Version One News Archive

Version One, Tenth Edition, May 2000	Changes from Version One, Ninth Edition (January 2000): moved the "Planets and Their Native Races" document into a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet added Anakin's Pit Droid added Battle for the Golden Sun added Black Ice added Cracken's Rebel Operatives added Dark Tide: Onslaught added Domain of Evil added The Far Orbit Project (thanks to Rob Treder for loaning this one! added Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters added Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations added Heroes & Rogues (thanks to Nan Galliher and Piotr Mikolajski for loaning this one!) added Instant Adventures (thanks to Nan Galliher for loaning this one!) added Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown added Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead added Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path added Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple added Jedi's Honor added Operation: Elrood added Planet of the Mists added The Politics of Contraband (thanks to Aaron Snyder for loaning this one!) added Queen In Disguise added Rogue Planet added Rules of Engagement (thanks to Nan Galliher for loaning this one!) added Scoundrel's Luck added Secrets of the Sisar Run (thanks to Nan Galliher for loaning this one!) added Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook added Star Wars Campaign Pack added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: The Bartokk Assassins added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: The Fury of Darth Maul added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: Jedi Emergency added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: The Ghostling Children added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker added Star Wars Gamemaster Kit added Star Wars Journal: Darth Maul added Star Wars Kids magazine, issues 1 through 6 added Star Wars Miniatures Battles added Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion added Star Wars Technical Journal added Tales of the Jedi Companion added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine Number 48 added information from the Official Star Wars website finalized information from Rebellion finalized information from Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
February 2000	Many thanks to ThunderHud for showing me a way to have the navigation bar reformat the surrounding text, thereby eliminating the "hidden text" effect. Visit The Coalition of Galactic Fleets by clicking here!
Ninth Edition, January 2000	Well, here I am in my Ninth Edition, and things are still going - and growing - strong in the Star Wars universe. I've modified the navigation around the site by removing the old frames page and using the neat toolbar at the left. Thanks for the HTML code go to Belden Twenn (a.k.a. Jeff Tomchak). Please send me a note if you have trouble with the navigation toolbar. Changes from Version One, Eighth Edition (September 1999): more minor formatting and grammatical changes added entries on the characters of the Aurebesh from Star Wars Monopoly added Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire added Cracken's Threat Dossier (thanks to Jim Fisher for loaning this one!) added Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts (thanks to Jim Fisher for loaning this one!) added Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror added Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead added Galaxy of Fear: Clones added Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive added Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi added Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine added Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague added Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm added Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past added Star Wars Episode I Adventures: Search for the Lost Jedi added Tales from the New Republic added The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook Special Edition (thanks to Jim Fisher for loaning this one!) added The Official Strategy Guide for Episode I: RACER (thanks to Dan Wallace for this one!) added The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook (thanks to Jim Fisher for loaning this one!) added Vector Prime added Wanted by Cracken added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement added Young Jedi Card Game: The Jedi Council finalized information from the Star Wars Customizable Card Game - Endor finalized information from Rebel Assault added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine number 46 added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine number 47 added partial information from X-Wing Alliance started categorized listings of entries
Eighth Edition, September 1999	Changes from Version One, Seventh Edition (June 1999): more minor formatting and grammatical changes added Star Wars Journal: Anakin Skywalker added Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force added Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival added Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Illustrated Screenplay added Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook added Star Wars: Episode I Insider’s Guide added the Shadows of the Empire Soundtrack added Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Visual Dictionary added Star Wars: Epsiode I Who’s Who: A Pocket Guide to the Characters of The Phantom Menace added Star Wars: Episode I What’s What: A Pocket Guide to The Phantom Menace added The Art of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace added The Mandalorian Armor added Slave Ship added Hard Merchandise added X-Wing: Iron Fist added X-Wing: Solo Command added X-Wing: Isard’s Revenge added X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar added Star Wars Episode I: Anakin Skywalker added Star Wars Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi added Star Wars Epsiode I: Queen Amidala added Star Wars Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn added Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Comics added Vader's Quest added Crimson Empire added Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood added The Making of Baron Fel added X-Wing: Rogue Squadron - Family Ties added X-Wing: Rogue Squadron - Masquerade added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine number 43 added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine number 44 added information from Star Wars Insider Magazine number 45 added information from Aaron Allston's Star Wars FAQ added a source listing for the Official Star Wars Website added partial information from Star Wars Customizable Card Game - Endor added partial information from DroidWorks added partial information from Yoda's Challenge finalized Young Jedi Knights Collectible Card Game finalized Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Seventh Edition, June 1999	Changes from Version One, Sixth Edition (November 1998): changes are now in blue lots of minor formatting and grammatical changes