Lightsabre.co.uk
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Lightsabre is a UK-based fansite launched in 1999. Originally known as Star Wars - Lightsabre, the website was initiated by four Star Wars fans from England: Mark Newbold, Jonathan Hicks, Paul Squire, and Louis Turfrey.
[edit] Lightsabre History
Since 1999 Lightsabre has gone through over seven design changes, and content has altered accordingly. Today the site is predominantly based on interviews, Setnin Radio, Setnin Select, news and fan fiction set in it's own EU-style setting.
Lightsabre have interviewed such names as Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Phil Tippett, Kevin J Anderson, Jeremy Bulloch, Rena Owen, Rick McCallum Lorne Peterson, Kenneth Colley, and Irvin Kershner as well as prominent movers and shakers from the fan community.
Setnin Radio, launched in October of 2005, is a radio show hosted by Mark Newbold and Louis Turfrey that discusses Star Wars topics, site news and general sci-fi happenings and was joined in April 2008 by Setnin Video.
Setnin Select, launched in 2001 was inspired by the George Lucas Selects that were used to give sneak peaks into the development of Attack of the Clones. Now far outstripping the 57 Lucas Selects, Setnin Select reached its 200th edition on July 4th 2006 and continues weekly, looking to pass the 300th edition in late summer 2008.
Fan fiction, starting with Quest for Freedom back in 1982, is broken down into 20 eras with stories largely set in the Setnin Sector, the sector in the Mid-Rim designed by Jonathan Hicks in 1986 to house the stories. With stories by Mark Newbold, Paul Squire, Louis Turfrey, and Jonathan Hicks, all the guides and images are based on characters and locations from the Setnin Sector, and continues today.
For the 25th anniversary of Quest for Freedom Lightsabre launched it's first comic strip adaptation, drawn by Richard Skidmore from a script by Mark Newbold with covers by Craig Burt. This is due to be followed by its sequel, the Lydon Legacy in 2009.
As well as the core four members, Lightsabre also has contributions by Rebecca Newbold, Jason Brown and Chris Gereke, artists Tim Wann, Richard Skidmore, Dan Biesel and Craig Burt and Matthew Turvey who designed version 7.0 of the site in May 2008.
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