, featuring Dxun.
The trails are nearly overgrown, but many craters and wreckage from the Mandalorian War lie buried in the jungles... as well as the corpses of thousands of soldiers who died during the Republic's final assault on Dxun.
Dxun is a moon to Onderon, but they are almost sister planets, and they even share a bit of the same atmosphere. Travel between them is a short shuttle ride away.
There have been rumors of Sith activity in the area recently, and it all seems to be centralized near some ancient structures deep within the jungle. This area is thought to be extremely dangerous.


List of Hotels for Celebration 3

Here is a list of the hotels that were available for C2 & their Fan Club rates. I don't know if the same hotels will have rooms available for C3 through the fan club, but given the success of C2 & the amount of hype that C3 is getting, I would assume there would be the same number of hotel rooms available or more:

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown - Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.marriotthotels.com/INDCC
$138.00 Per Night

The Westin Indianapolis - Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.Westin.com
$159.00 Per Night

Embassy Suites - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Embassysuites.com
$139.00 Per Night

Omni Severin Hotel- 2 Blocks with Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.omnihotels.com
$134.00 Per Night

Canterbury - 2 Blocks with Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.Canterbury.com
$155.00 Per Night

Adams Mark - 2.5 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Adamsmark.com
$133.00 Per Night
$148.00 Per Night 705Sq. Ft Suites!
$305.00 Per Night 1100Sq Ft Suites!

Courtyard By Marriott - Across the street for the Convention Center
WWW.Courtyard.com/INDDC
$122.00 Per Night

Raddison - 2.5 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Raddison.com
$135.00 Per Night

Comfort Inn - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.ChoiceHotels.com
$115.00 Per Night

Hampton Inn - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.HamptonInn.com
$121.00 Per Night Single
$131.00 Per Night Double

As you can see, there were plenty of Hotels to choose from. If I remember correctly, the Marriott booked up first.



EP3: The Opening Shot of Episode III

The official site's Post Notes features news on the opening shot of Episode III. As it's part of the Hyperspace section, we can't go into too much detail, needless to say it includes phrases such as:
... the two Jedi starfighters enter into frame ...
... then we'll see the battle for a minute ...
... a veritable fountain of Separatist vessels soars straight up ...
... the starfighters weave through the swarm ...
... going through the herd of the cruisers, fighting and firing at them ...

Issue #112 of Homing Beacon, the official site's fortnightly newsletter has more info on the opening shot of Episode III:

Episode III starts with a bang. The starfleets of the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems are locked in a jumbled brawl of lumbering capital ships and swift starfighters, exchanging fire high in the Coruscant atmosphere.

Hundreds upon hundreds of ships are engaged in this high-stakes battle of the Clone Wars, but the audience will only really follow two small snubfighters into the thick of battle. As Obi-Wan and Anakin dive into the heart of the conflict to carry out a most important mission, they'll be the camera's guide through the chaos.

The newsletter also includes a list of what else could be happening in the scene. Here are some of the entries:

" Diving formation of assault frigates to save cruiser from swarm
" Reinforcements dropping out of hyperspace to help less-than-fortunate ship
" Launching and docking tri-fighters / clone fighters
" EMP bomb causing loss of power to large ships, out-of-control collision
" Vulture droids landing on large ships and attacking
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