Digital Llama Radio released five episodes as an independent online radio show (podcast) before becoming associated with TheForce.Net.

Here, we present the fourth independent episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 1x04, also known as Oh My GOD It's Early.

HOSTS: Christopher Hanel; Abe Peterka; Justin Whitlock; and Steve Phelan

(DLR series originally released by Digital Llama Productions, 2001 - 2002)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/dlr.html

(Christopher Hanel's Riff Raff Theater can be found at http://www.riffrafftheater.com.)

Digital Llama Radio released five episodes as an independent online radio show (podcast) before becoming associated with TheForce.Net.

Here, we present the third independent episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 1x03, also known as God Bless Fanfilmmakers.

HOSTS: Christopher Hanel; Abe Peterka; Justin Whitlock; and Steve Phelan

(DLR series originally released by Digital Llama Productions, 2001 - 2002)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/dlr.html

(Christopher Hanel's Riff Raff Theater can be found at http://www.riffrafftheater.com.)

Digital Llama Radio released five episodes as an independent online radio show (podcast) before becoming associated with TheForce.Net.

Here, we present the second independent episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 1x02, also known as Attack of the Radio Jockeys.

HOSTS: Christopher Hanel; Abe Peterka; and Justin Whitlock

(DLR series originally released by Digital Llama Productions, 2001 - 2002)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/dlr.html

(Christopher Hanel's Riff Raff Theater can be found at http://www.riffrafftheater.com.)

Digital Llama Radio released five episodes as an independent online radio show (podcast) before becoming associated with TheForce.Net.

Here, we present the first independent episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 1x01, also known as Copyright Jokes are Funny.

HOSTS: Christopher Hanel; Abe Peterka; Justin Whitlock; Steve Phelan

(DLR series originally released by Digital Llama Productions, 2001 - 2002)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/dlr.html

(Christopher Hanel's Riff Raff Theater can be found at http://www.riffrafftheater.com.)

In 2001, the fan film community was entering a major boom phase, as fans, hyped for Attack of the Clones and spurred on by The Phantom Menace came out of the woodwork to produce fan films.

Two years before, in 1999, the Star Wars fan audio genre had been quietly born with the launch of the Jedi Talk radio show, which streamed online via Real Player (and, by the way, has been made unavailable by its creative team in any online archival format, so we won't be seeing those archives return anytime soon, if ever).

In 2001, a team led by Sebastien Mineau and Dany Pepin, inspired by Jedi Talk, began their own live, streaming radio show in French (exclusively French language at the time), Star Wars en Direct. That inspiration became the first "lineage" of inspiration (so to speak) in Star Wars fan audio.

Meanwhile, a second lineage of Star Wars fan audio was being born in the fan film community. As a lead-in to their (later phenomenally successful) fan film The Formula, the core members of Digital Llama Productions (Christopher Hanel, Abe Peterka, Steve Phelan, and Justin Whitlock) began production on their own pre-recorded online radio show, Digital Llama Radio, focused around Star Wars, fan films, and moviemaking.

The series became an instant hit in the fan film community, releasing five independent episodes before being picked up by TheForce.Net Fan Films, where the series produced another eleven episodes (twelve if one considers the two-part eighth TFN episode as two separate episodes).

The series would see the introduction of the then-wife of Abe Peterka and another star of The Formula, Becca Peterka, while also later adding Josh Wasta to the panel.

Digital Llama Radio would eventually spawn a spin-off series about gaming entitled Digital Llama Player's Guide in 2002, which ran for five episodes.

Finally, in 2003, the classic Digital Llama Radio would merge with Digital Llama Player's Guide into a single production, Digital Llama 2.0 (which brought in another host, C.J. Mobberley), but that new series would only last for two (or three, counting another two-parter) episodes before the series would quietly fade away.

The impact of DLR, DLPG, and DL2 can be felt through Star Wars fan audio, as DLR itself was the project that inspired ChronoRadio, which in itself later inspired quite a few other radio shows (podcasts). Christopher Hanel, thought of as the godfather of DLR, was instrumental in the first Star Wars fan audio drama, Second Strike, which he mixed alongside Nathan P. Butler, setting the stage for an audio drama genre to come.

