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October 2001 News Archive
| Wednesday,
October 31, 2001 |
Fergie Becomes Newest Member Of Nexsis
Posted by Morpheus
Brothers, please welcome our newest member Darth_Fergie who is already a popular
individual on the Starwars Galactic Battle Grounds forums and has now been accepted into
our elite group.
Once again Nexsis takes another step towards the perfection that we seek, and the
involvement of this new member can only promote us towards that. He has proven himself
active and loyal to Nexsis and I am sure he shall a bright future with us.
So please make our newest initiate feel at home here at Nexsis where he truly belongs
among the greats.
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| Tuesday,
October 30, 2001 |
Episode II Teaser This Week
Posted by Tirion
Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios
today announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. has created an exclusive teaser trailer for Star Wars:
Episode II Attack of the Clones that will only appear at the head of the new animated
Disney / Pixar film Monsters, Inc. The film premieres on November 2nd in theaters
across the United States and Canada. George Lucas commented, "I have great respect
for Pixar and deep admiration for John Lasseter and his team. I'm thrilled to be able to
show audiences their first glimpse of Episode II with Monsters, Inc. It gives me an
immense sense of pride to see our companies working together." Check out the preview
this Friday, only in theaters.
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| Friday,
October 26, 2001 |
New Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Game Trailer Released
Posted by Tirion
The new Star Wars
Galactic Battlegrounds Game Trailer is now available! Click
here to launch the movie window (320 x 240 - 5.6mb).
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| Thursday,
October 25, 2001 |
Endsub Receives Unity Award
Posted by Tirion
Endsub has recieved the first Nexsis Award to ever be
given out due to his effort with the site. He has endlessly vowed to take upon
himself to create banners and icons for the Nexsis Site. For this I have bestowed
upon him the Unity Award. Please congratulate his efforts. He also happens to
be our most recent addition to the Nexsis family.On further note, Terentius is undertaking the
Nexsis Doctrine. The Nexsis High Council will then have the power to give out awards
to deserving members for that category.
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| Wednesday,
October 24, 2001 |
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Goes Gold!
Posted by Magnus
I received this message from LucasArts today:
"The destiny of a galaxy hangs in the balance, and you are in command. LucasArts
Entertainment Company LLC is pleased to announce that Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (PC
Windows) has been approved for manufacturing and is expected in stores the week of
November 12th! Lead the armies of the Star Wars saga to victory in intense, real-time
strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookiees, Trade
Federation, Gungans and Royal Naboo to determine the final outcome of the Galactic Civil
War. Visit the new official Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds web site which launches this
Friday with more game info, art and the premiere of the game trailer!"
I say "SWGB in 2 weeks?! YEAH!!!!!!"
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| Wednesday,
October 24, 2001 |
Royal Naboo Section Added
Posted by Tirion
Thanks to the hard work from Endsub, another civilization
has been added. The Royal Naboo Section is now
uploaded. Endsub completed the Naboo title and the picture of Queen Amidala and her
hand maidens. That is now 4 civilizations down and 2 more to go: Wookies and
Gungans. |
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| Tuesday,
October 23, 2001 |
R.A. Salvatore Completes Episode II Novel's First Draft
Posted by Tirion
The Official Site
reports that R.A. Salvatore has completed his first draft of the Attack of the Clones
novelization:
"I'm having a blast with this," the author says.
"I had a great meeting up at the Skywalker Ranch with George Lucas, and really got
some insights into what he's trying to accomplish beyond the film."
Among Lucas' mandates for the novel is that Salvatore
concentrate on Padmé's side of the story. "George actually took me down the
screening room and showed me all the stuff they shot with Natalie Portman and Hayden
Christensen," says Salvatore. "They were beautifully shot. She's quite a
presence, and Hayden holds his own. He does a good job. "
In addition to the screening and meetings with Lucas,
Salvatore thoroughly studied the script by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales. "I
thought the script had a lot of meat that I liked, because I like dark," he says.
"A lot of it's psychological. You've got this really torn teenager. You start seeing
the indications that something's not right in Anakin's world."
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| Tuesday,
October 23, 2001 |
Episode I DVD Breaks Record
Posted by Tirion
The DVD release of STAR WARS: EPISODE I -
THE PHANTOM MENACE has set a new DVD sales record, and just barely beat out
Universal's THE MUMMY RETURNS doing so.According to Variety, in its first week, the DVD sold an estimated 2.2
million units pulling in a gross in sales of just over $45M. Previously, THE MUMMY
RETURNS first week of sales was for just north of 2M, though the film's release
did pull $90M in sales and rentals combined.
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| Monday,
October 22, 2001 |
An Old Friend Has Returned
Posted by Tirion
Way back then, when Age of Empires dominated The Zone and
Rise of Rome was just coming out, I happened to meet a player in which I did not know at
that time would become a friend that I would still know to this day. We did not exactly
start off on the right foot since our two clans in AoE/RoR were at war at the time.
Then, after our enemies saw that their clan leader had made a huge mistake in creating
this riff, they quickly became friends with my clan at the time, the Imperial
Knights. That was when I came to know Gieste. Ever since, we had always been
in the same clan in Rise of Rome. This went on for many months and then EverQuest
rolled around and again, I found myself with all my old buddies from AoE / RoR, including
Sirion and Gieste, among others who have since departed never to be seen or heard from
again. We played for a good while and then, Gieste started to come on less and less until
finally it was a rare occurrence that I should ever hear or see from him again.
Almost 2 years had passed and I had left EverQuest and was surprised here and there to see
a friendly face came back and pop me a message here, a post there, or even an email.
Not too many days ago, it happened once more, this time Gieste saying he was coming back
to play full time with the old crew of Sirion and myself once more. Gieste was a
killer DMer (Death Match Player) in AoE/RoR and I know he will be a great friend and
teammate in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. So please welcome our newest Trial
Member and one of my oldest online friends, Gieste.
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| Monday,
October 22, 2001 |
Yet Another Site Facelift
Posted by Tirion
I think I finally found a theme I like. Let me know what you think on our Message Board.
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