About a year ago, I brought you a photonovel series called The Sith Revelations. Budget, real life, and a variety of other things interfered, however, and I quietly axed the project the weekend after Thanksgiving after the latest novel had been posted. One week later, I found a Utapau Shadow Trooper at Target. I had an idea for a Photonovel ever since I saw the prototype pics for the Trooper, but decided to hold off for a while. Now, I have decided to pick up the project and bring it to you. Here's a preview...





Expect a July release!

Well, it's finally here! After a month or so of delay, quite possibly the biggest chapter of TSR has arrived! Enjoy...

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It is mid-morning on Trideeno. Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Lando, and Senator Forgs are eating breakfast in the dining room. Everyone is still shaken up from the explosion in Luke's room the previous night. Also suspicious is the disappearance of R2-D2, C-3PO, Admiral Elick, and Han Solo. Robilus and Sivart Dralco enter the dining room.
ROBILUS: Good morning, friends! I trust that everyone got a good night sleep, aside from the explosion?
CHEWIE: Rerrrraw!
LANDO: Yeah, I’ve had better nights myself.
SIVART: You feeling better, Luke?
LUKE: Actually, I am. I’m feeling much better, thanks to the Force.
LEIA: Mr. Dralco, I was wondering if you’ve seen Han this morning? And our droids?


ROBILUS: I saw the droids on my way here. They said they would like to look around some more while we eat. As for Captain Solo, he must still be sleeping, as I haven’t heard from him since last night. The same goes for Admiral Elick.
Leia gives Luke a strange look, showing her distrust for the Dralcos.
ROBILUS: Now, if you are all finished, we will be making our way to the Trideeno capitol building. President Talos has arranged for us to go on a special VIP tour, which is not available to the normal public. Princess, I shall inform Captain Solo of our whereabouts when he awakes.
Everyone gets up and walks out. Robilus catches Luke as he gets up from the table.
ROBILUS: Luke, I managed to find out that the Remnant paid off a maid to plant the bomb in your room. So far, we have been unsuccessful in getting the leader’s location, but the maid informed us that Admiral Margalit is running things. Hopefully that will aid you in your investigation.
LUKE: It will, thank you sir.


Inside the rotunda of the Trideeno capitol building, President Talos leads the group on their tour. The capitol rests on Capitol Hill, which overlooks a large city as well as a beautiful mountainside and ocean.


TALOS: And here we are, the main attraction, the rotunda. We have some beautiful sculptures up towards the top. You may be interested in them, Master Jedi, one is a depiction of the Sith War.
LUKE: Too bad I can’t see it up close.
The group looks around at the beauty as Robilus pulls out a comlink.


ROBILUS: Yes. … Really? … I’m at the capitol right now, but I can get there as soon as possible. … Right. I’m on my way there now. Thanks for the heads up.
Robilus turns toward the group.
ROBILUS: Friends, I’m terribly sorry for all of this, but I have a client coming in from Bespin interested in my defense systems. I’m afraid that I must go meet with him for now. Sivart, I’ll need you to escort him. Again, my apologies, I will meet you all again later this afternoon.
Robilus and Sivart leave the rotunda as Luke walks up to Leia.


LUKE: I sense a disturbance in the Force.
LEIA: I do too. I think it’s coming from the Dralcos. I don’t trust them.
Suddenly, the rotunda darkens, as a large ship appears to have cut off the natural light. The ship is a Star Destroyer, which flies right over the dome.


Star Destroyers enter Trideeno's atmosphere and begin sending out troops for a hostile takeover. Inside the rotunda, Stormtroopers burst through the windows. Luke and Leia ignite their lightsabers, while Lando and Chewie pull out their blasters. However, President Talos and Tridia Forgs pull out blasters of their own as Admiral Margalit and Baron Samedi enter through an already broken window. Realizing that they are outnumbered, the New Republic heroes surrender their weapons.


SAMEDI: Republic scum. You’re outnumbered. Put down your weapons.
LUKE: Tridia… how could you?
FORGS: Your powers betray you, Jedi. You should have seen this coming. I was always a bit quiet, wouldn’t you think? I’m surprised you didn’t suspect anything sooner.
LANDO: I had a feeling you were leading the Remnant, Samedi.
LEIA: And Talos, I suspected he was up to something all along.
TALOS: Then your Jedi powers aren’t as sharp as Skywalker’s are, though that isn’t saying much. Skywalker here is about half the Jedi his father was, before Darth Vader killed him.
LUKE: And you’re about half the politician Count Dooku was, before Darth Vader killed him.
TALOS: TAKE THEM AWAY!


