A Long Time Ago: A Fangirl Historian’s Thoughts on Star Wars’ Future

The Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm has already generated a lot of reaction. This is a significant fandom moment that took many years of planning, so I’ve decided to give myself at least a couple of days to pull together an opinion on the matter. In the meantime, one of my fabulous contributors, Priya Chhaya, posted her thoughts as a historian and fangirl over at her personal blog.

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Inter-Galaxy Portal Interviews Babylon 5’s Claudia Christian

One of the neatest parts of GeekGirlCon was the Connections room. That’s where I met Shiromi Arserio, who was seeking advice from Ashley Eckstein, the Her Universe founder. The three of us chatted about social media and making opportunities. I shared with Shiromi an observation I had made early on as a blogger: Don’t underestimate the power of guest blogging.

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INTERVIEW: James Luceno

At Celebration VI, Linda Hansen-Raj, Mary Sheridan, and I had the pleasure of interviewing several Star Wars Expanded Universe authors. Independent of each other, our questions seemed to come back to a theme: characters. While I put my head down and write, each week the blog will post one of the interviews. First up is my discussion with James Luceno, author of Darth Plagueis.

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