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The
History of Space Opera

Lost (and found) Star Wars stories |


Articles, columns and quotes in defense of the Star
Wars Expanded Universe!

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Short Stories and RPG Materials
TITLE: |
Light and
Shadow |
CREATOR(S): |
Paul Danner |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to appear in an
unpublished issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal |
SUMMARY: |
A self - exiled Jedi Knight tries to
come to grasp with his fall from grace — and his solution may come in the
form of a Force-sensitive little girl… |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
The story is available
here! |
TITLE: |
Lando Calrissian
Adventures Sourcebook |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
sourcebook |
SUMMARY: |
"In April we're doing a sourcebook based on the Lando
Calrissian novels, which were just reissued by Del Rey last summer. We're
very excited about that because the author's got a real good perspective.
He's writing the book as if Lando Calrissian had written an autobiography.
It's going to be very, very interesting. We're going to have a lot of fun
with that. The author, Brian Thomas, communicates extensively with L. Neil
Smith, who's the original author of the novels. It's going to have an
authentic feel to it." - An
Inside Look at Star Wars Gaming (An Interview with Bill Smith), Star Wars
Adventure Journal #5 |
SOURCE INFO: |
"An
Inside Look at Star Wars Gaming", (An Interview with Bill Smith), Star
Wars Adventure Journal #5 |
TITLE: |
The Jarnollen Expedition |
CREATOR(S): |
Pablo Hidalgo (writer) |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Planned Star Wars
Adventure Journal article |
SUMMARY: |
"This was to be a start
of a series of Adventure Journal articles based on old comic books and
comic strips. Jarnollen was the name coined for the jungle planet in
Classic Star Wars #1. Voren Na'al was researching the planet. It was to
explain the Imperial presence there, and be a spotlight on creatures and
environment. The game hook was that it would introduce a number of
"playable" diseases that could be contracted from exposure to the jungle."
- Pablo Hidalgo |
SOURCE INFO: |
Pablo Hidalgo post on Welcome
some BAC VIPs (StarWars.com
Message Boards) |
TITLE: |
Eight for Aduba-3
retelling short story |
CREATOR(S): |
Eric Trautmann |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
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SUMMARY: |
"From
what I know, basically it was going to be sort of a retelling of Aduba
from Jaxxon's point of view. He was in actuality a Lobo-like (DC's Lobo)
character - a real tough cookie. The Marvel story was basically just a bad
media (sort of like the "holo" didn't show me the right way) hack job and
showed him as a scrawny rabbit when he's really a tough-as-nails badass."
- genghis12 |
SOURCE INFO: |
Jedi Council Forums
topic: Star
Wars: Lostworlds |
TITLE: |
Shifting
Gears |
CREATOR(S): |
Jean Rabe |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to appear in
Star Wars Adventure Journal #17 |
SUMMARY: |
Three
Rebel officers—two humans and a frog-like Zarian—travel to Tatooine and
battle Imperial agents in order to infiltrate a Jawa Sandcrawler to
retrieve a strategic protocol droid. Unbeknownst
to them, a black protocol assassin droid has infiltrated the Sandcrawler,
posing as a damaged machine for the Jawas to scavenge . . . |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
Published here! |
TITLE: |
Credit Denied |
CREATOR(S): |
Chris Cassidy & Tish
Pahl |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in Star Wars Adventure Journal #16 |
SUMMARY: |
Con-woman Ghista Dodger
and her alien partner get into a deadly run-in with crimelord Oro Memis at
a temple, along with his henchmen Nopul Etrefa and Nikto, Vakirsajaina. Her
partner is riddled with blaster bolts and killed, and Dodger is forced
into a deathmatch by a Weequay announcer, Pon Svale. Chained
to a pole, she is about to be shot point-blank, but manages to escape with
her life. |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
Published here! |
TITLE: |
The Art of Infiltration |
CREATOR(S): |
John Beyer & Kathy
Burdette |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in Star Wars Adventure Journal #17
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SUMMARY: |
Morgan Q. Raventhorn,
Maglenna Pendower, Dren Nord, and the rest of the Alliance Special Ops
team participate in an infiltration mission and battle against the devious
Imperial ISB Captain Mylesgood. The
group and Morgan are able to blow up a skiff full of Imperial officers and
troopers, and complete their objectives. |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
Officially
published in Star Wars Gamer #9!