The Republic leaders are marched out of the rotunda.
CHEWIE: Raar!
LEIA: It’s okay Chewie. No harm will come to us.
MARGALIT: And Skywalker, brush up on your history. Your father killed Count Dooku, not Darth Vader.
LUKE: Well I’ll remember that next time.
The troops take the prisoners outside, where a Trideeno Starfighter escorts them from above.
SAMEDI: Oh I’ve been waiting a long time for this. I’ve wanted my revenge on the Jedi ever since they ruined my figure.
LANDO: It’s not their fault you can’t afford a robotic hand.


The Remnant forces have pushed the Republic leaders down into a tourist extension inside of Capitol Hill, which overlooks the city.


SAMEDI: SILENCE. It was on an excavation to Dantooine, just after the emergence of the Empire. A team of Imperial scientists and I were searching for a Sith holocron, thought to have been hidden there by the Jedi. Well a Jedi in hiding attacked us. He cut my chin, stabbed out my eye, and cut off my hand. Because Dantooine is so remote, we could only attach a hook. Now it’s MY turn to disfigure you.
LANDO: If you’re done sobbing, I’m gonna do this.


Lando tackles the two troops holding the weapons. They toss the lightsabers, which are caught by Luke and Leia, respectively. They ignite them and strike down the two tackled troops, who are still on the ground. Lando and Chewie retrieve their weapons and a firefight ensues. The Remnant troops lose a troop while running for cover, as Luke and Leia block fire away from Lando and Chewie.


The Trideeno starfighter flies from overhead and makes an approach at the group, firing. Luke tries to deflect them, but they hit right in front of him, and the group falls. Luke quickly springs up and jumps on the starfighter as it turns away from the walkway. The pilot sees him and boosts, causing Luke to lose balance. He is able to grab on to a vent with one hand. The starfighter begins to speed around the city.


Meanwhile, Samedi, Margalit, and the troops force Leia, Lando, and Chewie into a corner. Both sides try to find cover as Chewie shoots down a Stormtrooper.


Outside of Dralco’s mansion, an old Trade Federation MTT loads Han, Admiral Elick, C-3PO, and R2-D2 in the back. Commander Quaas is in charge of the troops. A skiff carrying the Dralcos lands near the MTT. The Dralcos get off and walk over to Quaas.


QUAAS: Robilus Dralco. It is an honor to finally meet you in person. I’m sorry about this invasion, perhaps you should have activated your all powerful planetary shield?
ROBILUS: You pathetic excuse for a life form. If the shield is activated, nothing can enter or exit the atmosphere. I wanted the Remnant to invade, just to rid us of these pesky Republic leaders here.
QUAAS: Us? You’re an independent businessman. You aren’t part of the Remnant.
ROBILUS: You’re lucky I’m in a good mood today, or you’d be killed in an instant, Commander. Do you know who I am?
QUAAS: … Robilus Dralco?


ROBILUS: Wrong. Who did Baron Samedi say had access to these prisoners?
QUAAS: Just himself, me, Admiral Margalit, and Lord Darth Sinis.
ROBILUS: Then step aside. And inform the fleet that Darth Sinis is now in control of the Remnant.
The Dralcos board the MTT as Quaas remains baffled by the Sith’s revelation.

 

Here are my latest wants. I can either send checks or use PayPal.

And here's my feedback: http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=8088.0

More will be edited in later...

BUMP/EDIT AUGUST 22

I currently have the following figures available for sale/trade. Trade would be prefered, but I'm willing to sell too.

