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{| style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 1em; margin: auto" bgcolor="#A8A8B5" align=center The Completely ALTERNATIVE Star Wars Fanon Newsletter  Volume 1, Edition 1 - April, 2009  ''' Here are this week's Featured and Good Articles, and two random articles that the author of this piece thinks should be Featured Articles.'
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Featured

 * Second Battle of Ankarr by the Project Cruentus participants



"''The Second Battle of Ankarr was a comparatively large battle during the Cruentusian War. Having learned of the adopted homeworld of the Zayre species, Ankarr, the Srav Federation launched a full-scale invasion of the planet, intending to subjugate the Zayre race and remove them as threats. The Sravs also saw the move as vengeance against the Zayre for assisting the Srav enemies earlier in the war. To strengthen their numbers, the Sravs hired a large force of Savi Alliance mercenaries, and allowed Savi commanders to participate in the planning and execution of the battle. Both sides then launched a lightning assault on Ankarr, with Zayre warriorwoman Storm Ironwings and former Necasian leader Carsal Redharn mounting the defense. The Zayre, however, considered themselves disadvantaged by what they felt was the orbital superiority of the other factions, and took losses from liberal use of chemical and nuclear weapons by the Sravs. Under Ironwing's command, the still Zayre managed to hold their ground in some areas. Nonetheless, the Zayre were eventually overwhelmed by numbers and firepower, and the Sravs began what was considered to be a repressive occupation of the planet. Following the battle, Irownings and Redharn fled underground and led an unsuccessful resistance movement against the Sravs before eventually fleeing off world."''

This featured article was written by those who participate in Project Cruentus, one of our more successful community projects. The article in question, the battle of Ankarr, was written primarily by Unit 8311 and Darth tom. Obviously, the article is a part of the vast Cruentusian War covered by the project's timeline.

Now that introductions and such are out of the way, let's break down this Featured Article, shall we?

This whole timeline is generally very confusing, so I shall clarify some of the confusion that some of our readers may be having about the participating factions. The Savi Alliance is essentially a mercenary faction that does very little to affect the plot. In fact, the only reason they participate is to look cool and fulfill the Traviss Mantra, since they are obvious precursors to the Mandalorians. The Zayre could be equated to many ethnic groups of eastern Europe, but for convenience's sake, let's say they are the Eastern bloc countries of Europe. And the Srav Federation is a cleverly veiled Star Wars-style Soviet Union. That being said, much of the Cruentus War correlates directly with either World War 2 or the Cold War, depending on the situation.

There are two striking things about this article. First, the quotes. Nearly all the quotes in this article are from the Sravs point-of-view. The Sravs are war-mongering, ruthless, and xenophobic. This attitude is shared by nearly every Srav we are introduced to in the article. They also proceed to brutally rape and murder their Zayre captives (who are all basically female harpies, by the way ) before razing their villages and cities to the ground with various forms of nuclear weaponry. Based on what I've mentioned previously, you can draw your own conclusions from there, I'm sure. Speaking of nuclear weapons, why does everything in this timeline revolve around them? This is not the Cold War, and by this time, one would assume they have moved past nuclear weaponry. If you recall, their ships were already powered by plasma and the Rakatans introduced hyperspeed, blasters, and the ability to use proton-based weaponry to the galaxy. Needless to say, these belligerents appear a bit behind in the times.

As you may or may not have noticed, the Zayre lost over 9000 soldiers and civilians (I'm actually unsure, as the infobox just says "Zayre"). This is dreadfully significant, because we should always be on the look out for numbers over 9000.

Shameless and possibly facetious complimenting to assuage the authors' ravaged egos in case they read this: Despite my rant, this article is actually a very good article; it has a good story, the characters and interesting, and the fight is lively. This battle article has earned its spot among the best articles that Star Wars Fanon has to offer.

Good

 * Daklif Ordo by Drewton



''"Daklif Ordo was a Human starwars:Mandalorian during the last days of the . When the Mandalorians became all but extinct following the, Ordo joined the Mandalorian Crusaders, a group of the last remaining Mandalorians, and fought in their nomadic battles. However, when crushed by a defeat, Ordo began to rethink his life and sought a purpose that was more than simply killing and violence. After learning of a terrorist organization called the Nockudumey, he infiltrated it and attempted to learn of its ways so that he would be able to destroy it. During the , Ordo assisted the , though mostly because a  named  sought to destroy all Mandalorians. During the war, he attempted to kill the Nockudumey leader, Bodotor Thuvat, though only before learning of Thuvat's true goals. Thuvat was trying take the Nockudumey back to its founder's original intentions, which did not involve terrorism. Because of this, Daklif assisted him in the Nockudumey Civil Conflict."''

