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7/15/25 SE-Inspired Artwork!
At
long last, art and illustrations inspired by Supernatural Encounters has its own
page here--and
it is very cool! I quite enjoy seeing the different interpretations of various
characters and villains in wildly creative scenes, and I think you will too!
Note: Our policy towards AI art is that it's welcome as fan art, which means
that it isn't taking anything away from human artists. Supernatural
Encounters itself utilizes strictly human art, but I encourage fans to use
any tools, including AI, to create animation, illustrations, and music for our
enjoyment (and which would otherwise not exist). I understand that it's a
controversial issue and the reasons why and fully respect differing opinions on
the subject.
7/14/25 Coming soon! I moved Allegiance to the 7-12 month ABY
section, and added the unpublished/Lostworlds story, "The Krylon Snare" to right
before it, where it was intended to go. That story will be made available
sometime later in the year in digital and physical form.
7/2/25 New SE Guide!
Calling all Star Warriors and Starhoppers!
Back during work on the 3rd edition of Supernatural Encounters,
my lead editor Corey was toiling away on “The Infinity Realm of Apeiron” and
providing assistance to me and the phenomenally talented David Canavese who
designed the new maps for Illathurion and the Nihil Retreat.
Of the 1st edition maps created by lead editor Edward Dodds, the
Illathurion/Otherspace map (aka. the Wekufe map) came by way of Hathkalid Sud;
and while Sud's cartographic knowledge was understandably limited, it managed to
get Hex to his destination and back. As to the Nihil Retreat map, that came by
way of Succate of Carrivar (see The Unknown Regions sourcebook) an
explorer who, in 80 BBY, spent time with the Sorcerers of Rhand and obtained a
map from them that appears to have been purposely designed to lure travelers
into traps and snares.
Of the 3rd edition maps, the Illathurion map was created by
Asmoth-Yor from information transmitted to her from Archon-Ood over long years
of investigation into the history of cartography of Otherspace. This map was
then passed along to Q9. The Nihil Retreat map was derived from the holocron of
Lord Cronal, aka Shadowspawn, aka Blackhole, who kept a secret and detailed
atlas after his pilgrimage to the Temple of Darkness on Rhand.
While neither of us had time to do a full write-up before the deadline, Corey
took my notes and has been diligently working ever since to give us our latest
expansion to the Guide to the Celestial Spheres:
The Otherspace of Illathurion!
Eagle-eyed readers of The Guide to the Celestial Spheres may have seen
this in-universe work teased all the way back in January, offering a hint at the
behind-the-scenes work that goes into coordinating, connecting, and
foreshadowing our ever-growing list of ESE projects.
You can find and download The Otherspace of Illathurion here along with
other amazing guides and stories right here!
6/21/25 New Expanded Supernatural Encounters!
Hey
everyone,
I
couldn't be more delighted to release the latest short story approved under the
ESE banner: Hunters of Angkor, written by the phenomenally talented Atom
Mudman Bezecny.
Set in 2
BBY, Hunters of Angkor follows an ambitious Mandalorian bounty hunter in
pursuit of a legendary darksider. But when her target attempts to flee not only
through space but time as well, accessing the fabled World Between Worlds, she
has no choice but to pursue her prey into the age of myth and legend. Finding
herself in the final years of the War of Temporal Planes (2678 NE), the young
hunter is forced to question everything: Who is her target really? Has she
stumbled on to something even worse? And does she have any hope of ever
returning home?
I hope
that you all enjoy this riveting story as much as I did. You can access it on
the Expanded Encounters page or by
following the link
here.
Site News: In related
news, I've added all the current EE stories to the complete saga page under the
banner. If I get the opportunity this coming week,
I'm going to see if I can make better sense of the early part of the
chronology--which was arranged in a way as to make sense if read in context with
that section, but which is a little confusing otherwise. I suspect that by
adding a simple label before certain sections things will be clearer. I will
also be adding the Chronology of the Old Solar System, which will include many
of the pulp stories from the first half of the 20th Century which feature
stories more or less set in the solar system (mostly Mars and Venus) of Edgar
Rice Burroughs and his contemporaries and successors, which includes the works
of Leigh Brackett, Lin Carter, C.L. Moore, Clark Ashton Smith, Michael Moorcock,
and many others.
6/19/25
The SE Powerpoint!
From a new channel, this is a lovely discussion and powerpoint presentation of
Supernatural Encounters by three smart and sweet individuals. Check it
out, and be sure to like and subscribe if you want to see more like it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqs2hRyEqLk&t=531s
And while you're at it, don't miss Crabartist Productions breakdowns of the
Firstborn Races. His latest in the series are the Kwa/Kwoth. These are
insightful and told during the process in which he illustrates them--which is
really cool if you're interested in the visual arts as well as a lore breakdown.