Published in its
original form here |
TITLE: |
Treasure Hunt |
CREATOR(S): |
unknown |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in Star Wars Adventure Journal #17 |
SUMMARY: |
Smugglers Booster
Terrik and Talon Karrde go on a wild and dangerous treasure hunt. |
SOURCE INFO: |
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TITLE: |
Emanations of Darkness |
CREATOR(S): |
Patrician Jackson |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in the Star Wars Adventure Journal |
SUMMARY: |
Sequel to "The Final
Exit," concerning the final fate of Adalric Cessius Brandl, Jaalib Brandl
and Fable Astin. |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
Published
here. |
TITLE: |
Marvel Comics
material in Cracken's Threat Dossier |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
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SUMMARY: |
"Cracken's
Threat Dossier was in concept going to be the vehicle where they could
showcase the stories which may not have warranted their own hardcover
sourcebook. I believe that at one time, Eric may have said that Marvel
source material may have been a candidate as a Threat Dossier." -
genghis12 |
SOURCE INFO: |
Jedi Council Forums
topic: Star
Wars: Lostworlds |
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TITLE: |
X-Wing Rogue Squadron
Sourcebook |
CREATOR(S): |
mostly unknown
Eric Trautmann
short story by Michael A. Stackpole |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
sourcebook supposedly completely finished but never published due to the
bankruptcy of West End Games and the move of the RPG license to Wizards of
the Coast. There are rumors of the existence of a CD-ROM containing the
entire contents of the book. |
SUMMARY: |
Datafile containing
info on Rogue Squadron, it is pilots, and it is enemies. Describes
New Republic and Empire officers, like General Airen Cracken, and the evil
Imperial Director of Intelligence, Ysanne Isard; and also about the shady
characters that have dealt with Rogue Squadron, like the alien Cirruhs,
the Duros named Waleen Jol, and the Pacithip Kettak. Also
includes a short story by Michael A. Stackpole featuring Corran Horn and
his feelings at the Battle of Bilbringi.
Features an original short story by New
York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole, plus information on
the characters, planets, vehicles, droids, aliens and situations featured
in Stackpole's Star Wars novels. (40148) SC, 144pg $25.00
As to the legend of the lost CD:
"Heh.
Actually, the data on the CD was corrupted and we didn't know it at the
time, so the CD-ROM that escaped WEG's decimation contains garbage data.
Sigh.
Pieces of the sourcebook are still lying around my house, but mostly
unedited -- and frankly, terrible -- work I had banged out and repaired in
later versions." - Eric
Trautmann (courtesy of genghis12) |
SOURCE INFO: |
Jedi Council Forums
topic: Star
Wars: Lostworlds |
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TITLE: |
Hutt and Seek |
CREATOR(S): |
Chris Cassidy & Tish
Pahl |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Supposed to appear in
an unpublished issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal. Revised and
included in the Tales from the New Republic paperback antholgy without
illustrations and RPG material. |
SUMMARY: |
Corellian smuggler
Fenig Nabon finds herself on the bad end of a deal with "partner" Ghitsa
Dogder - a plan to con a Hutt, with the unwitting aid of Mistryl assassin
Shada D'ukal. She greets Shada and her new apprentice Dunc T'racen as they
arrive on Ryloth. They are concluding a deal with the Shak Clan, to ship
Twi'lek females to Nal Hutta. Shada objects - she hauls slaves for nobody,
not even for 20,000 credits. Ghitsa claims the females are a dancing
troupe, en route to Durga the Hutt. An uneasy Shada ups the price to
32,000 credits, and accepts. Shada can sense that Ghitsa's an Imperial,
and keeps a close eye on both smugglers the whole trip. They come upon a
relay buoy, meaning a likely trap ahead - but it is too late to back out
now. Shada pulls the freighter out of space, and good thing too - a
Firespray-class ship is waiting for them. Shada takes it out, but
recognises it as belonging to the Karazak Slavers Cooperative. As the ship
rushes to Nar Shaddaa, Ghitsa prods Dunc into a fury, telling her they had
indeed been slavers after all. Shada realises full well what Ghitsa's
trying to do - push the Mistryl into breaking their contract.
