News For October

Sunday, October 31^st, 1999

This week, our sponsors, Brian's Toys are having a draw for a free give-away of a 12" Darth Maul! Check it out

Saturday, October 30^th, 1999
OK, at last Galaxy Far Away seems to be building up a decent Humor section. We would like to welcome Prasad Shankar to our contributing staff. He would be working on the Humor section for now and will move to any section he wants to! This week, he has come in with a new feature for A Galaxy Full of Laughs called The Coruscant's Most Wanted. This week, the featured criminal is our very own farm-boy...

We are also working on Message Boards for GalaxyFarAway.com to discuss everything Star Wars; from Vector Prime to TPM DVDs; from Tosche to Bocce... anything Star Wars! 

Official Site Update
The Official Site has updated it's section on the Women of Star Wars. The feature includes Adi Gallia, Amidala, Oola, Mon Mothma, Toryn Farr and Sy Snootles.
There is also a report on the Dark Trooper and Space Trooper from the Expanded Universe collections. You can preorder the action figures of these also at Shop.Starwars.com.
The Snapshot for the day features Anakin with Shmi Skywalker.

In Book news, The New Jedi Order Vector Prime by R A Salvatore is at #11 in the New York Times bestseller list.
Also, Star Wars Masterpiece Edition C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid is now available in stores everywhere. Following the sensational success of Anakin Skywalker: The Story of Darth Vader, the C-3PO Masterpiece Edition showcases everyone's favorite golden droid. At last, Threepio gets the tribute he deserves in this exclusive, limited edition illustrated hardcover book and exclusive large collector figure. It should cost between $50 and $55.

Friday, October 29^th, 1999
Two new reviews from the X-Wing series and The Courtship of Princess Leia in the Books Section.

Thursday, October 28^th, 1999
I have fiddled around with the Episode II Speculations section; and now it is open to the public in all its glory, however incomplete! We have pages on Amidala, Anakin, Maul, Shmi Skywalker, Obi-wan and Jar Jar. Check them out! These pages are more a taste of what to expect from that section, than what to expect from the upcoming films!
Also RPG section up in the Games section. 

Tuesday, October 26^th, 1999
At this point in time, we are in a better position than a lot of sites to give you exclusive news. Want to know why? We have an Aussie staff member! GalaxyFarAway.com will be proudly bringing you exclusive news and reports from the Fox Studios Australia opening  with the help of our very own Jedi Rob and ThePrequels.net. Keep checking for more!

Official Site Update
The Official site has three updates today. One is a report on ILM; and their methods in seamlessly merging the CG characters with live action footage. Interesting stuff. The snapshot for the day is a picture of Anakin with R2; with Anakin trying to get into the Naboo Fighter.
The third update is an interesting one. For the first time, we see Mara Jade in "flesh". An actress has been chosen to play Mara Jade, and will feature on the cover of Insider #47! She will also have her own CCG card soon from Decipher.

Tuesday, October 26^th, 1999 
Four new Gungan pictures in the Multimedia section; meesa lika dis! Also, from today, Brian's Toys is our official Exclusive sponsor! We would like to thank them; and hope we can benefit each other. Also, we have found staff for a CCG, Collecting and to join the Multimedia section.

Our beloved Han Solo just couldn't come to terms with a Helicopter after years with his Falcon. We are happy he is unhurt, but this is what Los Angeles Times has to say :

Like a daring climax to one of his hit movies, Harrison Ford and his flight instructor walked away from a helicopter crash this weekend in a dry riverbed after reportedly taking off from Van Nuys Airport, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said.
The accident took place about 11:15 a.m. Saturday when the Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter carrying Ford and the unidentified instructor went down near Lake Piru about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles, FAA Operations Officer Diana Joubert said.
After the helicopter took off from Van Nuys, it headed to the Ventura County site, where it was practicing auto rotations when the accident occurred, Joubert said.
Joubert said it was not clear who was at the controls when the helicopter fell to the ground. But she said the craft sustained heavy damage after coming to rest on its left side.

LA TImes

Also, Entertainment Weekly named George Lucas #4 on their power list. Now I wonder who the first three could be?

EW Weekly

Sunday, October 24^th, 1999 afternoon
Of the million changes we have seen at Galaxyfaraway.com in the past month; here is one more! The Games section has been redone, with a design that will blow your mind. All parts of that section are not working yet; so be patient.

We have a new Sith Wallpaper (Sithpaper?) in the Wallpaper section of our Multimedia archives. It's simple, yet cool!

Sunday, October 24^th, 1999 
After a bit of a hectic week with the release in India, things are sort of back to normal. The Books Section is redone; which was long overdue. The design on many of the pages have been changed; as you can notice, no right side-bar! Expect to see the Games Section redone soon.

Also, GalaxyFarAway.com is proud to host the Interstellar Federation of the SWCombine. (Why? Because both Jedirob and I, DevanJedi are members of it!).  The section is not complete, but worth a look. And if you haven't checked out SWCombine yet, what are you waiting for? It's the coolest online Star Wars game around.

