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Site History

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This is a record of major and minor events in the existence of the STAR WARS Technical Commentaries web site. The listing is incomplete, since I began tracking progress only very recently. The list is mainly meant as an aid for readers seeking the newest updates.

Progress on unreleased pages is not documented. At any given time, at least five times as much activity is devoted to incomplete, offline pages as to the documents which are visible to the public. The number of pages under construction greatly outnumbers those which are presently available for viewing.

• Added New York population density comparisons to the discussion of Coruscant, for the benefit of readers who prefer USA examples. Astrophysical Concerns.

• Most pages are undergoing some general renovation. Older, low-resolution screenshots captured from the movies are being replaced with newer versions made with my Zipshot equipment. These updates are too numerous and pervasive to declare individually.
• Added notes on the Quarren senatorial delegation and Jedi "Reassignment Council" due to Inside the Worlds of STAR WARS Episode I, as suggested by R.Treder, in TPM Continuity and The Rising Force notes.

• Added Grey Damsel to Warships of the Mon Calamari.
• Added newer images of General Mohc to Imperial Insignia: Officer Examples.
• Added images from Darth Maul to discussion of pre-TPM interactions between Old Republic and Mon Calamari.
• Added scans of the Old Republic starship crew from Infinity's End in TPM Topics: Galactic Republic.
• Added a scan from Classic STAR WARS indicating Jabba's reason for being interested in Hoth, as a possible explanation for the tauntaun head hanging in his palace, in Jabba's Decorations.

• Updated the orbital data for Coruscant and the moons of Yavin, taking account of information in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I, and after more precise 3D fitting of the orbits shown in Death Star control room schematics.

• Added a picture of the USS Alabama bridge area and radar dishes, as provided by B.Young, to Bridge Towers, discussion of scanner globes.
• Added several images of wampas, and Luke's wampa cave, and comments to Zoology.

• Noted the existence and title of Air Marshal Von Asch [STAR WARS Tales #5] in Officers, Officer Examples and Nomenclature and other subsections dealing with Imperial insignia and ranks.
• Added close-up photos of the regular-style Imperial rank cylinders, as kindly provided by J.Allen, in Imperial Insignia: Rank Cylinders.

• This site has not been updated for a while. Updates will resume at some time in the near future... after I obtain a new PC for private, at-home use, and after I clear away some "real life" responsibilities.

• W.Lampi pointed out what appears to be the use of heavy turrets by a star destroyer in ROTJ.

• Added a rendering of a fan-made custom ship for X-Wing: Alliance, demonstrating the Penstastar Alignment's Enforcer-class picket ships, by M.Travis, in Warships of the Empire: Catalogue.

• Minor updates. Attempting to deal with my e-mail burial (over 11MB and 500 messages unattended).
• Added screenshots of transparent/opaque blaster bolts, and "damage before bolt" effect in Misc Technicalities, courtesy of A.Gehrls.
• Added two Rogue Planet notes, after submission by A.Gehrls. (I don't actually have the book yet.)
• Added a newly scanned image of Executor in the TESB asteroid field, sent by A.Tully, with markings (by me) indicating some of the scanner globes on and around the Executor's Bridge Tower.

• Made a comparison between the Trade Federation battleships and terrestrial tankers, in terms of compartmentalisation and durability, in TPM Topics: Trade Federation, as proposed by A. van Marle.

• Added a few dozen more novel reference notes relating to Dark Tide: Onslaught. That amounts to the transcription of about half my offline notes.

• Added Coleman quote about the nature of particle shields, as pointed out by M.Horne, in TPM Topics: Technology.
• Added discussion of the insignia in the Imperial officer portraits in the game Rebellion, after suggestions by J.Gann, in several sections of Imperial Insignia: Officer Examples.
• Noted the equivalent Alderaan-style and Calamari-style rank plaques of General Cracken, as pointed out by J.Gann, in Mon Calamari.
• Added a few remarks about the history and numbers of Mon Calamari Warships before the Battle of Endor, after discussion with J.Gann.

• Added screenshots of several officers from Force Commander, throughout the Imperial Insignia & Uniforms pages, kindly provided by S.Pierce.
• Added screenshot depicting Veers' shuttle on Yavin 4 in Force Commander, to the Survival of Chief Bast page, as donated by S.Pierce.
• Noted fates of Grand Admirals, reported by A.Gehrls, from Essential Chronology, in Imperial Insignia: Officers Catalogue.
• Noted fates of some of Executor's siblings, as reported from Essential Chronology by A.Gehrls.

