TheForce.Net ("TFN") is a ''
Star Wars
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'' news website that provides updates on the ''Star Wars'' media franchise. The web site launched in 1996 as the "Star Wars Site At Texas A & M." It was founded by Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith. TFN is officially "TheForce.Net, LLC," and is currently part-owned by Philip Wise, who also runs the ''Star Wars'' collecting news site Rebelscum.com.
Content
The main page of TheForce.Net features the site's news coverage. There are categories for movies, television, literature, games, and the fan community. Several categories also have special sections. For example, the television category hosts reviews of the TV show ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', and the literature category hosts TFN's book release schedule and its literature reviews.
In addition to its function as a news site, TFN also archives a variety of media and resources. In the summer of 2000, the site hosted a fake movie trailer for ''
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' that included actors
Leonardo DiCaprio
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and
Hayden Christensen. The trailer surpassed one million downloads and generated favorable publicity for the movie itself.
TFN hosts astrophysicist Dr. Curtis Saxton's ''Star Wars Technical Commentaries'', a set of documents exploring the nature and limits of the
technology
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in ''Star Wars''. Dr. Saxton has also written ''Incredible Cross Sections of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones'' and ''Incredible Cross-sections of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'', two publications by
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.
It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media cong ...
which draw on material from the SWTC.
References
External links
TheForce.NetThe ForceCast a podcast network affiliated with TFN
Rebelscum.com TFN's sister site
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Internet properties established in 1996
Science fiction websites
Star Wars fandom
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