Nevertheless, why? Ghitsa will not answer, and will not explain what is
really going on. Furious, Shada throws both smugglers into an escape pod
and shoots them off.
Only it turns out the laugh is on the Mistryl - Ghitsa altered the ship's
ID code to read as a slaver ship. The escape pod lands on Nal Hutta, where
Ghitsa rushes to Durga's palace and spins a yarn about his ship being
taken by the KSC. He invokes Hutt law and provides the altered ID code to
evade execution. Back on the smuggler ship, Shada and Dunc find a message
from Fen outlining the whole sorry deal. It seems Ghitsa set all this up
to ignite a gang war. Shada returns the slaves to Ryloth while Fenig and
Ghitsa fly off into the stars with their ill-gotten gains…
- from Time Tales
On Ryloth, Fenig (Fen) Nabon and Ghista Dogder hire two Mistryl, Shada
Du’kal and Dunc
T’racen, to transport them and a cargo of Twi’lek females to Durga the
Hutt on Nal Hutta.
The Mistryl are not amused, since they don’t wish to see the Twi’leks sold
into slavery, but
when the women tell them all is legit, they are honor-bound to stick to
the arrangement. On
the somewhat long trip to Nal Hutta aboard the Mistryls’ ship, the Fury,
Ghista continuously
pisses off the Mistryl with insults and insinuations. When they get above
Nal Hutta, the
Mistryl force Ghista and Fen into an escape pod and launch them to the
surface without their
“cargo” of women. Fen and Ghista survive and make it to see Durga, who is
told that the ship
that stole his cargo was the slave vessel the Indenture (which they’d
actually destroyed en
route to Nal Hutta), which is owned (was owned) by the Karazak Slaving
Cooperative. He
trusts Ghista because she is one of his clan’s counselors, empowered to
make Hutt deals,
but even though he believes her and will let she and Fen live to leave Nal
Hutta aboard their
waiting ship, the Star Lady, he will not allow Ghista to continue as a
counselor. Later, Shada
and Dunc find a holomessage from Fen which tells them that they intended
for the Mistryl to
send them along without the “cargo,” and the Twi’leks are awaited back on
Ryloth for a safe
return home. The Mistryl will still get their payment, and, hopefully,
blaming the loss of the
women on the KSC will spark clan warfare among the slaver, allowing Ryloth
to live in peace,
at least for a little while. For Ghista’s part, she is happy to no longer
be a counselor and
happy that she was able to “stick it” to Durga—two of his previous
counselors, both of whom
were killed by Durga, were Dodgers as well.
- from Star Wars Timeline Gold |
SOURCE INFO: |
Tales from the New
Republic |
MORE INFO: |
Published in its original
form here! |
TITLE: |
DarkStryder discarded plotlines |
CREATOR(S): |
Eric Trautmann |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Discarded plotline for
the DarkStryder campaign |
SUMMARY: |
- At one time, High Inquisitor Tremayne
was going to be part of the plot
- WEG was forced to retool a lot of Darkstryder plot because it was nearly
identical (although independently created) to the Star Trek Voyager plot
and WEG didn't feel it was appropriate
- A major overhaul of the Darkstryder planet inhabitants was done because
they were going to be essentially what the Shadows from B5 were, but again
Darkstryder was beat out of the gate |
SOURCE INFO: |
Eric Trautmann, "Making of Darkstryder",
Darkstryder: Endgame, West End Games |
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TITLE: |
Gambler's Luck |
CREATOR(S): |
Troy Denning |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled solitaire
adventure |
SUMMARY: |
N/A |
SOURCE INFO: |
Star Wars Insider #56
p69
Q&A with Star Wars Authors (article
at StarWars.com) |
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TITLE: |
Love Is a Warm Blaster |
CREATOR(S): |
Paul Danner w/
illustrations by Talon Dunning |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in an unpublished issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal.