• Noted the term of address used for Palpatine in ROTJ, and its possible connection to the mystery of Naboo royal etiquette, as suggested by C.Read, in TPM Topics: Naboo.
• Noted the colour difference between Tatooine's suns in TPM, as pointed out by E.Meadows, in Planets.

• Further apologies for my slowness in processing correspondence and suggestions relating to the site. I plead "real life" responsibilities again: the need to arrange a move to another city for a new job.

• Noted the mixed composition of the "Red" squadron in ROTJ, in Misc. Technicalities, as observed by J.Tweet.

• Progress remains slow due to a lack of time, caused by an overflow of "real life" obligations. I've uploaded updates for the past week:

• Added an arrow pointing to another star destroyer in the Endor fleet pincer diagram in Misc. Technicalities, as pointed out by L.Larkka.
• Noted the existence of Grand General Malcor Brashin, according to J.Gann, in Imperial Insignia: Officers.
• Recently added a handful of more novel reference notes for Vector Prime and Episode 1 Journal: Darth Maul.
• Added discussion of the problem of stress in intertial compensators, in Misc. Technicalities, after correspondence with E.Guy.
• Added answers to two new questions in the FAQ section of Endor Holocaust, about non-metallic and hyperspatial possibilities, in reply to G.Mitchell.
• Added an initial handful of novel references for the early part of Dark Tide: Onslaught. More will be added when I have time to transcribe the quotations.
• Added a solution to the problem of redundant star destroyer names, suggested by R.Cober.

• Added initial notes on the composition of the Endor garrison in a subsection dealing with the Endor ground battle, in Miscellaneous Technicalities, after submission by W.Nee.
• Added further comments about blaster damage mechanisms, after discussion with M.Griffiths, in Miscellaneous Technicalities.

• Noted the details of the outdated description of Qui-Gon Jinn in the published Script Facsimile, including white hair and an age of sixty, in TPM Topics: Jedi & Sith.

• Added screenshots of the thin-pylon, bent-wing fighter from X-Wing, as provided by K.Forstoff, in TIE Fighters.
• Added remarks about the Mon Calamari cruiser from the X-Wing game, plus screenshots by K.Forstoff, in Warships of the Mon Calamari.

• Added scans of the adult Anakin from the Manga comics, in Injuries of Darth Vader.
• Added scans of the AT-AT Swimmer in Military Walkers.
• Noted the possible width differences of blasts from AT-AT walkers, as pointed out by D.Carlson, in Miscellaneous Technicalities.
• Added some cursory remarks about the Battle of Hoth in Miscellaneous Technicalities.

• Added section for the sparsely-described "TIE Boat" in TIE Fighters, after suggestion by S.Partington.
• Added a section for the AT-AT Swimmer in Military Walkers, after suggestion by J.McFadden.
• Corrected typos in reference notes for XWWG, TNR, TT, IJ and the Injuries of Darth Vader page, with many thanks to J.Stevens for identifying the errors.

• Added screeshots and further discussion of the walker barge and AT-AA, with screenshots from the Force Commander promotional demo movie, in Military Walkers.
• Added a handful of extra screenshots from Rebellion and Balance of Power, courtesy of S.Pierce, to several pages: Super Star Destroyers, Bridge Towers, Planets, TIE Fighters.
• Added another name, Stimsenj'kat, to the ship list in Warships of the Mon Calamari, after suggestion by J.Tweet.
• Elaborated the discussion of the TIE X1 relative, after further contributions by A.Jackson and K.Forsthoff.

Added another screenshot of the AT-AA to the Military Walkers web page, courtesy of R.Brown. More to come.

• Added some notes on the starfighter capacities and launch rates of ships at the Battle of Endor, in Miscellaneous Technicalities.
• Added preliminary comments on the AT-AA walker revealled in the upcoming computer game Force Commander, in the Military Walkers page.
• Noted the possible association of the red-window effect of AT-AT walkers and reflection from the walkers' weaponry, as suggested by O.Greenbom, in Military Walkers.
• Noted the existence of a short-range relative of Lord Vader's TIE X1, as pointed out by K.Forsthoff, in TIE Fighters.

• Updates will be slower over the next few weeks, since I'm in the middle of implementing and consolidating some changes of office and residence (in "real life").

• Added images of the star battlecruiser carrying General Tagge after the Battle of Yavin, in Survival of Chief Bast; kindly scanned by M.Horne.
• Added an initial description of General Tagge's battlecruiser to Warships of the Empire: Catalogue, with images kindly scanned by M.Horne.

• Noted the literature's inconsistency in the treatment of lightsabres underwater, as pointed out by D.Spinks, in Miscellaneous Technicalities.