So, like and subscribe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMpWYgGFNA&t=2s
It's exciting to see these new and small channels emerging that are purely
fan-driven, free of corporate influence, but also free of the toxicity and
vitriol that's poisoned so many fan spaces. These two channels remind us of what
the fan community really is about. And speaking of that, for those who'd like to
join our own fan community on Discord, and how know how to get along with
others, drop me a
line.
6/6/25
SE in the Mainstream Media
A bit
surreal and something I could not have predicted in a thousand years: while
talking to Mark Hamill, Stephen Colbert name-dropped a character I co-created!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xO_83-4xrg
Short
history: Typhojem was the name I gave to a malevolent deity from Alan Dean
Foster's book Splinter of the Mind's Eye (the deity's idol was known to
the locals as Pomojema). Foster had subsequently told me that it was intended to
be Cthulhu, the entity from the stories of H.P. Lovecraft and others.
The
factoid that Colbert tells Hamill is from Book of Sith, by Dan Wallance,
which stated that Ajunta Pall, one of the early Dark Lords of the Sith (though
not the earliest, as Colbert stated), was held to be a manifestation of Typhojem.
Typhojem
was brought to life as a character in my book
Supernatural Encounters, and, for
the most part I kept continuity with what Lovecraft and others established while
also developing an original story in which he and his cohorts terrorized the
galaxy.
All in all, a very cool nod!
5/31/25 SE News
For those of you who took part in the extended April pre-sale of the Deluxe
Supernatural Encounters, books are in! I'll start shipping them out this coming
week, probably Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll email each of you individually with
tracking numbers. For those of you just learning about this now, although there
will be no additional Deluxe editions (unless there's another LegendsCon), there
will be standard editions in the summer, as I'll begin working on them in a few
weeks.
Stay tuned for the drop of the English translations of four Spanish Droids books
from Plaza Joven and four Droids books by Editorial Gespa. Once these
translations are uploaded here, I'll return to work on finishing edits for the
first Hungarian Han Solo book.
5/29/25 Site News
Shout-out to Bryan Reed for catching and pointing out a typo in the Episode I
Journal: Queen Amidala listing. It's you guys that have made this site the best
it can be! Also work continues apace on the Timeline of the Old Urthha System.
There's a lot of research involved and lot of stories for those interested in
the history of this region, but I think it'll be worth it when it's all said and
done.
5/17-18/25 Site News
Finishing up and correcting what I started yesterday, including fixes to the Cosmic Wars era
and more additions. There is more I could add, but for now this should suffice.
5/16/25 Site News
Pursuant to the Lucasverse and other crossovers that have appeared in the EU and
SE, I've begun adding some Lucasarts games and a few other things to the
Complete Saga timeline. More to come.
5/15/25 Site News
Thanks again to chaosDesigner for helping make the EU Reading list
a bit more accurate and complete! I've also added some of the Dark Crystal EU
stories to the timeline. I know some of you may not care for the larger
Lucasverse or any of the crossovers that appear in the EU or SE; if that's the
case, stick to the individual era pages. And speaking of controversial areas, to
the
Complete Saga timeline, I also added titles for the last three episodes of
Andor.
5/10/25 Site News
Given its appearance in Supernatural Encounters, The Dark Crystal and
some of its prequels have been added to the
Complete Saga and EU Reading list.
Consider these dates fluid as there is no official chronology and much of this
is guesswork. (Note: while other Dark Crystal stories have been
published, they haven't been put on the timeline as of yet, but they should be
considered part of the larger story). Thanks to chaosDesigner for the prompt!
5/9/25
The Sequel to Wish 13!!
Fans of Star Wars, Supernatural Encounters, space opera, and weird fiction are
eating good these days, as Samantha H.G.'s sequel to her highly acclaimed
Wish 13 II: Eternal Consequences is now available for your reading enjoyment
here! I've called Sam the next
C.L. Moore, and when you read Wish 13 I and II, you'll see why! Head over
to the Expanded Encounters page for
these stories and more!
Site News: I've added most of S2 of Andor to the Complete
Timeline. I know some people love this and some don't, but we're at three
episodes to the end of this series and, thus far, both Andor and Rogue
One can fit into both universes (Skyriver and Hyperion... aka. the EU and
DU) just fine. As to the Rogue One: Cassian Andor and K-2SO comic book
one-shot, that would now either represent a cover story or go into Apeiron...
aka. the Infinities realm).
5/8/25 Sold Out!
While deluxe editions of Supernatural Encounters have sold out, don't
despair! Standard editions will be made available some time in the early summer,
and while not as fancy as these, they will still be excellent in quality and
content! Stay tuned for announcements in the month ahead. Also stay tuned for
the forthcoming translations of the Plaza Joven Droids books and more!
May the Sith!

