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{| style="border: 1px solid #DAA520; padding: 1em; margin: auto" bgcolor="#DAA520" align=center The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Fanon Newsletter Volume XVII - June, 2008  Hello, , and, once more, the CUSWFN is here to greet you right at your doorstep, for June, 2008!
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FA/GA Updates

 * Written by Darth tom

Featured Article

 * This weeks Featured Article: Kal’Shabbol, by Brandon Rhea! Review written by: Darth tom

Kal'Shabbol (pronounced: kăl'shābəl), not to be confused with the Outer Rim world of Kal'Shebbol, was originally the home of the Order of the Jedi Bendu of the Ophuchi and later the sole residence of the Bendu Order. According to scientific estimates, the world was the first in the galaxy to bear life, which was why Yahweh referred to it as the Promised Land and why the The Skywalker and the Jedi Bendu chose to reside there following the exodus from Had Abaddon, Kal’Shabbol’s twin world. Because it was the first planet to bear life, the Force of Others was stronger there than on most other worlds, though it was not the strongest source of the Force of Others that was known of. Upon the arrival of the Jedi Bendu, conclaves were set up in the most habitable regions of the Ashlan Mountains for prayers and meetings of the most powerful Jedi Bendu. Deep within the mountains, they buried their scriptures so that only they would know where to find them, which was what led to the Kal’Shabbol Civil War between the Jedi Bendu and the colonists in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. The Jedi Bendu later began to watch over the inhabitants of the world that immigrated from other planets in the Ashlan Expanse. Once the Jedi Bendu split into two orders on Coruscant, a group loyal to the old ways settled in the capital city Ashla Prime and formed the Bendu Order. During the thousands of years that the Bendu watched over the world, a peaceful utopia had been formed. However, with the arrival of Ussej Padric Bac and his family after the Great Territorial War between the Galactic Republic and the Third Sith Empire, the Ashlan Civil War broke out. At the end, Ussej pulled the mythical Sword of The Skywalker from its resting place in a hidden temple on the highest ridge of the Ashlan Mountains and ended the war, ending his life in the process. The site became one of reverence, being known as the Holy Ridge of the Shaman. After the reunification of the Bendu Order and the Jedi Order at the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Second Jedi Bendu Order used the planet for meditation and prayer. Because they were busy with galactic affairs, the order ended their government on the planet and the common people became the leaders of the world. Though they were happy to have a true democracy to elect world leaders, they greatly appreciated everything that Jedi Bendu and the Bendu had done for them. At that time, the Kingdom of the Ashla was set up between Kal'Shabbol and the other Ashlan worlds, but thirty years later Kal'Shabbol and the rest of the kingdom became members of the New Republic. The legacy of the world and the people of the world reached as far as Earth during the crisis between the third Jedi Bendu Order and the Prophets of Lettow. Many years after the crisis, it became the first inhabited extra-galactic world that the people of Earth learned about, though the governments of Earth suppressed the knowledge of its existence. So, another article by the soon-to-be new head of CUSWFN, Brandon Rhea, as part of a collaboration with the excellent Solus, and this truly is a blend of styles; Brandon Rhea’s writing style, mixed with that of Solus, as well as the amazing image choice of Rhea and the fantastic image work of Solus. In terms of content, it’s a massive article, yet is that always good? Well, in this case it’s worked well. Starting, the infobox is very detailed and long, always a good sign.

So, content? Well, the article has detailed sections on the formation of the planet, in addition to the actual content of the article, as well as detailed sections on the planetary features, society, flora and fauna, and detailed sections on each subject. So, what could be improved? Well, I think the history section could be lengthened a bit; At the moment, it’s fantastic, but I think it could be amazing if work was done on the history section, to lengthen it. Otherwise than that, I’d say it’s a very good article!

( Read it! )

Good Article

 * This weeks Good Article: Ussej Padric Bac LXIV, by Brandon Rhea! Review written by: Obi maul12

Ussej Padric Bac LXIV was born to a long line of legendary war heroes, politicians, Jedi Knights, Sith Lords and Bendu High Priests. His most notable ancestors included Jonathan Bac, Ussej Padric Bac, Laili Jeyna Rendar, Kit Corwin Rendar, Ussej Padric Bac II and Ussej Padric Bac III as they had each influenced galactic events for thousands of years after their deaths. He was known to have looked up to them all with high regard, specifically Ussej Padric Bac III due to his conservative viewpoints towards the Jedi Order.

Ussej served as the High Priest of the Bendu Order during the Galactic Civil War. He was reluctant at first to help Mon Mothma after she requested the assistance of the Bendu, but after speaking with the Shaman of the Whills he changed his mind and led the order into the galaxy quickly enough to fight in the first major engagement of the war on the small moon of Endor. There, he first encountered Kane Starkiller. After the battle, he decided to head back to Kal’Shabbol but soon changed his mind and agreed to keep the order in imperial space to help the Alliance. He was instrumental in the major engagements to follow, particularly the Second Battle of Alderaan, the First Battle of Coruscant, the Battle of Bespin and the Battle of Korriban. He had grown to be an informal mentor to Luke Skywalker after Obi-Wan Kenobi was killed and spoke the prophetic words of the Archangel Ranka Darkbroode to Luke before the redemption of Anakin Skywalker.

After the war ended, he and Luke co-founded the Second Jedi Bendu Order, stationed off of Coruscant and Kal’Shabbol. He was instrumental in the successes of the Reunification War, but was unable to prevent the Jedi Bendu from splitting in two. He and Luke knew that the Rizen Order stood a great chance in winning the war, so in order to preserve their order they decided that Ussej would travel as far away from the capital as they could and Luke would stay behind. In the end, Luke was able to lead the Jedi Bendu into a victorious final campaign against the Rizen Order, though he was unable to contact Ussej after the victory. Ussej and his fellow Jedi Bendu travelers found their way into an intergalactic wormhole and were thrust thousands of light years to Earth where Ussej remained until his death.

I would like to begin by saying the following: I absolutely love this Alternative Star Wars Saga. The synopsis of the saga intrigued me; it’s great how Brandon Rhea meshed characters from the real saga into his Alternative Saga, saying that the tale of history is subject to manipulation and untruth.

Now, onto Ussej Padric Bac LXIV. The character was worked into the saga very well; Rhea made his life both believable and interesting. What pushed me towards the edge of my seat were the images. They seem to do one of the best jobs on Star Wars Fanon of telling the story of a man’s life using pictures; the image of Ussej as a child actually looked like the older Ussej.

I would also like to commend the creativity of this article. Luke Skywalker was used extremely well, as a friend and ally of Ussej. The Bac family storyline was also continued well and I could not find a single error in the continuity of Rhea's saga anywhere.

On a slightly less favorable note, I found several grammatical issues in the article, but I was able to overlook them, as the size of this biography is overwhelming. Great work all the way around, Brandon. I will leave you today with this caption, my favorite of the entire article. "Ussej uses "uncivilized weapons" during the Battle of Bespin."

- From the caption of an image under the “Decisions’ section

It was a very nice allusion to the quote from Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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