HAVE (All are carded; assume non-mint condition. If you're picky, PM me and I can send photos of the cardbacks in question)

- TVC #51 Barriss Offee (2012 variant)
- TVC #56 Kithaba (brown bandana variant)
- TVC #56 Kithaba (brown bandana variant)
- TVC #57 Dr. Evazan (pink scar) pending
- TVC #57 Dr. Evazan (no scar) pending
- TVC #75 Qui-Gon Jinn
- TVC #86 Darth Maul
- TVC #86 Darth Maul
- TVC #87 Luke Skywalker (Blu-Ray)
- TVC #90 Colonel McCracken
- TVC #91 Mon Calamari A-Wing Pilot
- The Avengers Hawkeye (movie)

WANT (would prefer carded; I open and collect the cardbacks so condition doesn't matter)

- TVC #94 Imperial Navy Commander priority
- TVC #98 Grand Moff Tarkin priority pending
- TVC #99 Nikto Skiff Guard priority pending
- TVC #56 Kithaba (red bandana variant)
- K-Mart Exclusive AT-ST Pilots 2-Pack
- K-Mart Exclusive Ewoks 2-Pack
- TVC #23 Luke Skywalker
- TVC #21 Gamorrean Guard

PM me if interested!

The Millennium Falcon lands inside Robilus Dralco's docking bay, located inside his giant mansion on Trideeno. Sivart Dralco leads the New Republic leaders into the lobby of the mansion.


HAN: Look at the size of this place! I never thought I’d ever be in a place this elegant for Republic business.
CHEWIE: Raaar!
SIVART: If you wait here, I’ll get my father.


Sivart looks at the women and smiles.
SIVART: You are free to stay the night as well, if you desire.
Han puts his arm around Leia.
HAN: Sorry, this one's taken.
Sivart winks and walks off. The group faces each other and begins talking.
LEIA: That guy is a creep.
LUKE: He’s not a creep, he just comes off strong with women.


Luke looks up at the nearby stairwell, as does everyone else. Standing at the top is a man in his early sixties, with fading blonde hair. He wears a business suit, with a sweater over it, giving him a unique look. He holds an amazing staff in his right hand. He is the richest man in the galaxy. He is Robilus Dralco.


ROBILUS: Welcome to my home, friends of the New Republic. I am Robilus Dralco. Please excuse me for my lateness, I was finishing up a business transaction.
LUKE: Mr. Dralco, it’s a pleasure to see you again.
ROBILUS: Is that little Luke Skywalker? My word, how you’ve grown up! Please, introduce me to your friends.
LUKE: Well this is Han Solo, and his Wookiee partner Chewbacca. Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, Tridia Forgs, Senator for this planet, Admiral Dorovan Elick, and our droids C-3PO and R2-D2.
ROBILUS: It is a pleasure to meet all of you. Please follow me to the dining room, I have prepared a light meal for your arrival. It's our famous Trideeno soup, a treat you can only get here on Trideeno!


Everyone follows Robilus into the large dining room. Chefs bring out bowls of soup and quickly exit back into the kitchen. As everyone begins eating, a servant droid approaches Robilus.
DROID: Master Dralco, the President is here.
ROBILUS: Ah, wonderful. Sivart, please invite President Talos to join us.
Sivart gets up and walks out of the room with the droid.
THREEPIO: Master Luke, if it’s alright with you, may Artoo and I look around the mansion? We won’t do anything harmful, we’ll only look!
LUKE: Do you mind Robilus?
ROBILUS: Be my guest!


Outside of the dining room, Artoo hurries around a dark corner.
THREEPIO: Artoo-Detoo, wait for me!
ARTOO: BWAAAAAAP!
THREEPIO: Artoo? Artoo? Where are you?


Suddenly an arm grabs Threepio from behind a hidden door.
THREEPIO: Oh my! Get your hands off –
Threepio is shut off and dragged away.


Back in the dining room…
LUKE: Mr. Dralco, I must say that Trideeno is growing extremely fast. I’m very impressed. The Senate and Jedi Council may have to set up new offices over here for easy access to the Outer Rim.
ROBILUS: We would welcome it with open arms. Though I do hope the expansion ends. I preferred Trideeno more when I first settled here, back when it was just the sister planet of Naboo. Now they refer to it as “the Coruscant of the Outer Rim.” Although I must admit, Trideeno seems to be the perfect mix of business and relaxation.


At this time, everyone has finished their meals. Sivart and Trideeno President Stomah Talos enter the dining room.
SIVART: Everyone, this is Trideeno president Stomah Talos.
Talos bows.
TALOS: Sivart has informed me about everybody here. You all have quite the reputations. I must say that I’m extremely impressed.
ROBILUS: No need to pucker up, Stomah. Your accomplishments are still amazing compared to theirs. Now please, friends, follow me. It’s getting late. I shall show you to your rooms.