Exciting news: After many long years of searching, the four Plaza Joven Ewoks
books are now available in English
here for your digital
download! Special thanks to Arthur Lowery for procuring these and David Beck for
formatting them!
Stay tuned for the Plaza Joven Droids, the sequel to Wish 13, and more!
May the 4th Be With You!
4/26/26 Reading the Translated Ewoks
Quinlan Vos
discusses and reads the English translations we made of the Plaza Joven Ewoks
books which is coming here soon! Check out the discussion and reading
here.
4/24/25 Supernatural Games!
Like word searches? Me too! Play the Supernatural Encounters Word Search,
created by Maxine Morrell, right
here!
4/22/25 Deluxe Edition Pre-Sale Extended!
Due to high demand, pre-sales for the SE Deluxe limited edition have been
extended until 4/27. If you haven't yet pre-ordered, see details
here.
4/21/25 SE Web Version 3rd Edition
The complete 3rd edition version of Supernatural Encounters (with the new maps)
is now available for download here.
Standard edition physical copies will be available in a few months or so. I've
updated the cover gallery to include dates and descriptions, and updated the
recommend reading list just for fun.
4/15/25 The Complete Planet Hoppers Collection is now available for
download in The Archives. This
was the continuity-stitching series that ran on the Wizards of the Coast website
from 2003-2004, and 2008, and includes an unpublished (unfinished) short. An
audio interview with the main writer for the series, Corey Herndon, can be found
on Spotify
here. Special thanks to Brennan (Quinlan Vos) for putting this all together!
Reminder: The pre-sale for the deluxe limited 3rd edition of Supernatural
Encounters closes on 4/20.
4/13/25 Deluxe Redux
 Because
so many of you reached out to me expressing dismay at having missed the deluxe
edition of Supernatural Encounters, I've contacted my printer who agreed to
print a small batch for stragglers. Pre-orders will be ending shortly.
This edition is limited and will not be made available again unless
there is a future LegendsCon.
The pre-sale is now closed.
Please note that a standard edition is in the works for June with details TBD.
Additional books from the tier sets will not be available at that time.
3/19/25 Light in the Darkness

