Considering how something you put out has been canonized, what makes you so sure?

I'd be very surprised if Obsidian or LA had the guts to shut down a group of fans who are cleaning up their mess -without any Xmas cash to show for it.

I think I even remember the official KotOR 2 forum having a message from the devs where they made it clear that the mod wasn't officially sanctioned, but basically encouraged people to go check it out anyway.

Heh. I'm sure the reason why there haven't been any more official patches for the game, is because the devs knows Team Gizka is on the job anyway.

But the canon issue is funny. Since Team Gizka are going to great lengths to restore what would otherwise have been canon, I think we have a strange case here of stuff that should be canon, but most likely will not be, on the sole basis of it being brought to the public by fans.

Tell me, Tasty, if the K2 developers are so impressed with the mod that they ask you to include it in canon, and it otherwise checks out (LFL testing and whatnot), would it be possible?

What rank does the Holocron have for *Shawn Valdez*? In the script he's a Captain but in the 'Who is Who' article he is a Major and then once more a Captain? Was he a Captain and did he get promoted to Major after Hoth?

Which begs the question: is Princess Lourdes also Sephi?

She's identical in nearly all respects bar skin color, which may be a simple case of artistic license.

At the very least, I consider Lourdes and her species "Near-Sephi", since we see her homeworld and it plainly isn't Thustra. (home of the Sephi)

That said, the Jedi Master Fay is very likely a Sephi, since she shares a similar physical appearance, and is also long lived.

In my estimation, Valenthyne Farfalla is of a different species, which is just as likely to be named "Equine" as it is anything else. It's a bit weird that a species with no horse-features is named that, but, then again, we have a fish species named "Mon Calamari" (which really should be the name for Quarren). do we not?

• "...she found herself leaving Coruscant orbit on a bearing for one of the moons, Hesperidium."

So the book does not in fact say that Hesperidium is a moon belonging to Coruscant. I had apparenty misunderstood. Thanks, Tasty!*

Thanks to you, too! You have no idea how much that statement helps me with sourcing (I don't own and have not yet read Sacrifice).

Will Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force finally reveal all the members of Luke Skywalker's original 12 students at the Jedi Praxeum? It seems like the ideal opportunity.

~ Kiro

Mr. Chee, has it been established whether Darth Vader's identity as Anakin Skywalker is common knowledge at various points post-ROTJ, or how common of knowledge it is?

Similarly, how well-known is it at various points that Emperor Palpatine is a Sith?

I'm not looking for a huge breakdown year by year or anything, just something along the lines of, "It became fairly common knowledge in 10 ABY" or "It wasn't very common in 6 ABY, but steadily became more well known until in 30 ABY anyone who cared to look into the matter would know", stuff to that effect.

Thanks a bunch for any help you can provide!

tasty- whats going on with the complete release of the Ewok/Droids cartoon series? Anythng new there? Is that actually ever coming out?

Wizards of the Coast explains in the naming discrepency in this online supplement: Niman, properly, is the dual trinity of Kashi gods; therefore, the name 'Niman' has, at various times, been used to designate both Jar'Kai (which employs two blades, just as there are two trinities) and Form IV (since two trinities total six). Jar'Kai is the more traditional name for two-weapon dueling and recalls the ancient Atrisian city of Jar'Kai, where twin swords were first forged for the Yovshin Swordsmen. Jedi practitioners sometimes still refer to Jar'Kai as 'Niman' because Form VI is considered the basis of all more advanced lightsaber technique.

So, in short, galactic nomenclature is very morphable. Now, as to that "two-saber variant of Form IV"...Mister Chee will have to help you there.