Star Wars is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. In 2020, its total value was estimated at US$70 billion, and it is currently the fifth-highest-grossing media franchise of all time.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.
The Breen are a fictional extraterrestrial species featured in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. They were first mentioned in "The Loss", a fourth-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation which first aired in 1990. References to them were made in several other Next Generation episodes, but they did not appear until the 1996 fourth season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Indiscretion". On Deep Space Nine, they played a significant role in the final story arc of the series in 1999, during which much information about them was revealed. The Breen's true appearance remains unknown to viewers, as they have never been without their helmets.
Armin Shimerman is an American actor and author. He is known for his work as the Ferengi bartender Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Principal Snyder on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Judge Brian Hooper in the first 7 episodes of Boston Legal in its third season in 2006. He is also known for his voice work as General Skarr and Stomach in Grim & Evil, Evil Con Carne, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dr. Achilles Milo in Justice League Unlimited and reprised the role in the 2016 video game Batman: Arkham Underworld, Prof. Mark Haley and Ace Morgan, The Calculator, The Psycho Pirate and The Second Red Lantern Guardian in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Raanu in Bionicle: The Legend Reborn, Zilius Zox in Justice League Action, Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series, Raz's Father and Augustus Aquato in the 2005 video game Psychonauts and the 2021 video game Psychonauts 2 respectively, The Innkeeper, Abbot Song and Emperor Sun Hai in the 2005 video game Jade Empire and Andrew Ryan from BioShock. He also voiced various characters such as Dr. Henry, the Nightmare Alien, Mr. Murphy, The Waiter, A Gopher Person, The Third Zingo, Buttonwillow and Guys 1 and 3 in the Cartoon Network animated series Regular Show and also provided additional voice work for Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 3, Diablo III, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Uncle Grandpa and We Bare Bears.
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense.
Judy Blundell, pseudonym Jude Watson, is an American author of books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2008 for the young adult novel What I Saw and How I Lied, published under her real name by Scholastic Books.
In law, a legacy is something held and transferred to someone as their inheritance, as by will and testament. Personal effects, family property, marriage property or collective property gained by will of real property.
Jedi Quest is an eleven-book young-reader series written by Jude Watson about Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker. It is set in the fictional Star Wars universe between Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones,. The series was published from 2001 to 2004.
The Captive Temple by Jude Watson is the seventh in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
The Fight for Truth by Jude Watson is the ninth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
The Evil Experiment by Jude Watson is the twelfth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
This is a list of fictional stories in which solar eclipses feature as an important plot element. Mere passing mentions are not listed.
The Star Wars Episode I Journal series is a young adult science fiction series published by Scholastic, written by different authors, and recounting the story of Star Wars Episode I from the perspective of different characters.
Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire is a 1998 young adult novel by science fiction author Donna Tauscher. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) from the point of view of one of its main characters, Han Solo.
Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice is a 1998 young adult novel by science fiction author John Peel. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) from the point of view of one of its main characters, Luke Skywalker.
Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Initially credited as The Emperor in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine is also known by his Sith title Darth Sidious.
Padmé Amidala Naberrie is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, appearing in the prequel trilogy portrayed by Natalie Portman. First indirectly mentioned in Return of the Jedi, she is introduced in The Phantom Menace as the teenage Queen of Naboo, and after her reign, becomes a senator and an anti-war spokesperson in the Galactic Senate. She secretly marries Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker then later gives birth to twins Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Anakin's fear of losing Padmé plays a part in driving him to the dark side of the Force and becoming Darth Vader.
Ryder Windham is an American science fiction author who has written more than 60 Star Wars books, including novels, comics, and reference books. He has also written junior novelizations for Indiana Jones films. Since 1993, he has been working on Star Wars projects either by himself or with other authors. His reference book Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide spent three weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list in 2005.