Maxine Morrell, Arthur Lowery, Joanna Lowery, Joe
Bongiorno, Samantha H.G., Alex Bernardi, Corey Carter, Marcel Ryan

Samantha H.G. Joanna Lowery, Arthur Lowery, Maxine
Morrell, Alex Bernardi, me, Corey Carter, Marcel's wife, Marcel Ryan

Me, Rich Handley, Arthur Lowery, Corey Carter,
Marcel Ryan, Samantha H.G., Maxine Morrell, Joanna Lowery
Had an amazing time over the weekend with some fellow EU friends, authors, and
spouses!
SE News: Just a quick update, as
it's still a busy time over here after hosting all of those fantastic people you
see in the pictures above--but I wanted to announce that 3rd ed, deluxe limited
edition Supernatural Encounters (SE) books are here and will be ready to go out
next week! If you missed this one, stay tuned in April for the standard
editions, which will be similar in content, but won't include the signed Nick
Joseph plate, the illustrated endpapers, the bookmark, the leatherette covers,
etc. I'll also endeavor to put a PDF up on the site that includes the final 3rd
ed. text and maps.
In the meantime, be sure to download the latest Expanded Supernatural Encounters
(ESE) stories, the excellent
A Gleam of Silver in the Dark, by Luke Van Horn, and the
fantastic bonus story,
Aria's Storm, by Kelcy Van Horn!
2/15/25 New Animation!
AC Bagel's newest animated audiobook adaptation of Supernatural Encounters has
dropped, and it's even more beautiful than the prior episodes. In the first half
of Chapter 24, prepare to delve into one of the most expansive and conceptually
rich chapters yet, as we witness the Architects’ bold attempts to reshape
reality itself. This chapter explores the creation of the Earthworlds, crafted
to lure humanity and serve as Tilotny’s grand stage for her ultimate plan of
domination and supposed salvation. Check it out
here!
2/14/25 Site Update
After considerable consideration, The Force Unleashed has been moved back
into Infinities where I had placed it years earlier back in 2014 (I've gone back
and forth with this a few times). Given the one-time popularity of this game,
this may seem needlessly controversial, but there's just no reconciling two
crucial plot aspects of the story (in the game and novel) with A New Hope,
the Star Wars Radio Drama, and the Empire #5-6: Princess... Warrior.
The climax of TFU has Bail Organa caught by Palpatine and Vader onboard the
Death Star while it's under construction. Bail Organa flees and becomes a wanted
terrorist. This flies in the face of his daughter being a prominent member of
the Senate and creates a contradiction with her secret role in the Rebellion.
Had her father been a known terrorist and Rebel, and given all the watchful eyes
that would have been upon her, neither Bail nor the Alliance would have given
her the crucial mission of retrieving the Death Star plans from the Rebels who
captured it.
Similarly, in the second episode of the Star Wars Radio Drama and fifth and
sixth issues of the series Star Wars: Empire, Lord Tion, a commodore in
the Imperial Navy, visits Bail Organa in his home on Alderaan for dinner to see
if he can secure a marriage alliance with Leia. This takes place right before
Leia is sent to retrieve the Death Star plans.
These are irreconcilable contradictions (and not the only ones in this story)
created by the designers of The Force Unleashed who not only failed to
take into account the continuity of the EU but of the films themselves.

2/2/25
Five Days Left!
Pre-sales for the Deluxe, Limited 3rd Edition of
Supernatural Encounters is closing in five days! But for those on a budget,
we've got you covered! Standard editions will be made available some time in
April. Stay tuned for updates or drop me an email to join our Discord server.
Supernatural Music! If you're a fan of the
heavy metal genre like I am, you'll be thrilled to know that Lord Vader has made
several rocking compositions based on Supernatural Encounters and the EU! You
can hear them all here!
1/23/25 Update Day!
 
