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September
25
 * Eyrezer becomes Wookieepedia's 30th administrator.

23
 * FOX airs Blue Harvest.

19
 * Christine Hewett, the model/actress who played "Brea Tonnika" in A New Hope, passes away.

1
 * Pete Vilmur reports that George Lucas is heavily involved in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Read more...

August
28
 * The prop of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber will be launched into space on the space shuttle Discovery. The mission is scheduled for October 23. Read more ...

24
 * jSarek becomes Wookieepedia's 4th Bureaucrat.

23
 * Gonk becomes Wookieepedia's 28th administrator.

21
 * The official blog for Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron has a "Death Star-Sized Q&A," as well as many other regular updates.

July
27
 * Jaymach is re-admitted as a Wookieepedia administrator.

26
 * Greyman becomes Wookieepedia's 27th administrator.

15
 * At Celebration Europe, Rick McCallum says that they hope to make up to 400 episodes of the Star Wars live-action TV series. (Read more.)

9
 * Wookieepedia achieves the 50,000 article milestone.

June
19
 * Influential radio shock jock Howard Stern mentioned Wookieepedia, and proceeded to read from the Wookieepedia entry on Darth Nihilus.

18
 * Rotten Tomatoes has released its Journey Through Sci-Fi: 100 Best Reviewed Sci-Fi Movies. Four of the Star Wars movies ranked on the list: The Empire Strikes Back at number 6.  Star Wars at number 9.  Star Wars Episode III at number 51.  Return of the Jedi at 87.

May
29
 * The History Channel airs Star Wars Tech and Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed.

25
 * G4 Tech Tv will be broadcasting "Star Wars at 30" live from Star Wars 30th anniversary celebration (CIV) starting at 7pm ET. The segment will re-air at 11pm ET.
 * Wikipedia features their Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope article.

18
 * Wookieepedia is mentioned on the Official Site. Read more...
 * The Wookieepedia article for Jabba the Hutt is referenced in the online comic Shortpacked!. See more

15
 * Casting is announced for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Sam Witwer will play the Secret Apprentice and Nathalie Cox will play Juno Eclipse. Read more...

10
 * Lucasarts announces third installment of the highly successful Battlefront series, Star Wars Battlefront: Renagade Squadron, exclusively for the Sony PSP.

4
 * Variety publishes an article on Wookieepedia; see Wookieepedia tracks 'Star Wars'

April
25
 * Wookieepedia is mentioned in the comment central section of UK newspaper The Times.

24
 * An Atlas of the Star Wars Galaxy appears to be forthcoming.
 * Re-discovered 1975-8 interview footage of people involved with the making of the first Star Wars film to be screened in Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences theater. Read more &hellip;

March
28
 * The US Postal Service announces on usps.com a voting contest for Star Wars stamps and skins the site with Star Wars imagery.

27
 * Del Rey announces the cancellation of the planned Darth Plagueis novel. Read more &hellip;

17
 * The US Postal Service will be putting out mailbox covers designed to look like R2-D2 in honor of the 30th anniversary of A New Hope. Read more&hellip;

16 9
 * Lucasfilm, Spike TV, and Atomfilms are holding a fan movie challenge. Winners of the contest will have their fan film shown at Celebration IV.  Read more...
 * LucasArts has decided to delay the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game. It is officially listed as "TBD" on the web site but LucasArts representatives have told GameSpot that it will be released in the spring of 2008. Read more...

8
 * Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force is announced.

7
 * The cloak that Sir Alec Guinness wore while making Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope sold for £54,000 (over $100,000) at an auction of cinema and television costumes. Read more...

4
 * Wookieepedia celebrates its second anniversary.

February
25
 * A Bulgarian language Star Wars wiki starts up.

21
 * StarWars.com announces Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, penned by Matthew Stover for release February 2008. Read more&hellip;

19
 * Jorrel Fraajic starts a new sister project of Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Merchandise Wiki.

