Fan fiction

"A blue Twi'lek, and surviving holos of her show her to be beautiful of face and form. Well, in her career, she benefited the people of many worlds, and entered the folkloric cycles of several primitive cultures, where she often was merged with local historical figures or goddess-characters. Even today, educated immigrants from those cultures will write fictive cycles about her, some of them amazingly prurient."

- Movac Arisster

Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and often abbreviated to fanfic or fic) is defined as fiction written by fans that takes place in the world of a film, novel, or other media work. Star Wars fan fiction has been around almost as long as the movies themselves. Usually, it is not regarded as canon.

Types of fan fiction

 * Angst: A story that focuses on a character's negative emotional state.
 * Alternate Universe (AU): A 'What if' story: a fanfic that deviates from or otherwise changes the canon story or premise drastically.
 * Alternate Reality: A fic that transplants characters from the Galaxy Far, Far Away to an alternate setting.
 * Crossover: A story where characters from two (or more) different fandoms interact, or where characters from one fandom live in the storyline of another fandom, though the characters never meet. The second type is normally altered so that the storyline will work within the Star Wars universe.
 * Drabble: Very short story. Most fanfiction communities define a drabble as 100 words exactly and a title that can be up to 15 words and is not included in the word count.
 * Fluff: Considered a step down from mush, fluff is 'warm-and-fuzzy' fic involving romance.
 * Gen: A story not focused on romantic interactions between characters.
 * Het: A heterosexual romance fic.
 * Mush: A softcore romantic fic, though a step above fluff. May involve sexual innuendo, but never actual smut.
 * One Shot: A complete story told all in one part.
 * PWP: Porn Without Plot - pure smut.
 * Songfic: A story built around a song, or song lyrics. Usually, but not always, romantic in nature.
 * Slash: A story that focuses on a romantic relationship between two characters of the same sex, usually male. The term 'Femmeslash' or 'Femslash' is used to denote a female pairing.
 * Smut: Explicit sex.
 * Vignette: A fairly short story, usually a character sketch.

Fan fiction terminology

 * !: Fanfic terminology regularly uses an exclamation mark to separate the two morphemes of a compound term, especially when the subject can't be taken entirely seriously, as in 'Crack!Ship' or 'Fluffy!Luke''.


 * Aniri: A story that has Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila involved in a romantic relationship.
 * A/P: Stands for Anakin/Padmé; A story that focuses on the romantic relationship between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala.
 * A/T: Stands for Anakin/Tahiri; A story that focuses on the romantic relationship between Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila.
 * Archive: A website that offers a collection of fan fiction.
 * Archivist: Person who manages or helps to run an archive.
 * Benella: A story that has Ben Skywalker and Jysella Horn involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Beta: To have a fic checked for errors before posting/publication by someone who is not the author.
 * Betareader: One who betas.
 * Crack 'ship, Crack!Ship: a term suggesting that authors or 'shippers supporting a particular pairing must be psychologically 'cracked', or perhaps doing drugs such as 'crack' cocaine; also sometimes used with overtones of the Scots/Irish term Craic/Crack.
 * Fanzine: Unauthorized fan-produced magazine; before the internet, fanzines were the only place for most people to find fanfic
 * H/L: Stands for Han/Leia; A story that focuses on the romantic relationship between Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo.
 * J/D: Stands for Jacen/Danni; a story that has Jacen Solo and Danni Quee in a romantic relationship.
 * J/J: Stands for Jaina/Jag; a story that has Jaina Solo and Jagged Fel in a romantic relationship.
 * J/J 2: Stands for Jacen/Jaina in a Romantic/Inscest relationship
 * J/K: Stands for Jaina/Kyp; a story that has Jaina Solo and Kyp Durron in a romantic relationship.
 * J/TK: Stands for Jacen/Tenel Ka; A story that has a Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka in an romantic relationship.
 * J/Z: Stands for Jaina/Zekk; a story that has Jaina Solo and Zekk in a romantic relationship.
 * Jacella: A story that has Jacen Solo and Jysella Horn involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Janen: A story that has Jacen Solo and Nen Yim involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Jysellaeon: A story that has Gilad Pellaeon and Jysella Horn involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Maracen: A story that has Jacen Solo and Mara Jade involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Marakin: A story that has Anakin Solo and Mara Jade involved in a romantic relationship. These often, but not always, involve Anakin as Ben Skywalker's father.
 * Mary Sue: a heavily idealized original character, usually based on the author. She or he will possess powers or heritage above and beyond what is considered normal for his or her character class, often deplacing canon characters. A male Sue is often called "Gary Stu."
 * L/M: Stands for Luke/Mara; A story that focuses on the romantic relationship between Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker.
 * Original character (OC): a character created created by the author, not from canon.
 * Obidala: A story that has Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala involved in a romantic relationship.
 * OTP: One True Pairing. A fan's preferred couple. Can be canon, fanon, or anything in-between.
 * Pairing: two characters involved in a romantic relationship. It may or may not have any basis in canon.
 * Pellaya: A story that has Jaina Solo and Gilad Pellaeon involved in a romantic relationship.
 * Profic: the professionally-written and published stories which constitute the official continuity of the fandom.
 * Plotbunny: a story idea; sometimes 'bunny', or in Star Wars fandom, 'hoojib'.
 * Rec: Short for 'recomendation'
 * Sabewan: A story that has Sabé and Obi-Wan Kenobi involved in a romantic relationship. Also referred to as 'Sobiwan'.
 * Siriwan: A story that focuses on a romantic relationship between Siri Tachi and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Also sometimes called ObiSiri.
 * 'Ship: short for "relationship;" see pairing
 * 'Shipper: someone who is a fan of a particular 'ship or pairing.
 * Subtext: Something that can be implied, but is not clearly stated, by canon. Often used as a basis or justification for romantic relations between two characters where none exists in canon.
 * Suethor: A fanfic author seemingly incapable of writing anything not featuring a Mary Sue based on herself. The male version of the term is Stuthor
 * Winterkin: A story that has Anakin Solo and Winter Retrac Celchu involved in a romantic relationship.
 * WIP: Work In Progress; an unfinished story
 * Yodel: A story that focuses on a romantic relationship between Yoda and Yaddle.
 * Zine, 'zine: Shorthand for 'fanzine'

More on fan fiction (General)

 * Fan Fiction on Wikipedia
 * The Fanfiction Glossary
 * The Fanfic Symposium: History of Fan Fiction

Star Wars fan fiction sites

 * A Larger World - Community for fanfic writers and readers.
 * Stay on Target - fanfic link site
 * TheForce.net's FanFic Archive
 * TheForce.net's Fan Fiction Boards
 * Fanfiction.net: Movies: Star Wars
 * Fanfix.com in the Wayback Machine - now-defunct website was the largest source of Star Wars fanfic on the web for many years
 * Chaos:: Star Wars
 * The Archive at the End of the Universe: Star Wars
 * The Sith Academy
 * Skyehawke: Star Wars
 * Knights of the Old Republic Fan Fiction - A star wars fan fiction site with focus on the KotOR series.
 * KOTOR Fan Media - fan fiction and art in the Knights of the Old Republic setting