For all of you Star Warriors who’ve been on this journey with us for years and
all of you Starhoppers who are new to it, I’m thrilled to announce the pre-sale
of the third (and final) edition of Supernatural Encounters, which will
be available in a very limited edition deluxe hardcover two-volume set for
pickup at LegendsCon II on March 15-16, 2025, at the University of Arlington in
Texas. And for Discord members and fans of the site unable to attend, you’re not
left out--this offer is extended to you as well:
All the details are here!
While I’d love to give you all a free copy, the costs of production and shipping
are very high, and this crowdfunding effort will allow me to produce additional
copies for fans at LCII and beyond.
To that end, there are three tiers that you can choose from, with the second and
third including exclusive LCII printings of books from some of our fellow
authors! Note, these are all being printed in small, limited quantities and
offered on a first-come, first served basis (which means that payment will be
required upon order). No refunds!
Check out the new covers and all the details at the link above. Be sure to read
the fine print so that there’s no confusion, but don’t hesitate to reach out to
me privately
here if you have any questions or concerns.
1/21/25
Guide to the Celestial Spheres!
In our continuing Expanded Supernatural Encounters series, we have the second of
several forthcoming Alien Guides ready for you to download!
Supernatural Encounters: Guide to the
Celestial Spheres, by Corey Carter and illustrated by
AC Bagel can be downloaded
here!
As per the author: "In November of last year, I found myself in a bit of a bind.
I was in a creative mood, absolutely champing at the bit to write something...
but after a long day at work, my brain was fried and I didn't have it in me to
tackle anything too difficult. So I challenged myself to whip up something
(hopefully) interesting with the lore I know like the back of my hand. Then i
shared it with the team. We all agreed that the concept had legs and so I've
been burning the candle at both ends to put together a preview for you all.
With all that said, it's my delight to present to you the Supernatural
Encounters Guide to the Celestial Spheres, a new sourcebook intended to cover
the many planets - major and obscure - in SE. Along with providing an easily
accessible summary of places with a lot of history (like the Earthworlds), the
Guide sheds light on some overlooked places, provides additional lore, and is
riddled with teasers and Easter eggs for upcoming projects (including but not
limited to SE's 3rd edition).
Getting this ready in time was no mean feat but I didn't go it alone. I owe a
profound debt of gratitude to Joe for his ceaseless patience
with my endless, extremely niche questions; my fellow editors for providing an
invaluable sounding board; the phenomenally talented AC Bagel, who, on short
notice, turned my no doubt infuriatingly vague prompts into breathtaking new art
for the Guide; and Kevin Beentjes, who lent his design expertise to turn my
extremely basic, comparatively hideous Word doc into the visual masterpiece I
present today. This Guide would be a whole lot shorter, uglier, and more boring
without them moving mountains for me in a very narrow window and I couldn't be
more grateful for everything they've done. I hope you all enjoy!
1/15/25
Guide to the Firstborn Races!
In our continuing Expanded Supernatural Encounters series, we have the first of
several forthcoming Alien Guides ready for you to download!
Supernatural Encounters: Guide to the Firstborn Races,written
by Kevin Beentjes and illustrated by Kevin Beentjes (and others) can be
downloaded
here!
As per the author: "I'm really excited to share with you the Supernatural
Encounters: Guide to the Firstborn Races today! It is a self-contained guide
covering all the 66 named Precursors we encounter in SE, but also serves a
preview to the still very much in progress eventual guide that covers all the
1500+ species in SE. You'll find some things in this guide that foreshadow
publications yet to come, either from the 3rd edition or other works in the
Expanded Encounters. It was a great pleasure to work with others on this
project, with Joe and Corey Carter helping me track down obscure sources, as
well as with AC Bagel in our little colab to bring some of the unseen species to
life." Check it our for free today!
1/8/25 Expanded Supernatural Encounters!

UPDATE DAY! Calling all Star Warriors and Starhoppers! I'm excited to announce
Wish 13: Glimpses of Oblivion, an Expanded Supernatural Encounters
installment written by our very own Samantha H.G.!!
Taking place in 46 ABY, Wish 13: Glimpses of Oblivion
is illustrated by Katherine Graci, and is an incredible ride! You can find it
here.
Sam managed to craft a skillful, scary, and wild space adventure with great
characters that I absolutely adored, and which feels like the classic Weird
Tales of old! As with Mark Elam's excellent Cthon and Devilworlds,
and a few others that are yet being worked on that I've glimpsed, I consider
these stories part of the SE family, and therefore part of my*canon. I
hope that once you read it, it'll be part of yours as well!
I use that term deliberately because the Cosmic Wars era remains rich with
storytelling potential, and many of you have taken up the mantle in expanding it
further. For this reason, I've been working with Corey Carter to support fanmade
and fan-led projects directly connected to Supernatural Encounters. Corey
will chime in later to introduce and explain what we've dubbed Expanded
Supernatural Encounters. I should also note that Wish 13 is but the first
in a wave of announcements and previews that will be released throughout
January, with further reveals prepared for LegendsCon II.
1/1/25
Party Like It's Cold Danda Sine!

Splendid Ap Throws a Party!


Cold Danda Sine says the party's over!

Special thanks to Jobaly for these and many more that you can find on the
Discord server! Why don't you join us? Do you play well with others? Drop me a
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news for that year, as well as the website updates that had originally
been on a separate page. I've decided to combine them by date for
those long-time fans of this site, as well as any that are curious to see
my chronological thoughts and editorials over the years. Occasionally,
you'll see non-Star Wars material from my other timeline sites included,
as this was before I had the lightbulb moment when I realized that
each universe should have its own "latest news" and "updates" page. Please
note too that these pages are being kept for nostalgia and research
purposes. None of the internal links, of which there are many, will
actually work, as they were created at the time the Star Wars Expanded
Universe Timeline was listed under the umbrella site Timelineuniverse.net,
which is no longer the case.
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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Previously
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Lightsider

Tom
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This site's original
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A Clone Wars
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Everything you always wanted
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Long forgotten, un-reprinted
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