User:Raan Taal

A little about me
I can't only say I've been a Star Wars "fan" practically my entire life. I saw Ep. IV (before they actually subtitled it "A New Hope") (in other words, the very first film) the first week it hit theaters back in May 1977. For me, it has gone much deeper. I was in fourth grade at the time. Let me tell ya... that movie (and the phenomenon which followed) changed my life. Made me realize I loved sci-fi. I've had a love affair with the whole sci-fi scene ever since (plus listening to John Williams' masterful scores... classics of music, period, no matter what era you live in). I still have the "early bird" set of the first four action figures made by Kenner (Leia, Chewie, R2, and oh heck I forget the other... think it was Luke or Threepio), along with just about every other figure they ever made (before the Hasbro buyout).

Fave films (from each trilogy): Ep. V, Ep. III.

Fave comix characters: I really dig the look of the Imperial Knights. I wish I had a costume like that. Antares Draco looks pur-tee darned wicked. I think I'm in love with Darth Talon.

I run some online online interactive-fiction groups, a couple Star Trek plus Battlestar Galactica. Haven't had the courage yet to try a Star Wars one, but the temptation is growing, and growing... (kinda like what happened to Anakin -- EEEK!!).

Why the username "Raan Taal"? I wrote some fan fiction back in the '80s; Raan Taal was a prominent new-Jedi trainee from the planet Kwaguerria, a guy with funky skin and silver chrome-like hair, who did an Anakin-Vader turnaround number on ol' Luke Warmwater... I just thought it was a good place to make use of the name (instead of leaving it in the dust of my imagination).

I'm hoping to make Wookieepedia contributions where possible and needed, and in the process make some new friends.

Contact
If you ever need to contact me:
 * Email: sasorizaa1[at]comcast.net