March 4, starwars.fandom.com—Twenty years ago today, Star Wars fans were eagerly awaiting the REVENGE OF THE SITH, exploring the depths of Nar Shaddaa in the KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II, and beginning to build WOOKIEEPEDIA—the Star Wars wiki. As an ever-growing community of volunteers, the Wookieepedia project now celebrates its 20th year.
Our encyclopedia officially reached 200,000 articles last month. This was only possible with the work of hundreds upon hundreds of fans over the past twenty years. Most Wookieepedians started off editing with little to no writing or coding experience, but our efforts have brought us closer to the goal of creating the most accurate, comprehensive, and well-presented resource about all things Star Wars.
Since Wookieepedia's tenth anniversary in 2015, we have expanded the breadth, depth, and quality of our documentation of both the Star Wars Legends and the new canon continuities, as well as coverage of Star Wars media and production behind the scenes. Wookieepedia has also been building a more friendly and welcoming community. Informed by our contributors' experiences, we have launched ongoing efforts in revamping our policies to be clearer and more fair, improving accessibility, and developing new editing tutorials.
Since 2015, editor recruitment has advanced on Wookieepedia, with the great majority of the current administrators and review board members having joined those groups in recent years. The past ten years has also seen the progress of the Discussions forum and the launch of twenty-two new collaborative WookieeProjects. These include the Project Stardust initiative focusing on essential topics and Project Pride's efforts to improve the wiki's coverage of LGBTQIA+ topics. Most external links on Wookieepedia now have backup archival links to keep a better record of the ever-changing Internet, and bot systems have automated many monotonous site maintenance tasks such as page archivals for the status article peer review system.
Our work continues unabated. Thousands more pages need to be created, lack citations, await expansion, and could use more images. All the while, the franchise continues to grow and require updates. As we enter our third decade, we would love for more readers to join our ranks! May the Force be with us in the next twenty years… ✨
Jes Gistang was a Corellian Human female who served as a stormtrooper in Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire circa 137 ABY, during the Second Imperial Civil War. After living on the streets as a child, Gistang was taken in by the local Imperial Mission and was eventually selected for service in the Stormtrooper Corps. She quickly found a home as a heavy-weapons expert with Joker Squad in the 407th Stormtrooper Division and was put in charge of the unit's BB-23 heavy blaster cannon, known as the "big gun."
When Lieutenant Gil Cassel informed Joker Squad that the 407th would be conducting a mission on Borosk to destroy the 908th Stormtrooper Division, which had defected to the forces of displaced Emperor Roan Fel, Gistang angrily disagreed with killing fellow stormtroopers and even argued that the members of Joker Squad should join Fel themselves. Gistang reluctantly participated in the Battle of Borosk when Joker Squad was ordered into action, but she was killed during the second day of fighting when one of her spare power packs for the big gun was hit by a stray blaster bolt, causing it to explode and vaporize her. (Read more…)
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- 1933 – Syd Mead is born.
- 1949 – John Wagner is born.
- 1971 – Ryan Church is born.
- 1972 – Slim Khezri is born.
- 1972 – Luke Ross is born.
- 1974 – Gabriel Hardman is born.
- 1979 – Star Wars Weekly 73 published.
- 1984 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 57 published.
- 1994 – TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide published.
- 2001 – Jedi vs. Sith 4 published.
- 2002 – Star Wars Insider 61 is released for subscribers.
- 2007 – Dark Times 4 published.
- 2008 – Suvudu is launched.
- 2011 – Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon released.
- 2012 – Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison 3 published.
- 2015 – George Coe dies.
- 2016 – "Race on Tatooine" airs on Disney XD.
- 2017 – Star Wars: On the Front Lines published.
- 2018 – Darth Vader Annual 2 published.
- 2018 – Poe Dameron 29 published.
- 2018 – Star Wars (2015) 51 published.
- 2023 – Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade published.
- 2023 – Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade audiobook released.
- 2023 – Young Jedi Adventures: Get Well, Nubs! published.