16
 * LucasArts announced a new game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. It will be released on the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, and Nintendo DS platforms.  The game is scheduled to be released in November 2007. Read more...
 * IMDB "Quote of the Day" features Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace with Anakin saying "Mom, you said that the biggest problem in the universe is no one helps each other."

12
 * The date for the new computer animated show "Clone Wars" has a release date of 2008! The Star Wars live-action TV series also has a scheduled date of 2009. Look under updates...

4
 * An impersonator dressed as Chewbacca was arrested in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California for head-butting a tour guide operator. Read more...

1
 * Wikipedia features their Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace article.

January
23
 * Atarumaster88 becomes Wookieepedia's 22nd administrator.

7
 * A Dutch language Star Wars wiki starts up.

1
 * The winners of the Miss and Mister Star Wars 2006, are announced....Mara Jade Skywalker and Thrawn!
 * 2007 Rose Parade, with George Lucas as grand marshal. The Star Wars portion consisted of 2 floats: representing Endor (complete with Ewoks) and Naboo. Also featured: Queen Amidala, Aayla Secura, Luminara Unduli, dancers dressed as Oola, and the 501st Legion.

December
27
 * In mid-December, George Lucas took delivery of the first street-legal Mosler MT900S in the US. Lucas apparently became interested in the exotic sports car when his son brought a car magazine to his office.  Read more...

20
 * Cull Tremayne becomes Wookieepedia's 21st administrator.

18
 * Xwing328 becomes Wookieepedia's 20th administrator.

15
 * George Lucas will be the Grand Marshal for the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade this New Year's Day. He will be accompanied by the 501st Legion, three Queens of Naboo, Ewoks, and Jedi protectors.

November
28
 * The third installment of the Legacy of the Force series, Tempest, is released.
 * A report from the Viral Factory claims that "Star Wars Kid" is the most watched Internet video with approximately 900 million views.

27 26
 * Sikon becomes Wookieepedia's 3rd bureaucrat.
 * Breathesgelatin becomes Wookieepedia's 19th administrator.

16
 * Two Star Wars fans march on the United Nations building in London to demand recognition of Jedi as an organized religion. Read more&hellip;

11
 * A Mofference is held.
 * Sentry becomes Wookieepedia's 18th administrator.

October
31
 * Wookieepedia hits the milestone of 40,000 articles. Articles are in general becoming more in-depth as well.  Good job all!

23
 * LtNOWIS becomes Wookieepedia's 17th administrator.

13
 * Daniel Wallace becomes an Official Friend of Wookieepedia!

10
 * Wookieepedia mentioned in the Daily Nebraskan. Read more...

3
 * StarWars.com announces the Darth Who contest.

September
25
 * Wookieepedia was mentioned in the art section of the New York Times.

14
 * Wikipedia features their Jabba the Hutt article.

12 5
 * Wookieepedia mentioned in Associated Press's "On the Net". Read More...
 * Wookieepedia was mentioned in a New York Times article on Wikis and profit. Read More...

August
31
 * Two Wookieepedia administrators have their Databank entries published via the What's The Story feature of Star Wars Hyperspace:
 * QuentinGeorge aka Aidan Hennessy: wrote Onara Kuat
 * jSarek aka John Hazlett: wrote Cane Adiss

3
 * The Hungarian language Star Wars wiki, Csillagok Háborúja Wiki, starts up.

July
15
 * Wikipedia features their Revenge of the Sith article.

14
 * SFH becomes Wookieepedia's 16th administrator.

June
7
 * Star Wars: Legacy 0 releases starting the Star Wars: Legacy series.
 * A Polish language Star Wars wiki, Empirepedia, starts up.

3
 * Hayden Christensen wins the "Best Villain" award for his role as Darth Vader at the MTV Movie Awards.

May
26
 * StarWars.com officially announces Celebration IV. This historically huge fan convention will be held in Los Angeles, CA on May 24-28, 2007.  Read more...

17
 * Darth Culator becomes Wookieepedia's 15th administrator.

12
 * The Russian language Star Wars wiki, Star Wars Wiki Ru, starts up.

