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Greetings everyone!

First I want to appologize for the late report this week. Somehow, the cable company thought it would be wise to cut off my cable becase their slow-ass people didn't post my payment in time. I have shown them how unwise that decision was... Sooooo I'm back up and running now! There are a few News items this week.

- CA:RO/VA Shay'la recived a Bronze Star from SA Astatine for apparently doing alot of CA:RO work than I knew she was doing. Congrats!

- VA Shay'la is going to be finishing up with the Database and RO Webpage very soon and hopefully the new RO Report page will be linked off and your local RO community of web pages will be fully up and running! w00t!

- As you might have guessed, I was very much denied access to see Nickleback and the other bands last week. Alas, I tried my hardest. Though Matchbox Twenty is coming in December, let's see where that shall lead??

- I've, again, had no responces from anything I've sent out regarding Honorary Members. Dishearting to say the least, but I'm never going to give up. :P

That's about it for me this week. I have some great SW News Items and a BIG spoiler alert for the 2nd news article. It contains alot of what the EP 3 ending will be like. Once I read it, I immediately knew how awsome this movie is going to be. Huge Space Battles, countless Jedi vs Dark Jedi action.. hell cant get much better than that!!

Anyways, on to the NEWS!

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Star Wars Nominated in SpikeTV Video Game Awards


Star Wars video games are nominated in several categories in the SpikeTV Video Games Awards: The Star Wars nominations are:

" Game of the Year - 'Star Wars Galaxies'
" Best Action Game - 'Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike'
" Best Game Based on a Movie - 'Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike', 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'
" Best PC Game - 'Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy'
" Best Online Game - 'Star Wars Galaxies'
" Best Fantasy Game - 'Star Wars Galaxies', 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'


EP3: SPY REPORT: Final Darth Friday II (WARNING! SPOILERS! BIG SPOILERS!)

Darth Friday ends their fateful run of spoilers this infamous Halloween night. It is fitting that some of the darkest scenes would be discussed only now, don't you think? Beware of the Dark Side, this is no trick - all treat:

- The Battle of Coruscant will be the biggest space battle the Star Wars franchise has ever seen. Expect to see some cool capital ship vs. capital ship warfare. Each side has lots of varied looking warships. The Republic has ships that are more than just Star Destroyers. Might even see an old Ralph McQuarrie design or two get put into place here. - Expect one of the final shots of the film to be Vader, Tarkin and Palpatine on a Star Destroyer bridge looking out onto space at the beginnings of a Death Star in progress...(but not necessarily THE last shot of the film...) my understanding of the last shot before iris out will be on Tatooine.

- When Padme faces Anakin on Mustafar, Anakin is incredibly upset with her when he realizes she brought Obi-Wan with her. She led Obi-Wan right to him. From Anakin's point of view, he trusted her and she betrayed him. Anakin force-chokes Padme and throws her aside (where she also hits her head.) Then, the duel begins amidst the corpses of the slaughtered Seperatist leaders.

- The twins are born on a brand new never-before seen world (whose name has not been revealed yet.) They land there when they realize that Padme isn't going to make it if they keep pushing on to Alderaan. The natives of this planet resemble little grey close encounters/roswell aliens. Padme finally succumbs to her wounds suffered from Anakin during the birthing scene. She is able to share a few choice words with Obi-Wan before passing. Bail, Obi-Wan and Yoda hatch the plans for what to do with the children. Bail sees to it that C-3PO's memory is wiped. Yoda is dropped off via escape pod at Dagobah where he will await the proper time to do his part. The jedi have been utterly duped and defeated by films end.

- Medical droids turn the remains of Anakin Skywalker (now named Darth Vader) into the classic trilogy cyborg Darth Vader we know and love. His reveal is very "Frankenstein." (He lays on a slab that slowly rises up when he is completed.) When Vader rises, his first desire is knowledge of Padme's fate. Palpatine calmly and cooly tells him that she is dead and that he(Anakin/Vader) killed her. His sorrow and regret result in an awe-inspiring physical manifestation of the dark side of the force. The entire room buckles and twists away from his anguished screams. Every droid in the room is obliterated. Palpatine has to muster all of his powers just to shield himself from Vader's wrath. Vader's echoed scream segues directly into the next scene: Padme's funeral procession.


Happy Halloween! >:)



Conventions & Events This Weekend

The are 2 conventions & events taking place this weekend:

ArmadaCon 15 (Plymouth, UK) - Oct 31 - Nov 2 ( http://www.armadacon.org/ )
the Star Wars guest is Andy Secombe (Watto).

Las Vegas Comic-Con (Las Vegas, Nevada) - Oct 31 - Nov 2 ( http://www.lasvegascomiccon.com/index.shtml)
The Star Wars guests are the Neon City Garrison 501st Imperial Troops.

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That's it this week, everything else should be on the report page!

NON-EH SOTW:
The Force.net's 3D Sci-Fi Resource page. (Contains alot of great visual imagery!!)
http://scifi3d.theforce.net/


Have a great Weekend and Happy Holloween to everyone out there!!

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