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from 2003-2004, and 2008, and includes an unpublished (unfinished) short.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
You can find all the details on the pre-order for the deluxe editions on
this page.
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!
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.
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:
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.
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.
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
line!
Listed by year is the archived
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.
Archived News 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
Archived News 2003
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