3
 * StarWars.com announces the Original Unaltered Trilogy to be released on DVD September 12, 2006.
 * The Brazilian Portuguese Star Wars wiki, Star Wars Wiki em Português, starts up.

April
18
 * Silly Dan becomes Wookieepedia's 14th administrator.

15
 * Jaymach becomes Wookieepedia's 13th administrator.

March
31
 * Wookieepedia is linked by Lifehacker.

27
 * Wookieepedia's host Wikicities moves to Wikia, changing all web addresses for wikis hosted by Wikicities, including this one.

21
 * Wookieepedia adds the new Senate Hall.
 * Sikon becomes Wookieepedia's 12th administrator.

20
 * Club Jade is added to the list of Official Friends of Wookieepedia.

19
 * Wookieepedia's second bot C-3PO is created.

17
 * TheForce.Net becomes the second of the Official Friends of Wookieepedia.

15
 * The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia finally gets its own new home at www.cuswe.org.

14
 * George Lucas will be inducted into the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame on June 17, 2006. Read more...

13
 * LucasArts announced last week that Nancy MacIntyre has been named its new Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales. Read more...

6
 * Abel G. Peña becomes the first Official Friend of Wookieepedia.

4
 * Wookieepedia celebrates its One Year Anniversary! Special thanks go to:
 * Abel G. Peña
 * CooperTFN @ TheForce.net
 * CooperTFN & The2ndQuest @ Jedi Council Forums
 * Dark Spork @ Club Jade and StarWars.com Message Boards
 * Angela and Mindspillage @ Wikicities
 * Mark Newbold @ Lightsabre.co.uk
 * MSE-6 @ MouseDroid.com
 * Mark @ Yodasnews.com
 * Nathan O'Keefe @ CloneWarz.com
 * Tim Veekhoven @ TeeKay-421
 * Trilogist @ JediNet.com


 * Natalie Portman hosts "Saturday Night Live".

February
28
 * Wookieepedia Meeting at 8PM EST (-5 GMT) tonight.

27
 * Adam Kingrey (Adamwankenobi) discusses the Wiki phenomenon in USA Today.

23
 * StarWars.com announced they will be releasing The New Essential Guide to Alien Species in October 2006.

21
 * Wookieepedia hits 25,000 articles.
 * Steve Sansweet talks about the upcoming Star Wars live-action TV series and the new 3D Clone Wars-timeline cartoon in at interview with MovieWeb. In the interview he says that the Clone Wars cartoon has a target date of Fall 2007 and pre-production is underway.  He also says the live-action show will come after the cartoon, so will likely be "towards the end of the decade."

19
 * United States President George W. Bush awarded George Lucas and Chrissie England of ILM a National Medal of Science and Technology for the company's technological innovations. Read more...

18
 * Ewan McGregor gets involved in "Car Wars" against the Camden council in London. Read more...
 * George Lucas gets involved in a political push to get more investments in US technology. Read more...
 * The SATURN awards have several Star Wars nominees: Revenge of the Sith (10 categories), Battlefront 2, KotOR 2, and ILM. Read more...
 * In the "so obvious I almost forgot to mention it" category... two days ago LucasArts released the much-anticipated real-time strategy game Empire at War. Oh yeah, and a patch.

17
 * A 5-year-old Utah boy who has congestive heart failure was given a Star Wars party by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. About 25 characters showed up.  Read more...

14
 * Riffsyphon1024 was promoted to Bureaucrat status.

10
 * LucasArts has officially announced LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for almost all platforms, scheduled for release in Fall of 2006.

9
 * Phil Brown, best known for playing Owen Lars in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, has died at the age of 89.
 * Wookieepedia's first bot, R2-D2, is created.