This is one of Drewton's good articles. The article revolves around my friend - well, he would be my friend if I was a fictional character in the Star Wars universe - Daklif Ordo. Like all Mandalorians, he is the epitome of awesome, and his useful in terms to the plot is clearly greater than the other protagonists, like in the Republic Commando series of Mandalorian fame.

Now that you have received my general thoughts on the article, I shall evaluate the quality of the article. What really makes this article one of our good articles.

What stands out the most is obviously Daklif's armor. His armor, unlike the armor of other Mandalorians, like Boba or Jango Fett, is white. While this color is cool - it is the color of the clone troopers' armor, after all - one must question the strategic importance of white combat armor. Do you honestly think running around looking like an armored snowman is going to help you while your fighting battle droids on Kashyyyk? I didn't think so. The author states that Daklif's voice is a combination of sorts between Canderous Ordo and Jango Fett. Personally, this editor doesn't know what that entails, but he would assume that it would imply that Daklif has epicness flowing through his veins. I would venture so far as to guess that this combination is akin to combining chocolate and vanilla ice cream, or sitting on your front porch drinking a cool glass of lemonade while reading the latest chapter of Star Wars: The Chosen One, or maybe even Nintendo and Microsoft coming together. Feel free to speculate. Finally, Daklif is one of the few Mandalorians who can stave off an entire squad of battle droids with nothing but his fists, a blender, and a golf cart. Don't ask me how he did it, because I don't know.

Regardless, this is an article worthy of its status, and it's a good thing that Drewton included a Mandalorian in his series. He had to fulfill the Traviss Mantra somehow. May Traviss be praised [sic]. "

Alcor Bac


"Alcor Bac was the starwars:Senator of starwars:Alderaan around the year 13,000 BBY during one of the conflicts between the starwars:Galactic Republic and the territories controlled by starwars:Alsakan. He was a descendant of Conrad Bac and Jonathan Bac, as well as an ancestor of Padric Bac II and Ussej Padric Bac. Originally a military lawyer, Alcor became a lawyer at a private practice on Alderaan. He eventually decided to run for the seat of Senator of Alderaan, though he lost to a corrupt competetor. Two years later, the senator was indicted on corruption charges and was forced to resign, allowing Alcor to fill in the for the rest of the term at the request of the King of Alderaan. After his re-election, Relana Isolde Tanoor was elected Supreme Chancellor, which Alcor found to be somewhat awkward considering she was married to his cousin Artemis Bac."

Although this article is not a good or featured Article, I believe that this article has merit and potential. I support Alcor Bac's immediate and uncontested ascension to the status of featured article for the following valid reasons...
 * 1) His name can be mispronounced or misspelled to mean a number of things. My particular favorites are Alcohol Bac, Al Gore's Bac, and Al Kahn's Back. Feel free to think of more in your spare time.
 * 2) He's the "idiot Jesus didn't like to talk about at dinner parties ."
 * 3) He's Stephen Colbert!

Star Wars Fanon


The Star Wars Fanon Wiki (SWF or SWFanon) is a fanon, or fan-fiction, Wiki of Star Wars.

''The purpose of the Star Wars Fanon Wiki (sp) is to provide a wiki that creative Star Wars fans can publish their own fanon articles without being deleted like they would be at Wookieepedia. Users can read the material of other users, suggest changes, or even edit the article to improve it (though you should get permission before you do more than very minor, simple revisions and fixes). The Wiki was made as a fan fiction version of Wookieepedia, a Wikia made to document canon Star Wars information. Recently, a few non-canon facts have popped up here and there.''

Although this article is not a good or featured Article, I believe that this article has potential and merit. I support Star Wars Fanon's immediate and uncontested ascension to the status of Featured Article for the following valid reasons...
 * 1) It has references. And graphs. Submit to will of the graphs.
 * 2) Wookieepedia has Star Wars Fanon as a good article. Let's one-up them.
 * 3) It's our site. Let's give it the respect it deserves.


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