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{| style="border: 1px solid #e8e8e8; padding: 1em; margin: auto" bgcolor="#e8e8e8" align=center The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Fanon Newsletter  FA/GA Updates This week's Featured Article and Good Articles are out. These are articles that are excellent featured articles, or newly made Good articles. Enjoy!
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Featured Article

 * This weeks Featured Article: Dark Guardians of Lettow, by Brandon Rhea! Review written by: Obi maul12

The Dark Guardians of Lettow was the official name for a group of warriors founded by the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness Carden Mannux that practiced the Dark Side of the Force. The group was created based upon the teachings, writings and philosophies of Xendor Taral, Marka Ragnos and Darth Revan. The Lettow worshiped the Dark Side of the Force and, in time, they were bent on aiding the Sith Empire and the Galactic Empire in their quest to destroy the Jedi Order and, eventually, the Bendu Order. They were galactically known for their brutal discipline and lust for power in their upper ranks, along with the unholy methods they used to advance in rank. During the early days of the organization, the Lettow simply worshiped the Dark Side as they prepared to unleash their fury on the unsuspecting innocents of the galaxy. They were rediscovered during the Millennium of Hiding by a Dark Lord of the Sith and secretly began serving the Sith Order until the death of Darth Plagueis, as the knowledge of their location was lost when Plagueis did not reveal it to his apprentice, Darth Sidious. Decades later, they were rediscovered by Sidious and his apprentice, Darth Vader. The Lettow were instrumental in many battles during the Galactic Civil War, most notably the First Battle of Alderaan, the Battle of Endor, the Second Battle of Alderaan, the Sieges of Naboo and the First Battle of Coruscant. However, during the First Battle of Coruscant, all but two Dark Guardians, Kane Starkiller and Mara Jade, were destroyed. The destruction of the faction thereby destroyed almost four thousand years of hard work and determination from Carden Mannux onward. However, the philosophies and practices of the Dark Guardians were later used on Earth by the Prophets of Lettow, a group that tried to bring about the return of Carden Mannux. Dark Guardians of the Lettow is another great article by Brandon Rhea. The information flows well, and makes sense, for the most part. Some details do not add up, however (see last paragraph). I enjoyed the almost cat-and-mouse like chase for the process of creating a Sith Battle Lord. It was "refreshing", in a sense, that Rhea used a canon character, Marka Ragnos, to spark this chase for power. The many lives lost in this search helped to signify the importance of the information created by Ragnos. While reading, the images sufficiently told the event happening to me. I especially liked the example of the battle lord ritual given to me, to give me a clear picture of what the ritual looked like. The Dark Lord Lettow's eyes 'sealed the deal' for me. On a different note, I enjoyed the tie-in to the Bac family, specifically to Ussej Padric Bac and Ussej Padric Bac LXIV, though I expected it anyway. The combination of Fanon and Canon worked very well. However, I had a quarrel while reading this article. First, I didn't understand how Carden Mannux escape his inprisonment on Dxun. The passage merely states that "one night, he managed to break free of his chains..." How did he break free of his chains? Did he use the force? If he did, why didn't he use it sooner. Perhaps Rhea could have explained this, despite it being a minor detail, since it affected all events that occurred after he broke free.

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Good Article

 * This weeks Good Article: Ryluk Shouja, by Ryluk Shouja! Review written by: Obi maul12

Ryluk Shouja was a bounty hunter who lived through several eras of change, and worked under the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, New Republic, and Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. He rarely worked with the governing authorities, although there were occasions when he was contracted to collect bounties for these governments. His career as an active bounty hunter spanned 106 years, truncated by his first eighteen years and his last twenty-five years. The beginning of his career saw few collected bounties, but as his skills grew, his resource base widened, and his contact network expanded, he began to take on higher-profile bounties and made a well-known name for himself. Ryluk lived to the age of 149, nearly half again the normal lifespan of the average Human. During that time he married Lymie Chamna, who gave birth to a son, Akak Shouja. His son's true identity was kept a close secret for many years in order to protect the young boy from assassination and kidnapping attempts made by those who wished to injure the famed bounty hunter in any way they could. Ryluk disappeared with his wife and child into the deep Outer Rim territories for seventeen years, only reappearing three times during that span of time. When he finally emerged from hiding, only two Shoujas returned to the public life: Ryluk and his wife, Lymie. They returned to Coruscant, where they bought a luxurious apartment and lived comfortably on the family wealth. They became close friends with many young adults, creating the perfect cover to visit their son, whose true identity remained unknown even after Ryluk's death. Ryluk died of old age three years after the death of his wife, Lymie, in 102 ABY. Ryluk Shouja is an article by Joshua Mcgraw. It delivers in most aspects, but has several faults which were not explained. When I read the introduction to this article, I was immediately worried: "Ryluk lived to the age of 149, nearly half again the average lifespan of the average Human." Since I did not see an article specific to this article on Humans, which may explain said quote, I was even more worried. Yet, I continued on. However, this article grew on me as I continued reading. Shouja's "businessman" side was appealing, and the fact that he supplied the stormtroopers with weaponry made him a small part of the grand scheme of things in the original trilogy. In other words, he had an effect on the storyline of the main characters in some way by providing the Empire with high-tech weaponry. As I continue on, I see Shouja's Bounty Hunter side. This section provides a worthwhile description of his life as Bounty Hunter, yet the sensor image was hard to depict. It needs to be ditched; the article has many other high-quality images, so this one seems out of place. However, as said in the previous sentence, the rest of the images provide a great picture of Ryluk and some events in his life. Under "The Liberator" section, I was pleased to see that a collaboration occurred between Joshua McGraw aand Tesh Vohore; I'm a major fan of collab work. Overall, the article kept me hooked, with some great descriptions of this Bounty Hunter's life. However, I still did not find an explanation for Ryluk's extra long life.

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