3 Three Wookieepedians have their Databank entries published via the What's The Story feature of Star Wars Hyperspace:
 * Lord Hydronium aka Kyle Jewhurst: wrote Nem Bees
 * Azizlight aka Arthur Papadam: wrote Bal'demnic
 * Starkeiller aka Master Starkeiller: co-wrote Olana Chion

2
 * Wookieepedia had another meeting today. Topics discussed (transcript):
 * Software/technology changes for the site
 * Change the look of the site. This link will help any of you web gurus that want to help us out with this.
 * Adding hyperlinks to join meetings
 * We will try IRC for the next meeting instead of Jabber
 * Turning the misspelling page back on
 * Turning the stats page back on
 * Copyright discussion
 * Continued talk from last meeting regarding a question about trademark violations.
 * Created a Copyright page and copied in a good example from Memory Alpha. We need to work this over, though.
 * Feedback on Wookieenews
 * Wookieepedia's 1st Anniversary
 * Getting Wookieepedia more exposure
 * Super Bowl commercial? ;)
 * Inspiration from http://www.spreadfirefox.com ?

1
 * Dark Horse announces the new Legacy comic series, set over a hundred years after the end of the New Jedi Order.

January
31
 * Azizlight and Kuralyov become Wookieepedia's 10th and 11th administrators.
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has been nominated for Achievement in Makeup at the 78th Academy Awards. You can see all other nominated films and performers here.

30
 * TheForce.Net has an exciting article about some new Star Wars comics from Dark Horse, including a Knights of the Old Republic series.
 * Hayden Christensen has been nominated for the dubious Worst Supporting Actor award at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones both won Worst Supporting Actor in 1999 and 2002, for Ahmed Best and Hayden Christensen respectively.

28
 * jSarek becomes Wookieepedia's 9th administrator.

26
 * Seven plead guilty to pirating Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. What started with a simple loan of the movie between friends has ended in the possibility of one-year prison sentences for seven Los Angeles Star Wars fans.  Read more...
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is at top of the list for nominations in the Eleventh Annual Moviefone Moviegoer Awards.
 * San Francisco's Wondercon will host special Lucasfilm events. Presentations will be made by Troy Alders (Art Director at Lucas Licensing) and Steve Sansweet (head of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm) as well as other fan events.  Read more...

25
 * Dark Horse Comics releases Star Wars Tales Volume 6 TPB and the first issue of the new comic book series Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
 * The Springfield State Journal-Register has an story about Kameron Gates. Gates has worked on special affects for movies including Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and King Kong.
 * According to a Gamespot article, the success of LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game was the main reason SCi Entertainment (formerly Eidos Interactive) exceeded its six-month internal projection by $26.8 million.
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II jumped in the UK charts from #13 to #7 this week. Read more...

21
 * Gamasutra.com has an interview with Michael Rubin, a former Lucasfilm Computer Division employee. Rubin has recently written a book, Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution, which is "the inside story of George Lucas, his intensely private company, and their work to revolutionize filmmaking."

18
 * A single player demo of Star Wars: Empire at War is to be released 5PM GMT at GameSpot.

17
 * Wikicities software upgrades to version 1.5
 * IGN takes a closer look at the new Star Wars Transformers toys.

16
 * At 8PM EST (-5 GMT), there was a Wookieepedia meeting. Topics covered include:
 * Character affiliation boxes
 * Copyright status of logo
 * Copyrights in general regarding naming
 * Copyright disclaimers
 * Admin responsibilities and upkeep
 * Concerns about language
 * Character categories

To download a transcript of the meeting, see here.


 * Beginning in late summer 2006, Revell of Germany will expand its line of modeling kits. They will include models of Darth Vader's TIE fighter, the X-wing, an Imperial shuttle, and the Millennium Falcon.  Read more...
 * George Lucas donated $1 million towards an effort to build a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, DC. Read more...

14
 * Side Show Toys announced that Kit Fisto will be the next figure in their 12" Order of the Jedi series. Pre-orders will be taken January 20, 2006, between 10:00 and 10:30 am PST.
 * The ISU Bengel Theatre in Pocatello, ID is hosting a Star Wars marathon. Over the next seven days they will be showing all six films in the saga.  Read more...