Timeline placement should be before 4 ASW4 since it is implied that Jabba
the Hutt is still alive. |
SUMMARY: |
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MORE INFO: |
Published here! |
TITLE: |
Just Business |
CREATOR(S): |
Paul Danner |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Short story supposed to
appear in an unpublished issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal. |
SUMMARY: |
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RELATED LINKS: |
The story was first
released online at Star
Wars Fanboy Association - Original Fiction |
TITLE: |
Star Wars: First Empire |
CREATOR(S): |
Pablo Hidalgo (consultant) |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Planned RPG boxed
campaign set |
SUMMARY: |
"This was to be a boxed
campaign set, a la DarkStryder or Lords of the Expanse. It never got off
the planning stages. It only consisted of a few discussions between myself
and Eric Trautmann. I think Tim Zahn and Mike Stackpole shared some ideas
with him as well. Since it was never pitched to Lucasfilm (as far as I
know), I won't share any details on it. It had no title, but First Empire
was my working suggestion. I think it's pretty cool, and maybe someday,
it'll somehow be resurrected. " -
Pablo Hidalgo |
SOURCE INFO: |
Pablo Hidalgo post on Welcome
some BAC VIPs (StarWars.com
Message Boards) |
TITLE: |
Star Wars Adventure Journal #17 |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
periodical |
SUMMARY: |
WEG41017 - SWAJ#17:
Don't miss this special New Republic theme issue, featuring an original
short story by New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn. This issue
is also packed with fiction, sourcefiles, and adventures, including a game
scenario featuring smugglers Talon Karrde and Booster Terrik on a wild
treasure hunt. SC,
288pg $12.00 |
SOURCE INFO: |
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MORE INFO: |
Published in part here!
(Missing "The Jarnollen Expedition") |
TITLE: |
Star Wars Adventure Journal #18 |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
periodical |
SUMMARY: |
WEG41018 - SWAJ#18: $12.00 |
SOURCE INFO: |
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TITLE: |
Dungeon
magazine #109, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116 material |
CREATOR(S): |
various |
PUBLISHER: |
Paizo Publishing |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled Star Wars RPG
articles and adventures in preparation for these and future issues of
Dungeon magazine |
SUMMARY: |
Message via Vic Wertz,
President of Paizo Publishing:
Look for more "long form" Star Wars articles, as well as Chris West's
"Starships of the Galaxy" in issues 109, 111, 112, 113, 115, and 116. I've
got a healthy submission pile and I think Star Wars RPG fans will be very
pleased with the stuff we've got coming up.
--Erik Mona, Editor-in-Chief of Dungeon Magazine |
SOURCE INFO: |
Jedi Council Forums
topic: "Official"
Dungeon Magazine Star Wars Thread |
RELATED LINKS: |
Paizo.com |
TITLE: |
SpecForces: Instant Adventures |
CREATOR(S): |
Pablo Hidalgo, S. John Ross (contributing
authors) |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Planned RPG supplement |
SUMMARY: |
"The WEG Instant Adventures book proved
popular enough to spawn a sequel, a Lords of the Expanse edition of IA.
