Images from The Star Wars Expanded Universe

Sunday night! Crazy NASCAR race going on now, hoping for Tony Stewart to pull off winning another championship. (Update: Tony Stewart has won the NASCAR title with an unreal display of driving skill and balls. Very happy for him.)

Not doing homework tonight, short week and things will probably be all over the place market wise. I wanted to take a break and enjoy the holiday week. Only working Monday and Tuesday. Tell what your plans are in the comments section.

Images from The Star Wars Expanded Universe
It's always fun to put up some images from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. I just go the new Darth Revan book in last week and cannot wait to read it. The Expanded Universe is a rich and well developed arc of many stories. Star Wars is not just the 6 movies.

The ancestral home of the Sith was on the planet Korriban. The most sacred burial ground for Sith Lords was here, The Valley of the Dark Lords:

In the game "The Knights of the Old Republic" there is a really great ship called The Star Forge that takes energy from stars and makes an armada of ships and droids from the material it takes in. Novel idea:

Luke Skywalker's wife, Mara Jade, was actually killed off in a plot line! A picture of the funeral:

A Chiss Clawcraft:

The Mirakula blind force user, Visas Marr:

Lightsabers require Adegan Crystals to work and they are found on the planet IIlum. Sith prefer synthetic red crystals. Here is a shot of the Crystal Caves on that planet:

After her brother Jacen fell to the Darkside of the Force, Jaina Solo was forced to fight him to the death and did:

Anakin Skywalker vs Asajj Ventress. This fight is how Anakin gets the scar around his eye:

Have a good night.

Saturday Night

I was supposed to do some homework on trades and make new screens but in the end I did basically nothing today and that was just fine! Maybe tomorrow.

This Cat is Getting Big
When we picked out of new kitten Jessie one of the main reasons was that she was 6 months old (supposedly!) and still seemed a bit on the small side. I thought that would work well because I wanted Norman the Pug to be relaxed around her. Fair enough.

On our first vet appointment for the cat, we were informed she was really closer to 4 months old and already large for that age. Uh oh. Jessie has been here since the week before Christmas and she is already getting as long as the dog! I am starting to fear that she may be part Maine Coon Cat! She has a real wild streak. Here are the two kids on the couch and you can see how she has grown up already compared with earlier pictures:

Uh oh.

Star Wars of Course
A little Star Wars stuff never hurt, right?

How about this:
The 20 Most Memorable Moments of the Expanded Universe
■The Death of Chewbacca
■Vader Remembers See-Threepio
■Enter General Grievous
■Heirs of the Sith: Anakin Skywalker Meets Asajj Ventress
■The Artistic Fate of Grand Admiral Thrawn
■Boba Fett Escapes the Sarlacc
■Jacen Solo Descends into the Rings of Hell
■Borsk Fey'lya, A Noble End for the Guy You Love To Hate
■Luke Duels with Darth Vader for the First Time... Before The Empire Strikes Back
■The Death of Ton Phanan
■Darth Vader vs. Darth Maul
■Luke vs. Lumiya
■Luke Skywalker Creates a Jedi Academy
■Aayla Secura Appears on the Big Screen
■Crix Madine, A Life in Service to the New Republic
■Exar Kun Gives in to the Dark Side
■The Redemption of Ulic Qel-Droma
■The Pregnancy of Mara Jade Skywalker
■The Emperor Reborn
■Ganner Rhysode, A Hero at the Gates


Sorry, but yes Chewbacca is dead:

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Still one of my favorite art works from the Expanded Universe, Corran Horn battles Shedao Shai on Ithor:

The novel Dark Tide: Ruin is one of the better EU books.

Added:
Just ran across Bill Dance's best fishing bloopers and it is a howl:
Fishing Bloopers
Have a good night.