13
 * IMDb.com's Best of 2005 poll is underway! Go sign up and vote for Revenge of the Sith!
 * According to Contactmusic.com, a UK poll says Star Wars is the top movie guys want to watch when they are staying home sick.
 * Star Wars Weekends at Disney World will be starting this year on May 19th and run through June 11th. Read more...

10
 * At the 2006 People's Choice Awards, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith received the awards Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie, Drama.  George Lucas and his children were present at the event to accept the awards.
 * TFN posts some Star Wars: Purge cover production sketches. Cover artist Adam Hughes chimes in with a little behind the scenes info about Sia-Lan Wezz, too.  Go check out the article!

9
 * Star Wars Comics Companion Preview and Star Wars Rogue Squadron Comics Onimbus annouced on TheForce.net
 * John Williams awarded Critic's Choice Award for best Composer (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)!

7
 * Wookieepedia is the Wikicities featured site of the month.
 * Wookieepedia's first official meeting was held today at 8PM EST. If you missed it, you can catch the transcript to see what you missed.  Topics covered include:
 * WP:FA ground rules
 * WP:FA criteria
 * What is expected of an admin?
 * Code of conduct for how users should behave
 * Recruitment - ideas on how to draw more people to Wookieepedia
 * New logo (thanks to Dark Spork)
 * Terminology issues that have come up in some articles
 * New search bar logo

5
 * The Spanish language Star Wars wiki, Holocron de Star Wars, starts up.

1
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to StarNeptune.
 * Wookieepedia's Mister Star Wars 2005 and Miss Star Wars 2005 are announced as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Aayla Secura.

December
30
 * Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels is released.

28
 * Star Wars: Purge is a one-shot comic released today by Dark Horse. Go pickup a copy and give us a quick review!  WhiteBoy 09:58, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Imperialles was unanimously elected to be Wookieepedia's 8th administrator. Congrats, Imp!  WhiteBoy 09:58, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

27
 * The Swarm War scheduled for release.
 * MarcK becomes Wookieepedia's 7th administrator

24
 * A George Lucas authorized, 8 foot-long LEGO Venator-class Star Destroyer (inaccurately called a "Rebel Attack Cruiser"), built by Erik Varszegi is auctioned on eBay by LEGO for 32,602 USD. All proceeds of the auction were donated to Habitat for Humanity’s hurricane relief efforts in the southeastern United States..

23
 * An Ohio child suffering from a rare form of bone marrow disabling anemia describes how Star Wars has helped him through the rough times. Read more.

22
 * Wookieepedia hits 20,000 articles

17
 * An 8-ft Lego version of a Venator-class Star Destroyer built by Erik Varszegi hits eBay. All proceeds made in the auction go to Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief. FilmFodder.com

16
 * The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as one of seven films being considered for nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 78th Academy Awards. Sith, along with Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong and War of the Worlds, will be screened by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee on January 25, 2006, at which time they will nominate three of the films. Nominations will be officially announced on January 31, and the winner will be presented on March 5.

15
 * In Los Angeles, 36-yr-old Marc Hoaglin pleaded guilty to unlawfully posting a copy of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on the internet the night before the film released. He faces three years in prison. Slashfilm MercuryNews BBC

9
 * StarNeptune becomes Wookieepedia's 6th Administrator
 * "Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum" by Daniel Terdiman at news.com. - interesting article on creating collaborative documents. He is writing the article about Wikipedia, which of course easily translates to Wookieepedia.  He brings up some good points that have been raised here before in the Community Portal.

6
 * Clone Wars Volume 2 released on DVD.
 * Wookieepedia receives a quick little blurb from Club Jade.

1
 * The Last of the Jedi: Underworld released
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to Silly Dan.

November
30
 * Empire #38 released.
 * Republic #80 released.

23
 * X-Wing - Rogue Leader #3 (of 3) released.

22
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader released.

18 Two Wookieepedians have their Databank entries published via the What's The Story feature of Star Wars Hyperspace:
 * Valin Kenobi aka Nathan O'Keefe: co-wrote Diva Shaliqua
 * Azizlight aka Arthur Papadam: co-wrote Leektar

11
 * AT-AT (Star Wars Miniatures) released.