The second sequel would be instant adventures centered around SpecForce
type characters. I was in the middle of writing a story about Rebel
commandos escorting an influential prince returning to his homeworld, and
protecting him from Imperials and traitors. " - Pablo Hidalgo |
SOURCE INFO: |
Pablo Hidalgo post on Welcome
some BAC VIPs (StarWars.com
Message Boards)
The WEDGE Interview: S. John Ross by Shawn Lockard |
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TITLE: |
Creatures of Kashyyk |
CREATOR(S): |
Pablo Hidalgo (artist) |
PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Planned Star Wars
Adventure Journal article |
SUMMARY: |
"This was to be an
Adventure Journal article, written by Craig Robert Carey. It eventually
mutated into a Gamer article years later, and my rough pencils were
salvaged and printed in tiny size for the article. (I'm glad they were
printed small since they weren't finished)" -
Pablo Hidalgo |
SOURCE INFO: |
Pablo Hidalgo post on Welcome
some BAC VIPs (StarWars.com
Message Boards) |
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TITLE: |
Who's Who in the
Imperial Military (Gamer) |
CREATOR(S): |
Dan Wallace |
PUBLISHER: |
Wizards of the Coast |
DESCRIPTION: |
RPG article supposed to
appear in an unpublished issue of Star Wars Gamer |
SUMMARY: |
Supposed to focus
almost exclusively on the movie characters (not the EU additions).
"Yes, we wrote about
Tagge in it, but since it's a standard "Who's Who"-style article (with
short capsule bios of all the players) it doesn't add much original
material to Tagge's history." - Dan Wallace |
SOURCE INFO: |
Jedi Council Forums
topic: The
Official Dan Wallace Discussion Thread |
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TITLE: |
Cult Encounters of the
Star Wars Universe |
CREATOR(S): |
Joe Bongiorno, Rich
Handley (writers) & Joe Corroney (artist) |
PUBLISHER: |
Wizards of the Coast |
DESCRIPTION: |
In-universe
article written by Blackhole that was to appear in an unpublished issue of
Star Wars Gamer |
SUMMARY: |
My article (co-written
by Rich Handley) was "Cult Encounters of the Star
Wars Universe". I'm not sure what clever title the editor had in mind, but
that was essentially the title we had in mind. Joe Corroney likely would
have supplied the artwork.
It covered:
The Guild of Vindicators (Devilworlds: Dark Lord's Conscience)
The Ancient Order of Pessimists (Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire)
Seekers of the Soul Worm (Devilworlds: The Pandora Effect)
The Order of the Terrible Glare (Devilworlds: Blind Fury)
The basic premise was that we provided inside information for the Game
Master, explaining who these cultists were, what beings or principles they
served, what powers they might have had, what their main objectives were,
etc.
The Order of the Terrible Glare portion had some brief dialogue between
Luke
and Bodo Baas from the Holocron. Also, the article on the Ancient Order of
Pessimists was a lighter, more humorous piece (in keeping with their
character) unlike the others which were much darker.
- Joe Bongiorno
There was no exact date set for publication (for the Cults piece). It
should have followed up the Alien Encounters by an issue or two (which is
why it was sent to LFL for approval), but Rich starting having personal
problems, so we postponed it for some time. Eventually, they were ready to
go and the new editor was apprised of that, but unfortunately, it was too
late as Gamer was soon after cancelled.
- Joe Bongiorno |
SOURCE INFO: |
Email correspondence
with Joe Bongiorno |
MORE INFO: |
Reformatted for
Hyperspace |
TITLE: |
Tion Hegemony Sourcebook |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
sourcebook |
SUMMARY: |
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SOURCE INFO: |
Corporate Sector
Authority Sourcebook - ?Introduction |
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TITLE: |
Jedi Sourcebook |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
Cancelled RPG
sourcebook |
SUMMARY: |
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SOURCE INFO: |
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RELATED LINKS: |
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TITLE: |
Aliens Compendium |
CREATOR(S): |
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PUBLISHER: |
West End Games |
DESCRIPTION: |
RPG sourcebook
scheduled for release in March 1998 about the time WEG went bankrupt. |
SUMMARY: |
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SOURCE INFO: |
Michael Kogge,
"Playing a Major Role", Star Wars Galaxy Collector #1 |
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Note:
Unpublished. rare. or out-of-print Star Wars stories will be taken
down if/when officially released/reprinted |
Supernatural Encounters

Cult Encounters
Previously unpublished
duology intended for Hyperspace and the Star Wars Blog. |
Lightsider

Tom Veitch's
unpublished bridge story between Dark Empire I and II |
Much More over at
THE ARCHIVES |
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