#michael stackpole

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An Enemy Reborn by Michael A. Stackpole Illus by Paul Youll Published 1998. Read more here.

[oldschoolfrp]

Flying Buffalo's Sorcerer's Apprentice featured more well-known authors than most gaming magazines. The special double issue #9/10, Winter/Spring 1981, included fiction by Roger Zelazny, non-fiction by C J Cherryh and L Sprague de Camp, a T&T dungeon by Larry DiTillio, and a feature by Michael Stackpole. This issue also would have premiered a new story by Manly Wade Wellman but the editor postponed it when Lee Brown Coye's illustrations were temporarily lost in the mail. (Richard Becker cover art)

[archeo-starwars]

Star Wars Insider #74

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

Battletech is getting a graphic novel, written by Bryan Young, Sam Maggs, Michael Stackpole

AND TIMOTHY ZAHN!!!

[beginnerblueglass]

Now here’s a pre-prequels prequel idea that is making my brain whir. What if Alderaan was a major military player in the clone wars, and a factor in the end of the war/rise of the empire was their disarmament? Which is why Obi-Wan fought with Bail in the war. Why Alderaan has no weapons, and had become a peaceful planet. Ohohohoho I like

[jedimara77]

The average American has three friends.

[legacy-expo]

Dragon Con FOMO Flash Sale!

Are you a Star Wars fan feeling the Dragon Con FOMO? Don't miss out on your chance to attend a fantastic celebration of the Expanded Universe at Legacy Expo in the Los Angeles area September 13th & 14th! We have an absolutely stacked guest list of Star Wars authors, artists, and editors, an exhibit hall filled with vendors and displays, and a packed programming schedule of panels, performances, and interactive activities!

We are running a special sale on tickets until 7 AM Pacific Tuesday 9/2, so don't delay, buy your tickets now!

Legacy Expo is a fan-run event, not sponsored, run by, or affiliated with Lucasfilm Ltd., but we have made contact with Lucasfilm Fan Relations and have been given a list of guidelines to follow to stay in their good graces. All event proceeds will go to The @booktruck, an organization that provides free books to low income, homeless, and other at-risk teens in the Los Angeles area.

[jadecrusades]

Star Wars Customizable Card Game promotional and play cards. “Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy.” January, 2001.

Decipher’s Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy series brought a handful of Expanded Universe characters to life including Mara Jade, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Talon Karrde, Corran Horn, Mirax Terrik, Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, and Guri. Decipher also created an exclusive 5”x7” Promotional Oversized “Signature” Card depicting Mara, Talon Karrde, and Corran Horn for the summer ‘01 convention circuit. Model Shannon (Baksa) McRandle portrayed Mara Jade, while Timothy Zahn was made up to depict Talon Karrde, and Michael Stackpole was costumed to resemble Corran Horn. Stackpole had these memories to share on his blog:

The stuff done in a photostudio is really magic. At first glance, the guys they got for Corran and Karrde were right, in general. Good on the overall dimensions, hair color, eye color, etc., but they were just guys off the street. Then the hair and makeup folks went to work. Karrde got a wig and a full makeup job, which sharpened his features and totally changed him. By the end of the process - during which Tim's camera was clicking almost incessantly - I was believing the guy was Talon Karrde.

Once Karrde was made up and costumed, he was taken onto the photostage and lit. That's a fascinating process. If they put a yellow filter on a light, the light is considered "hot." A blue filter makes it "cold." The art director, photographer and photographer's assistant all discussed and debated, pulling lights this way and that, setting them up at angles, getting the model to look here or there. Then they took test Polaroid shots and digital shots and finally agreed that things were right. It was almost anticlimactic when the shooting got done, but the results were great. Talon Karrde lived.

Shannon Baksa actually did Corran's makeup, then he got lit and shot. One of my concerns had been that the model was a bit older than Corran would have been at that point, but the makeup and lighting slashed 15 years off him. And the models, they put up with a lot. At one point, while folks were off debating how Corran should be lit, the guy who had done Karrde's makeup commented that Corran was just sitting there rock-still. Corran said, "I'd move, but I'm afraid they'd have to re-light me."