Expect no more updates till later today. This is because we are switching our banners to our new sponsors; Brian's Toys, a complete Star Wars toys dealers. They have everything from vintage to Episode I. Check them out; and let them know we sent you!

Saturday, October 23^rd, 1999 
We are working on redoing the Books section; so there may not be too many updates for the day; but we do have this bit of news for you from Brian's Toys!

Check out Brian's Toys for their weekly give-away: This week it is a POTF Han Carbonite C9. The give-away starts on the 23^rd of October.

Also, Brian's Toys will be set up at the St. Charles Toy and Doll show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, Illinois this Saturday and
Sunday.  This is a large show and it is always hectic, but look for their
Brian's Toys black and silver banner and staff with Brian's Toys
shirts.  They  will be bringing their entire selection of vintage carded
figures.  They will also be buying toys, so bring in what you have for
sale.

Friday, October 22^nd, 1999 late night

New scans from newspaper clippings in India; in Gujarati, Hindi and from papers across the country!

Also, thanks to TheForce.net, Jedinet.com, ThePrequels.net, Newsdroid.com and all the others who linked to us during and around the Indian TPM release.

Friday, October 22^nd, 1999 afternoon

TPM has been released in India; and I've already seen it once here (taking my total to four!). It was in Hindi and was cool! Check out pictures from the lines/theatre here. More to come by tonight!

In other important news for GFA, we have a news sponsor in Brian's Toys. They will be our exclusive sponsors from next week. Check them out; and let them know we sent you!

Friday, October 22^nd, 1999

Today TPM will be released in the last country on earth; India, the home of DevanJedi of GalaxyFarAway.com. Check out our feature on the Indian release, pictures from the lines, news clippings and more.

Thursday, October 21^st, 1999

Official Site Update
The Official site has been updated with some information background on Star Wars's female characters, click here to check it out.

Star Wars fan made trailers are popping up in all corners of the world. You should check out the following sites which have fan made Star Wars trailers for download:

Star Wars: Lord of Siths - filming done in Los Angles - has a 2.8 MB mov formatted trailer for download at the site here http://www.azeem2000.com/lots/.

The Jedi Academy - located in Vienna, Austria - has trailers on 2 mirrors and in 3 different sizes from a 4 MB, 12 MB & 20 MB sized Quicktime 3.0 teaser trailer at the site here http://www.jediacademy.at/. Note: site has an English and Deutsch version.
News from George at ThePrequels.Net

Episode 2 script - 'Mandate of Tyranny' by Wendy Dale Smith
This is not your ordinary fan fic script it's a full movie script complete and is excellent - so readers state they even feel like they have finished watching Episode 2 already ! http://www.flash.net/~st7ci/stories/stories.html
Wendy has asked for readers who have read her script to provide comments and feedback to her at st7ci@flash.net
News from George at ThePrequels.Net

Official Site Update
The Official site has been updated with a snapshot of a model of Queen Amidala's Royal Starship, click here to check it out.

Tuesday, October 19th, 1999  night

Episode II - The Menace Strikes Back trailer Imitation Milk Productions http://menace.locnet.net/ , which is a subdivision of Sequential Pictures http://sequential.locnet.net/ in McComb, MS has created this Episode II - The Menace Strikes Back trailer 
Opening scroll: It is a desolate time in the galaxy. War has reached far and wide in the name of an almighty federation. Countless peoples have died at the hand of tyranny. A new princess emerges... new hopes arise... the legacy continues... Download here http://menace.locnet.net/trailer.html

Submitted by George of ThePrequels.Net

Tuesday, October 19th, 1999  afternoon

The official site has been updated with a snapshot of a fiery explosion of the Droid controller ship's reactor core from TPM.

Tuesday, October 19th, 1999
It's early morning where I am (India); and no updates for today yet. Just this:

Bobanet just sent in the following news: You can now pre-order the new PC game by Lucasarts, "Star Wars: Force Commander." You can also pre-order "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine." check it out at Lucasarts!

Also, TPM ended at #17 on for the US weekend Box-Office. It made $435,504 over the weekend bringing its total gross to $426,818,051 in its 22nd week.

Monday, October 18th, 1999
A feature on Duel of  the Fates has been added to the India Fan Site; with the Sanskrit Lyrics, and the meaning behind the words. The Jar Jar Fan Site has been modified in design; and is getting ready for a change in content.

Sunday, October 17th, 1999
The Encyclopedia has an entire new section of Schematics of Weapons, Technology, Ships, Vehicles and Star Fighters. New pics and a wallpaper from TPM in the Multimedia Gallery.

Inspired by the character of Queen Amidala in the new chapter of the Star Wars saga, the celebrated French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent launches today One Love, a range of cosmetics with unique color harmonies for the new millennium . 

Among the nine new products being introduced, two bear names from The Phantom Menace: a vibrant lipstick named "Rouge Amidala" ("Amidala's Red") and a stunning lacquer named "Rose Naboo" ("Naboo Pink"). 

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