Lucasarts has updated their Screenshot of the Week with a new image from the upcoming Obi-Wan. Thanks JediKnight.net.

File: DIGO Oasis
Author: DIGO
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: Canyon Oasis Modification. There are 4 secrets in the level, more arms, more items and some *.wav files (funny!).

File: Galtha Gas Station
Author: TJ13
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: A well-known refueling center for small fighters and other ships. Visited frequently by many gang-lords, civilians, and occasionally a high Imperial official or two. It includes all the essentials of any real-life gas station, and even more, such as traps built around it for Multi-Player mode.

File: tkaj2
Author: Jaime Muscatelli
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: This is the second part to the trilogy I'm making. This level includes saber and gun fights. For those of you who have played my first level, this is nothing like it. This level has doors, bridges, elevators, and the level does end when you find the secret door.

File: Blackfortress
Author: Mhc_Ninja
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: Big MP level for 2/8 players. A big city with a fortress, lots of guns, and a good place for saber duels. Mhc clan level.

An update has been posted for Jedi's Hotel. Please download the new version.

It appears that Jedi Nights grabbed a hold of a story by International House of Mojo, which is an article on a visit to a very funky Star Wars exhibit, The Art of Star Wars. The article has a narrated adventure through the exhibit, as well as pictures of the posters, models, costumes, as well as other objects of pleasure to any Star Wars fan. Click here to check this baby out.

The traditional tip o' the hat goes to Jedi Nights for this one. Thanks guys!

Good day, Massassians. Since Juztyn went ahead and "pretended" to be me on the forums, posting that I had changed my name, I'm sure this is old news to 90% of you all, but I'm going to say it anyway. I am darkjedi86, believe it or not. I finally got the guts needed to change to a much better name. Why did I change? For one, "darkjedi86" is the most bland name of all time. Two, it portrays a false image of me - like I'm some hAcKeR d00d, which is just about as wrong as you can get in estimating my personality. Three, I'm starting a website of my own pretty soon, and "darkjedi86" just doesn't sound like a good name for a webmaster.

I understand this is a bit weird for you all, but I'm asking for your help. If Archimedes is a bit too long, try Archie. I would really appreciate it if you guys helped me drive that horrid name out of my memory forever.

Now that that's over with, on to more important stuff. I'm sorry for my absence in the news lately; High School's been eating up a lot of my time, but I should be rolling away the stone once more. Thanks for your patience guys. :)

Yeah, yeah, not JK, but it certainly is interesting. Watto's Junkyard has a link to a site where you can nab some Episode II footage from the shooting in Spain... You'll need the RealPlayer to watch it.

Well it looks like the verdict on the Obi-Wan editor is in. It seems quite a few people are willing to work on editing utilities, but so far it's a wait and see attitude on a full editor. We have to wait and see whether LEC is as addon-friendly with Obi-Wan as they were with JK. Be sure to read the topic for more information, as well as comments from the programmer of Jed, Alexei Novikov.

Completely unrelated, but does anyone reading this site play Asheron's Call? If so, be sure to visit the Asheron's Call Forum. I personally love the game, so if you're an AC player on Harvestgain, be sure to give my character a tell (Lorn'elth).

File: tkaj
Author: Jaime Muscatelli
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: You are a secret band of rebels that have broken into a hidden Imperial base. The Imperials have been working on a secret suit that repels certain laser fire. So far, they have only been able to develop a suit for scout troopers. They intend to make a suit for every person in the fleet. You must stop them!

File: Yavin 5
Author: StarSabers.com
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: This is a high powered multiplayer level. Find the three secrets before anyone else does.

File: Jedi's Hotel
Author: KoM_obi_wan
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: It has secrets and a lot of guns.

File: Clan of the Wolverine New Head Mod
Author: CotW_Lobezno
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: This mod replaces the unmasked head for Logan, getting rid of the "Devil Ears" seen in the Clan of the Wolverine skinpack. It's not perfect, and that is why I submitted it, for you to try out and send us your opinion, tips, suggestions, or whatever. Anyone wishing to modify and send to us, may do so. We can be found at www.clanofthewolverine.50megs.com.

File: MACE HiDeOuT
Author: MACE_Intrepid
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: This is a very small multiplayer level set in a canyon. It's very good for training gunners and snipers. A force 4 level should be sufficient with 2-3 players; any more than that and it gets crowded. This level is the Sniper Fort level with a few changes.

