SOCL

Welcome to SWRN, handofthrawn! Good to see new members! Okay, the series that includes Palpatine's clones and the Eclipse-class starships is the comic series called Dark Empire done by Dark Horse Comics. The series itself was made before the Thrawn series, but was not published until right after (that is why some people argue that the Thrawn series seems to contradict Dark Empire). The series consists of three sub-series: Dark Empire, Dark Empire II, and Empire's End. Each consists of comic books, bringing the series to a total of 14 comic books. Here's a quick list of the originals: Dark Empire 1. The Destiny of a Jedi 2. Devastator of Worlds 3. The Battle For Calamari 4. Confrontation on the Smugglers' Moon 5. The Emperor Reborn 6. The Fate of a Galaxy Dark Empire II 1. Operation Shadow Hand 2. Duel on Nar Shadaa 3. World of the Ancient Sith 4. Battle on Byss 5. The Galaxy Weapon 6. Hand of Darkness Empire's End 1. Triumph of the Empire 2. Rage of the Emperor So, to answer your question: No, sorry, there isn't aren't any novels to Dark Empire, only comic books. I know what you mean, neither am I. Now, if you happen to stumble across any of these comic books, I would suggest buying them because they are a rare find (last time I checked, they weren't in print). Some more information can be found at TFN in their Comic Book section, specifically here (the review page for the Dark Empire series). Hope that helps.

Ah, I see. Thank you, my friend.

Excellent. Now off I--err...my character goes to meet with Scath's character....

Wormie, now there is a name I have not heard in a long time...a long time.... Good to see you, wormie, but I say you return to the RPG, but then betray them and join me--I mean, the Empire.

Well, I can't allow that to happen. But first I have to get back to that meeting between me and Scath. Yikes , he must be bored out of his mind waiting for my character to arrive...

Hmm...what did he want it to look like? I mean, if he's a warlord (like the ones in Darksaber) and not an official warlord (like Thrawn and the grand admirals), then he can have whatever insignia he wants without having it follow a particular system. Now, if he wants it to follow such a pattern, then he'd have to tell me what he would want or such....My suggestion would be that he drop the cylinders on his insignia (the current "Warlord" rank) and keep that one as his 'special' insignia/rank of Supreme Warlord. Like I said, it really depends what he wants. I would be more than happy to make him one, but...well...what insignia does he want/equal to what rank?... Maybe I should ask him myself.

Jeez, I need to get back into the fray of things.

Well, thank you ...but what does that: mean?

...Jeeves. Don't, because once you ask, he will never give you an answer...he will continue unanswering forever.... Beware, all, it seems that even the loveable butler/wizard (wizard since he claims to know everything, but he's never answered ANY of my questions! He can't give a freaking straight answer!!! That fool!! That--sorry about that) has been brainwashed by none other than that feline fiend (or someone else just as evil)!

Suddenly a hundred-thousand SOCL returned. He quickly explained that he had been taken hostage by someone claiming to have an allegiance with...Zoot..... (yeah, I'm back)

Thank you all for your support. It has been friends like you guys/gals who have kept me sane and, almost literally, from taking some drastic measures to escape the pain. Thank you, all, so much, I am eternally in your debts. Thank you.

Dude, Jam--oops, mustn't give away the real name-- Dude, Jahled (wink ), that really sucks, bro. I know how you feel...well, it probably hit you worse than me. Man, I hope you can get it all recovered. You have my sympathies.

Never seen yellow snow? Dude, where have you been? Any how, how the hell did we get to talking about yellow snow? Where were we as far as the nu ranking system? I mean, it's been a while now since I and Scath drew up the proposition and such. Granted, I don't have a revised insignia for Igor yet... And Trej is long overdue for his own insignia... Come on, everyone, you can't just lazy around while your Imperator is away!

Official site? That's a bunch of jibber-jabber by corporate fools who want to grab at your pocketbook. About 75% of the offical sites for anything have little to no useful information, plus anything you can get there can be found with any easy one or two word search on Yahoo! or Google, plus it gets you more than just that official nonesense. As said earlier, TFN is probably the best source for all things STAR WARS, without any of that wasting of money. Damned Lucas.

. . . . . . Last night at about 12:00 AM Central Standard Time I recieved a phone call to come to the hospital as soon as possible: Kelly had taken a turn for the worse. Everything was in an uproar when I got there and so it took me a while to get through and to find Kelly. When I did she was hardly breathing and could barely talk from how weak she was. At about 2:30 this morning, Kelly lost the battle and is now with the angels in a better place. Thank you, everyone, for your support.

Nothing new, really. My father's still recovering from his wounds in a hospital in Germany. Kelly's condition has not improved but, luckily, it hasn't gotten worse. I'm actually about to go to her house to visit her and see how she's doing. I'll tell her all of you said hello. Once again, thanks, everyone (sorry if I don't sound to enthusiastic, but I haven't slept in two days).

Sorry I haven't been around in a while, but this time it has nothing to do with my PC or anything like...instead it's, well...life. A brief explanation (I don't have too much time right now)... In the past few weeks (though it has seemed like months--years), the following matters have occured: -I was arrested for protesting the Patriot Act (it was a peaceful demonstration, I assure you). They claimed I was trying to insight a revolution against the United States of America. I was let free less than a day later due to a lack of evidence on their part.... -My father was breifly deployed from Korea to assist in an operation of some sort in Iraq...on his fifth day there his unit was fired upon and he was wounded.... -Kelly, my girlfriend, has fallen extremely ill recently and the doctors here have determined that she has cancer.... I won't be around much for some time. Sorry, my friends.

I guess so! What were we talking about?

Interesting. Point....

Actually, I don't know a website where you can download episodes of COWBOY BEBOP, but you can buy them on the Internet. Look around anime stores or eBay and you'll be bound to find them. They're really good and if you get a chance, see them! Actually, I simply decided that though I would love to be military officer and lead & command troops (or commandeer a ship, in the case of the Navy), I don't think that joining the military would be the best thing for me (or anyone else, for that matter). The military is for people who truly want to uphold all the policies of his or her nation, but I'm not one of those people, most especially in the United States' of America foreign policy. I guess it just has to do with my disagreements with the U.S. government (like the Patriot Act, for instance). Additionally, I think I would be better off majoring in History (World History specifically from the time of the Sumerians up until the fall of the Byzantine Empire, give or take) and teach to the next generations the past, so they won't commit the same mistakes we and past generations have...help in the spread of knowledge (and, hopefully, wisdom). But you may, one day, hear of me joining the military after all, since I believe that I will, ultimately, serve for a few years in one of the branches....It is inevitable.... So you did read that? :lol:

No worries, man!

What a second...what's the problem?

The new rank system.

Ah, yes, a quote from the olden days. Back when Trej was a colonel, Scath was a lieutenant colonel, Jahled a general, Elvis a warlord, and I a cadet. You actually looked this up?! No, my friend, I just have an excellent memory. Those were the days?! That's less than eight months agao!!!Oh, yeah... Interesting, I must say, how far we have come.

Indeed.... Especially for us non-Dutch....