modified the Planets table to include position, day, and year information added Vision of the Future added Trouble on Cloud City added The Kathol Outback added Star Wars Handbook: X-Wing Rogue Squadron added Star Wars Adventure Journal #8 added Star Wars Adventure Journal #10 added information from Star Wars: A New Hope - Special Edition added information from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Special Edition added information from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Special Edition added Star Wars Science Adventures: Emergency in Escape Pod Four added Star Wars Science Adventures: Journey Across Planet X added George Lucas: The Creative Impulse added Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #9 added Classic Star Wars #3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 19 added Shadow Stalker added Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand added Shadows of the Empire: Evolution added The Jabba Tape added Jedi Academy: Leviathan added Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace added Rogue Squadron PC/N64 Game added Dangers of the Core added Jar Jar’s Mistake added Anakin to the Rescue added Anakin’s Fate added Star Wars Journal: Queen Amidala added Crisis at Crystal Reef added Star Wars: Episode I Incredible Cross-Sections added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Special Edition added partial information from Prelude to Rebellion comics added partial information from Young Jedi Collectible Card Game added partial information from Star Wars: Episode I - Racer added partial information from The Gungan Frontier added partial information from Star Wars: Behind the Magic finalized information from the Heir to the Empire comic series finalized information from the Dark Force Rising comic series finalized information from Golden Age of the Sith finalized information from Fall of the Sith Empire added information from Michael P. Kube-McDowell's Black Fleet Crisis FAQ
Sixth Edition, November 1998	Changes from Version One, Fifth Edition (April 1998): moved from WordPerfect 6.0 to Microsoft Word 97 added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Sealed Tournament Deck added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Second Anthology added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Jabba’s Palace added Star Wars: The Annotated Scripts added The Emperor’s Plague added Jedi Under Seige added Return to Ord Mantell added partial information from Trouble of Cloud City added Rebel Dawn added more information from the Marvel comics series to the Arcana section added X-Wing: The Bacta War added I, Jedi added Star War Journal: Captive to Evil added Star War Journal: Hero for Hire added Star War Journal: The Fight for Justice added X-Wing: Wraith Squadron added Tales from the Empire added information from the Special Editions of the Star Wars movies added partial information from Star Wars: Behind the Magic added Star Wars Gamemaster Screen added Mission to Lianna added Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook added Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races added Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight added Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders added Galaxy of Fear: Spore added Galaxy of Fear: The Doomsday Ship added partial information from Lords of the Expanse added partial information from Stock Ships added partial information from The Kathol Outback
Fifth Edition, April 1998	Changes from Version One, Fourth Edition (December 1997): first HTML version made available on the WWW added Specter of the Past added The Paradise Snare added The Hutt Gambit added Return of the Jedi NPR Dramatization added Shadows of the Empire from Dark Horse Comics added Heir to the Empire from Dark Horse Comics added Boba Fett: When The Fat Lady Swings added Boba Fett: Murder Most Foul added Droids: The Protocol Offensive added "This Crumb for Hire" from A Decade of Dark Horse, Volume 2 added Twin Engines of Destruction from Dark Horse Comics added The Game Chambers of Questal added Scavenger Hunt added Han Solo at Stars’ End from Dark Horse Comics added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground Tatooine added X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Warror Princess added Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith added partial information from Tales of the Jedi: Fall of the Sith Empire added partial information from Dark Force Rising from Dark Horse Comics finalized information from Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds
Fourth Edition, December 1997	Changes from Version One, Third Edition (June 1997): moved from WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 to WordPerfect 6 for Windows 95 reformatted all Helvetica font text to Arial fonts reformatted all System Monospaced font text to NTR fonts converted the Planets and their Native Races table added <* n *> headers so that readers can go directly to letters via searches added Tyrant’s Test added Tales of the Bounty Hunters added The New Rebellion added Planet of Twilight added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Hoth added Star Wars Adventure Journal #9 added Cracken’s Rebel Field Guide added Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters added Twin Stars of Kira added Otherspace added Otherspace II: Invasion added The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer added Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Dagobah added partial information from Yoda Stories added partial information from Masters of Teras Kasi added partial information from the Galaxy of Fear series of young adult books
Third Edition, June 1997	Changes from Version One, Second Edition (July 1996): added Shield of Lies added The Krytos Trap added Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens: Enemies and Allies added Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures added Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds added Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission added minimal information from The Golden Age of the Sith added Jedi Academy Sourcebook added Riders of the Maelstrom added minimal information from Rebellion added Tales from Mos Eisley
Second Edition, July 1996	Changes from Version One, First Edition (January 1994): added Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley added Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim added Star Wars: Customizable Card Game - A New Hope added Classic Star Wars added Star Wars: Essential Guide to Vehicles added Wedge’s Gamble added The Death Star Technical Companion added The Isis Coordinates added Starfall added Strike Force: Shantipole added Lightsabers added The Golden Globe added Lyric’s World added Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 2 added Secrets of Shadows of the Empire added minimal information from The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook added partial information from X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair moved information from the Star Wars Galaxy magazineS from Arcana to the base encyclopedia