• Added a scan of the windowed hallway of Theed Palace where Queen Amidala made her vertical ascent, in TPM Topics: Naboo.
• Added a scan of a Yavin 4 global schematic to Planets, from STAR WARS Chronicles.
• Added a scan and comment on the bridge of Command Nyklas' stardestroyer from Chewbacca, in Bridge Towers.

• Qualified the species definition in TPM Topics: Jedi & Sith, after advice by S.Lee.
• Added definitions of divergent and convergent evolution to Humans & Humanoids, as put forward by J.Lucca.
• Noted Sansweet's confirmation of Vader's vanishing, in TPM Topics: Jedi & Sith after reminder by J.Palmer.

• Added some remarks about the possibility of interstellar observational history, in Misc. Technicalities.

• Noted Skywalker's hypothesis about spirit anchors, and a rebuttal, in : Jedi & Sith, after suggestion by M.Whitaker.
• Added one more VP reference note, p.1, suggested by N.Blumenfled.
• Noted the similarity of aft surfaces of the Bridge Towers of Avenger and Executor, as pointed out by S.R. de Bruijn.

• Elaborated the description of the Massassi and added descriptions of more of their possible descendents, after suggestion by J.McFadden, in Humans & Humanoids.
• Tabulated four more novel reading notes for Vector Prime.

• Added a screenshot of the star battleship in an old Atari The Empire Strikes Back game, in Warships of the Empire: Catalogue.
• Noted the possible similarity of engine configurations of TIE Bomber, Boarding Craft and Shuttle in TIE Fighters; and a theory distinguishing the number of engines from the number of nozzles in TIE Fighters. after suggestion by J.Fares.
• Added an apocryphal note about a "star defender" pun in early fan-fiction, in Warships of the Mon Calamari, as recalled by A.Hodge.
• Added a new page discussing the Humans & Humanoids represented in STAR WARS.
• Added two more novel references regarding The Truce at Bakura.

• Added discussion of General Tagge's survival in the Marvel comics, in Survival of Chief Bast page.

• Added response to the occasional question about the identity of the anonymous cruiser #2 design distinguished in Dark Empire, in Warships of the Empire: Catalogue. Question most recently by J.Fares.

• Made additions to the ship lists in the Star Destroyers and Warships of the Mon Calamari pages, suggested by B.Thevathasan and A.Hsiao.
• Added mention of Mediator and Viscount and their classes [from Vector Prime] in Warships of the Mon Calamari.
• Acknowledged the Visual Dictionary's estimate of the number of Senate saucers during the session in TPM, in Astrophysical Concerns, as pointed out by J.Shepard.
• Noted the use of a personal shield in Before the Storm, in Misc Technicalities, as pointed out by C.Sinor.
• Noted T.Bradshaw's new rationalisation of the different names and shapes of ship for Admiral Ackbar (Home One vs Independence), using The Truce at Bakura reference. See Warships of the Mon Calamari.
• Added results of a kinematic calculation of the strength of artificial gravity inside the Trade Federation battleship hold, in TPM Topics: Trade Federation.

• Noted the presence of Endor planet in the Aurra Sing comic, in Astrophysical Concerns, as pointed out by L.Shadrosky.

• Added a concise recapitulation of the evidence concerning Anakin Skywalker's physical attributes as a mature adult, in Injuries of Darth Vader, as a response to current speculation and hysteria about casting of an actor.

• Added observation of the orientation of the "Ambush Street: Balcony / Arch" building in the geographical notes about Theed in TPM Topics: Naboo.
• Added some remarks about Naboo etiquette in TPM Topics: Naboo.
• Added some qualitative and comparative remarks about the role, use and misuse of the Trade Federation battleships, in TPM Topics: Trade Federation.

• Added Reef Home to ship list in Warships of the Mon Calamari, after suggestion by B.Thevathasan.
• E.Moody drew a connection between TIE pilot uniforms and a previously-mysterious kind of black-jumpsuit personnel in Return of the Jedi, noted in Imperial Insignia: Noncommissioned Personne.

• Added a reference about Jabba's food squid, noted by R. Dalton, in Zoology.
• Added observation of the Tetan rain deflectors in Miscellaneous Technicalities, as reported by R.M?ckstein.
• Added remarks about the shape of Mon Calamari feet, as queried by G.Gardner, in Mon Calamari.
• I'm gradually working my way through the e-mail that accumulated during my annual break. No contributions are ignored; it's just that I receive mail faster than I can deal with it.
• Added a few remarks about the different incidences of impacts on the different hemispheres of the Endor moon, after query by T.Aldevio, in Endor Holocaust.

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