How I came to love Star Wars, pt. 1

This is the story of how I came to love Star Wars as much as I do today. *cue Darth Vader's spooky music*

When I was about five years old, I sat down in the sitting room of the apartment my family lived in in London and saw my brother watching some weird movie of guys fighting with light swords. I asked, "What's that?" and he answered, "Star Wars." Now, I was five years old, completely deaf and it was a video with no subtitles, so I had completely no interest whatsoever. It was the time before DVDs came out.

Later I would find out that it was Episode I: The Phantom Menace that my brother and I watched that day, but I had no idea what it was and forgot about it for a few years. Then, I was eleven and in Year 6 and homework was to watch Episode IV: A New Hope because we were studying film techniques. By then we had DVDs and subtitles, so I was able to watch. George Lucas had me hook, line and sinker from the very start. From that moment forward, when I watched the opening crawl, I was a major, major fan.

I had watched the prequels in video when I was younger, so I went through the originals then went back to the prequels in DVD. Such was my obsession that I was writing fan-fiction before I even knew what fan-fiction was, and before I had discovered www.fanfiction.net. My first story was about Han and Leia, who are my OTP (One True Pairing) and I'll post that as soon as I can find it on my hard drive. It was written circa 2009, and is extremely bad in comparison to my improved fics today. I'll post an original version of it and a polished version of it on ff.net, so stay tuned for that!

Not long after my obsession began, I found out about the books and the Expanded Universe. My first book was The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way, which I picked up for about three pounds in a British op shop. Upon reading the first lines, I nearly dropped it - Han and Leia were married?! Thankfully, I got through the book and started just buying them up whenever I saw them. My books now number more than 30, and I hope to reach 40 this year. X-Wing: Mercy Kill and Crucible are both on my list to buy when they come out.

There you go - that's my Star Wars story. One more thing - although it's better to watch the movies originals first and then prequels to make it more interesting, I actually ended up watching them in chronological order from The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi. It still worked its magic on me.

Until next time,

Fanfiction.Net Again

Well, this is a little embarrassing. *strokes chin* I changed my username on www.fanfiction.net again just on the spur of the moment. It's now Alastrina Aritza, and I chose it because both names correspond to the meanings of my real life first and last names. My real life first name and Alastrina both mean 'protector' or 'defender of mankind' while my real last name and Aritza mean 'to read'. There you go.

Here's to Alastrina Aritza having a longer life than Jedi Cevitana did.

Teaser Blurb

This is a teaser blurb for my upcoming version of Troy Denning's Star Wars: Crucible, which at the moment is not yet out but I'm writing my version anyway, just for the hell of it. :)

In a Galaxy now free of war, the Empire’s three greatest enemies have reached the time where they must step back and pass the torch to the next generation. But Fate has other ideas, and Han, Luke and Leia must fight their way through one final adventure to meet their destinies. Will the story end as it began?

So there you go. Where is my Muse going to decide to take me, I wonder? I'm part-way into the first chapter already! When I grow up, I want to be a real Star Wars author just like Troy and all those other excellent profic writers out there... *goes off to read Ascension*

Celebration VI: Part II

I have no idea how to make a post a sticky (keep it on top) or even if I can. Blah. Whatever.

At this present moment in time, there is now 4 hours to Celebration VI! It seems 'time's not so far away' after all, in the words of the Seekers. I of course would love to attend but since I'm in Australia that's a tiny bit of a problem... I'm going to follow it online, of course. I'm a true blue Star Wars fan. Note: my lightsaber is GREEN, not blue. Please don't make that mistake.

So, welcome Celebration VI and congrats to anyone attending! *cue a dramatic sigh from Endless* I guess I should get down to reading Fate of the Jedi: Ascension properly and posting a review for it while my mind is otherwise occupied with Celebration. 

In the words of the Old Jedi order: Go with the Force.

- Endless.

PS Did I forget to mention that I'm Jedi Cevitana now over on www.fanfiction.net? Same stories, same me, different name. Endless out.

Countdown to Celebration VI!

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