Amazon.com and EBWorld.com are taking preorders for Obi-Wan. Amazon lists the release as March 15, 2001, and EBWorld lists it as February 15, 2001. Remember, though, it's not often that the projected release dates listed by stores are very accurate. Thanks to http://tatooine.cjb.net (I couldn't access this site today) via The Art of the Jedi.

The Admiral's Command Chamber has posted the results of the level contest, as well as each of the 6 new single player levels. Head over to the site now to see who the winner is and start downloading countless hours of SP goodness!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my good friend Jepman. Today he turned 16. Jepman is the author of a few levels that can be found in our levels section, as well as about a billion projects that haven't been released yet. Perhaps they will during the next 16 years, eh? Everyone wish Jepman a Happy Birthday!

This morning I added a small feature to the level commenting and rating system that will hopefully make it less tedious to post comments and ratings. When you first try to rate or post a comment on a file, you will be prompted for your user name and password. After you enter it once, it will save it for you until you close out your browser completely. This means you will only have to type your user name and password once per "session" or visit to the system. Once you type it once, you can comment and rate on as many levels as you like until you close your browser. At that point, it will be deleted, so next time you show up, you'll have to type it once again.

For all your security-conscious folks, you will notice another two cookies being stored in your browser. These cookies are identical to the ones you'll find on our forums, as they're just a username/password combo. You will still be able to use the comment and rating systems even if you don't have cookies enabled in your browser, it's just a little bit more tedious.

The next thing to be added is a rating form that will sit along side the commenting form. This will allow you to rate a file at the same time you post a comment on a file, thus requiring less clicks. No guarantee on when this feature will be done, but rest assured, I am working on it.

JediKnight.net announced that the Jedi Knight Archives has posted the 3rd in a series of JkEdit tutorials. For those of you that don't know, JkEdit is a Jedi Knight level editor that can be found (for a price) at http://www.magicforce.com/.

If you haven't been keeping up with the latest news and information regarding Lucasarts upcoming action game, Obi-Wan, have no fear. We will be posting an Obi-Wan information section very shortly. We will also begin to cover Obi-Wan related news here on our main page. This will last until we decide exactly how we're going to cover Obi-Wan.

What do I mean by that? I mean that we haven't figured out whether we will integrate Obi-Wan resources into our current site, launch a new site on a subdomain, or find some other solution to the problem. Rest assured we are trying to figure out the best way, but if you have some input, feel free to email me.

Now onto the point of the post. There are several articles and interviews that say the Obi-Wan developers are using 3D Studio Max for designing Obi-Wan levels. 3DSMax is an extremely expensive program, and it certainly isn't available to the masses. We also know that a trimmed down version of 3DSMax will be released shortly, if it hasn't been already. Word on the street is that it's so trimmed down as to be useless for Obi-Wan editing.

In the past, freelance developers such as the Code Alliance have provided the Star Wars editing community (X-Wing series, Dark Forces series) with very useful programs to design levels and missions with (such as Jed). I'm wondering whether anyone has considered programming such an editor for Obi-Wan. I have no idea if Jed can be ported, or if brush based editors such as Radiant can be ported. I have no experience with such things, but I'm positive that many of our visitors do.

If you are planning on programming any type of editing utilities for Obi-Wan, be it a full fledged editor, some sort of viewer, or even a converter for Obi-Wan files, I would really like to get in contact with you. Perhaps we can get a team of devoted people together to get some sort of level editor released shortly after the game itself is released.

Please post all thoughts on this subject on the forums here.

Download: tree.zip
Author: huyd_n20
View: Screenshot
Description: A tree 3do for the baron CMP. Please see the included readme file for more information.

Download: theplaneofdoom.zip
Author: ¥oda
View: Screenshot
Description: This is a 3do of a plane. It was developed to be a combat plane, and it is. I adjusted some of the mats so it seems to look like camoflauge.

File: Go Fly
Author: wReCky
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: It is a gantry modification; textures changed etc. The only weapons in the level are mines, a concussion rifle, and an e-web cannon.

File: Jango Fett
Author: Boba_Fett687
Screenshots: Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Description: This is a skin of Jango Fett (Boba Fett's Father). The face is based on the drawing of Jango by Al Macdonald, and the skin is new. This skin replaces the Red Team Katarn with a red suited Mandalorian named Jango Fett. This is my first skin, but I am making more. Look for the upcoming All Mandalorian Team. Thanks to all the testers: Maximus__2099, BHJ_Talon, DOTR_Teri_Namos, BHA_Jade, HunterIG-88, and me, Boba_Fett687!