It's been and interesting few weeks here in the Recon Office and IRL.


As most of you know, we have a new Honorary Member! Mr. Aaron Allston has agreed to join our little party. I have sent him an E-mail interview and hopefully I should be getting that back in a week or two. GA, I forgot to send you a copy, Ill do that tomorrow.

RO:CA VA Shay'la has been on leave for an extremely long time. Hopefully she will be returning to the fray sometime this week. ::crosses fingers::

Due to the Holidays and a work schedule that has not given me a moment's rest, I have been basicly non-exsistant for the past few weeks. Since this report is going out early this week, New Year's shouldnt be a problem in terms of productivity (hehe). I will start to send reports out before Wedensday. There just seems to be more time before the close of the week gets here. Go figure. Hopefully this is okay with the Boss man.

For the next month or two, my schedule is going to be 9-5 Monday thru Friday. So attending Saturday meetings shouldn't be a problem for me to attend.

Basicly, life is getting into a pattern around here, finally, and I plan on taking advantage of it.

Anyways, On to SW News.. which seems to be plotting against me since I really had to scrap the bottom of the barrell for this stuff. Enjoy!


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Happy Birthday Mace Windu!

On December 22nd, Samuel L. Jackson turns 55! Happy Birthday!


Good Reviews for Portman in Cold Mountain


Natalie Portman continues to receive rave reviews for her small role as the lonely young war widow/mother "Sara" in Cold Mountain. There are quite a few reviews where she is noted specifically as one of the best parts about the film.

From AICN:

"There is one scene with Natalie Portman that actually fulfills the epic intentions of the film. I don't want to give it away, but it's the only instance in the entire move where an actor (in this case, Portman) is able to suggest that one of these stock characters might actually have some hidden depths. Somebody please give this girl a proper lead role that can finally show off her immense talents. And, no, nothing associated with George Satan Lucas counts. Natalie Portman does the best work of her career as a lonely young widow."

While I admit I pretty much like anything NP is in, for her small part in this movie, she is really good. I highly recommend this movie!



Where Is the SW Celebration 3 Going to Be Held?

Over and over again we get emailed the question about the next Star Wars Celebration. While Lucasfilm still has yet to officially announce the Celebration 3, we can give you an update on what we know so far and it fits with rumors others like starwarz.com are hearing as well.

What we keep hearing is that Lucasfilm should announce it quite soon - hopefully no later than just after the holiday break at Lucasfilm. We certainly hope January is the time for the official announcement at the latest. And yes, the location again is Indianapolis, IN and the date that keeps surfacing is April 22-24, 2005.

We've heard that the next issue of the Star Wars Insider will also carry the announcement, but we expect it to be trumped by the Official Site as an exclusive there. So don't make travel plans and reservations yet, but expect the mad dash to begin shortly after the announcement.

Ofcourse, I'm hoping for Indy cause I already know my way around the city and know where to get a great hotel at. But anywhere in Missouri is still better. Heh

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Okay, That's it from me. As always, I'm emailing possible new HMs, but without them responding there's nothing to get excited about/report. I'll be trying to come up with something interactive to do with the Fleet. Suggestions are hugely welcome.



Thanks for your time!



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