9
 * Empire #37 released.
 * Republic #79 released.

2
 * X-Wing - Rogue Leader #2 (of 3) released.

1
 * Star Wars Battlefront II released, according to their EBGames's release list. The game is currently listed for PS2, Xbox, PSP and PC. (Official Site)
 * Revenge of the Sith released on DVD
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to Azizlight.

October
24
 * The French language Star Wars wiki, Star Wars Wiki fr, starts up.

23
 * Wookieepedia hits 15,000 articles.

17
 * Peter Mayhew, who portrayed Chewbacca, becomes a U.S. naturalized citizen at a ceremony in Arlington, Texas.

15
 * Wookieepedia surpasses Memory Alpha in the number of articles, becoming the second largest Wikia-hosted wiki (after Uncyclopedia).

11
 * Abel G. Peña posts in his blog Only Sith Deal in Absolutes about Wookieepedia and the enterprise it is becoming.

1
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to MarcK.

September
30 A Wookieepedian has his Databank entry published via the What's The Story feature of Star Wars Hyperspace:
 * KastMorben aka Paul Celer: wrote Grizz Frix

27
 * The Unseen Queen is released.
 * Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion, and Rebellion In the Star Wars Films, a paperback book by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. about various influences on the six movies, is released today.

25
 * SparqMan and QuentinGeorge become Wookieepedia's 4th and 5th Administrators

22
 * StarWars.com announces The New Essential Guide to Droids which is due out in June 2006

1
 * Wookieepedian of the Month is co-awarded to QuentinGeorge and JustinGann. Great job!

August
21
 * Wookieepedia hits 10,000 articles

1
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to SparqMan.

July
31
 * Aidje becomes Wookieepedia's 3rd Administrator

26
 * The Joiner King is released.

19
 * Wookieepedia hits 5,000 articles

2
 * Proposed day for fans to return to the theaters to watch Episode III again.
 * Theaters offering buy three tickets to Episode III, get one free.

1
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to Aidje.

June
27
 * Revenge of the Sith enters the top 10 on the list of the highest grossing movies of all time.

6
 * Wookieepedian of the Month award is given to Imperialles.

May
19
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released in theaters nationwide making $50 million in its first twenty-four hours, a new single-day and opening day record.
 * To coincide with the release Episode III, StreamingSoundtracks.com plays nothing but Star Wars music all day long.

18
 * IMPS – The Relentless episode 1 released.

16
 * Star Wars Celebration Day in London's Leicester Square. Includes the first ever Star Wars marathon--starting with Episode IV and culminating in the UK premiere of Episode III.

12
 * Episode III charity premier at ANSA in Los Angeles, CA.

5
 * The Episode III video game released today.
 * The 2-disc soundtrack for Episode III is released.

April
24
 * Celebration III ends

21
 * Celebration III begins.

16
 * The fan film Star Wars:Revelations is released, raising the bar for fan films.

2
 * DK Publishing and LucasBooks release several reference books and novels detailing Episode III.
 * Nationwide launch of Episode III toys (and other products).
 * Midnight Madness at Toys R Us's and 48 Hours of the Force at 24-hour Wal-Marts.

March
19
 * News of a 3D version of the saga to be released in 2007 goes public.

16
 * Riffsyphon1024 becomes the 2nd administrator.

13
 * Disapproval at Wikipedia for Transwikification on Vfds is apparent. Copying now main process of retrival.

11
 * AlexTheMartian proposes new PNG of the Logo of Wookieepedia.
 * The trailer for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released in theaters before the movie Robots.

10
 * The trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released to a nationwide audience on the FOX network following an episode of The O.C..

4
 * Wookieepedia (then the Star Wars Wiki) was founded by WhiteBoy with help from Angela and LouCypher.

January
23
 * The term "Wookieepedia" is coined by WhiteBoy.

21
 * Concept of a Star Wars wiki brought up by Riffsyphon1024.
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