As everyone follows the Dralcos out of the dining room, an arm pulls Admiral Elick into another hidden door.


ROBILUS: These are the guest suites. Please make yourselves at home, I’ll see you all at breakfast. President Talos has offered to give you all a tour of our capitol building.
HAN: Politics, fun. Anyway, thanks for everything, sir. I’m sure Chewie is thankful for your gratitude also.
CHEWIE: Raaaaaaar!
LEIA: I agree. Thanks a lot, Mr. Dralco.
LANDO: Thanks Mr. Dralco. If it’s possible, I’d like to play a game of sabaac before we leave.
ROBILUS: You’re all very welcome. I’ll see what I can do about that card game, General.
Everyone bows farewell and each guest enters a separate room. Luke, however, stops Robilus.


LUKE: Mr. Dralco, I have to be honest with you. The Republic has been having a lot of problems with the Remnant lately, as you probably already know. The reason we came here was to find out if you knew who was leading the Remnant. You’re the only one I know who has those kinds of ties.
ROBILUS: Luke, I’m going to be honest too. I’m disappointed that that’s your only reason to visit me, heh heh heh! In all seriousness, I have no idea, but I can work on it tonight. If I pull the right strings, hopefully I’ll have an answer by morning.
LUKE: Thank you so much, sir. You have no idea how much help this is to the Republic. Oh, one last thing, have you seen Admiral Elick or the droids?
SIVART: Elick and Forgs both have rooms downstairs. And I lead the droids to a droid chamber earlier, where they’ll spend the night with all the other droids we have.
LUKE: Right. Thanks again, Mr. Dralco. I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your help.
ROBILUS: It is not a problem, Luke. Now go, get a good nights sleep. Tomorrow will be a big day.


Luke enters his room as the Dralcos and Talos leave. In the middle of the night, an explosion lights up the sky near the Dralco mansion. It came from the room of Luke Skywalker.

Found this at that other site:

http://assets.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/4273874.pdf

Apparently it was set to be a promotional MINI, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons. Now I need to find the right pieces to make it!

Okay, I've had a few Lego customs laying around, so I thought I'd share them! I have yet to customize any Hasbro figs (unless cutting off the leg connector of R5-D4 counts ), but I'm gaining an interest every day. So perhaps I'll be posting some Hasbro customs someday.

Here are a few Lego customs I've done. Since taking pics of individual figures up close is so hard, I had to leave the pics kind of big, so I'll leave links to them.

First up, as seen in TSR: A Deadly Inauguration - Mon Mothma!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/DiddlySquat/monmothma.jpg

Next, we have the first of several sneak peeks of upcoming items in The Sith Revelations. Here is Rodian Jedi Master Ernid Ottet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/DiddlySquat/rodianjedi.jpg

And the third and final figure for the update, and another sneak peek of future events in TSR, straight out of the Jedi Knight series, Kyle Katarn!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/DiddlySquat/kylekatarn.jpg

And now, we have the ship "shown" in TSR: Voyage to Trideeno, the Trideeno Starfighter.







And finally, a sneak peek at the next part of TSR, a shot of the WIP entrance chamber of Robilus Dralco's mansion.



And here's a close up of the design on the floor:



Hope you guys enjoy!

So I've been hard at work lately trying to get part 3 of TSR ready. Currently it's about halfway complete, with lack of batteries being the cause of delay. I'm hoping to have it ready by next weekend.

Big thanks to Vator for creating pictures of two primary locations in the story.

For now, I leave you with the usual preview shot.



8/2/05 - THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IS NOW UP! THE IMPERIAL REMNANT FORCES YOU TO ENJOY!!!!

Didn't see a thread on this wave yet. We get 8 figures in this wave.

My predictions:

BATTLE OF NABOO (8 figures):

-Qui-Gon Jinn; SA with softgoods cloak and lightsaber.
-Obi-Wan Kenobi; SA with softgoods cloak and lightsaber.
-Jar Jar Binks; SA with boomer balls.
-Naboo Security Guard; SA with blaster and ascension gun.
-Battle Droid; ROTS repack.
-Queen Amidala; new near SA version with pistol and ascension gun.
-Gungan Warrior; SA with boomer balls.
-Darth Maul; MOTDS repack.