User:Basilisk

"Ah! Bless you Basilisk!"

- Ryan Kaufman

Greetings, I am Basilisk. Well, that is of course not my real name, but it is what I am going by here. Although if you would prefer to refer to me by something else, I will respond to "Hey you", "You, yeah, the quiet one", and "Hey, nerd", although that last one might just get half of the Wiki's attention. I suppose I could relate a daring tale of action, drama, and adventure regarding my real life biography; however, then I would be lying. But perhaps it would be best to talk about the relevant topic here, my affliction with the madness known as being a Star Wars fan.

I am a lifelong fan of the trilogies (the exact amount of years that I have been a fan is obscured by the fact that no one knows when I first saw Star Wars, just that I have been engrossed by it ever since). My introduction to the expanded universe came years afterward when I first played Tie Fighter back on what was then a top of the line 486 system. I had greatly enjoyed the space battles of the Original Trilogy, and this enjoyment turned into quite a fascination while playing out the course of the game, which I still consider to be one of the best video games ever produced. Almost equally important to my growing fanaticism about Star Wars was the short story contained within the manual titled the Stele Chronicles, focusing on the early exploits of Tie Fighter’s previously unnamed protagonist, Maarek Stele. Who might I add, is nearly forgotten despite the fact that if the events of Tie Fighter are considered to be canon (and they have shown to be), Colonel Stele is no doubt one the Empire’s best pilots, probably only second to Soontir Fel. While not an extraordinary piece of Star Wars literature, the Stele Chronicles none the less piqued my interest in the still small Expanded Universe that had been generated by the Original Trilogy.

Having taken my first step into a larger world, I immediately set out to consume what I could find among the existing body of Star Wars work. While I cannot remember the first Star Wars books that I read, among the first were Timothy Zahn’s masterful Thrawn Trilogy, Kevin J. Anderson’s seemingly unending Young Jedi Knights series, and my personal favorite, the legendary albeit poor selling X-Wing series.

(To be concluded when I have another longwinded moment)