Today, Christopher Hanel continues in film making, comedy, and audio production. His newest project is Riff Raff Theater (http://www.riffrafftheater.com), which also now features its own podcast, Riff Raff Radio. We urge those who enjoy these classic Digital Llama Productions projects to visit the RRT page and check out this new venture.

Over the coming months, we will be, with Hanel's blessing, re-releasing all 23 (25) episodes of the classic DLR, D2, and, yes, even DLPG episodes here through the Star Wars Fanworks Audio Feed. We are proud to present these classic series to many who will hear for the first time just why they are considered a fan audio great, even now, years later.

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/digitalllama.html

(Riff Raff Theater can be found at http://www.riffrafftheater.com.)

Tatooine TV by Jeff Roney released new episodes from 2003 until its end as a live series in 2007.

The fourth episode features the following segments:

1. TASCAR Racing

2. Tusken Concerto

STARRING: Jeff Roney Roney

WRITTEN by Jeff Roney

MIXED by Jeff Roney

(TTV series originally released by Jeff Roney Designs / RoneyZone Productions, 2003 - 2007)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/tatooinetv.html

Tatooine TV by Jeff Roney released new episodes from 2003 until its end as a live series in 2007.

The third episode features the following segments:

1. Anchorhead Idol

2. Bantha Fodder Diet Superstore Grand Opening Ad

STARRING: Jeff Roney; Shawn Crosby; Presley Becerra; and Colleen Roney

WRITTEN by Jeff Roney

MIXED by Jeff Roney

(TTV series originally released by Jeff Roney Designs / RoneyZone Productions, 2003 - 2007)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/tatooinetv.html

Tatooine TV by Jeff Roney released new episodes from 2003 until its end as a live series in 2007.

The second episode features the following segments:

1. Death Star Construction

2. Jawa Shopping Network

STARRING: Jeff Roney and Shawn Crosby

WRITTEN by Jeff Roney

MIXED by Jeff Roney

(TTV series originally released by Jeff Roney Designs / RoneyZone Productions, 2003 - 2007)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/tatooinetv.html

In September 2003, just over two weeks after the launch of Star Wars Fanworks, Jeff Roney began releasing the first episodes of Tatooine TV, and audio parody series that would continue until 2007.

The first episode features the following segments:

1. Twi'leks Gone Wild

2. Dagobah Spa

3. Ewok Elvis

STARRING: Jeff Roney; Shawn Crosby; and "Ewok Elvis"

WRITTEN by Jeff Roney

MIXED by Jeff Roney

(TTV series originally released by Jeff Roney Designs / RoneyZone Productions, 2003 - 2007)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/tatooinetv.html

2003 in Star Wars fan audio is usually noted for the birth of fan audio dramas for the genre, but as those dramas were emerging, so was a classic fan audio parody, one of the longest running Star Wars fan audio projects outside of podcasting.

Jeff Roney (now of RoneyZone Productions) created a brand new parody series centered around the concept of Star Wars parody and sketch-style comedy. Presented as Tatooine TV (a "television" approach without video, hence a bit of a play on words), Roney's new series would last from 2003 until 2007 in both pre-recorded and life forms.

With over 45 episodes and over 11 hours of content, Tatooine TV (TTV) is a fan audio classic . . . and the emergence of one of fan audio's biggest contributors and supporters, Jeff Roney.

Over the next few months, we will be releasing the entire run of the series on the Star Wars Fanworks Audio Feed. This month, we begin with the first four episodes.

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/tatooinetv.html

The seventh (and thus far final, as of January 2008) episode of Star Wars: Anthology came in February 2004 with the release of To Overcome.

Once again, Steve Fluharty carried out mixing duties on the episode, while a second featured guest writer penned the episode. This new writer was Christopher Walker, who had previously played supporting roles in Rise of Nobility, Resurrection, and the Anthology episode The Mob.

The concept of the episode is perhaps best stated in the words of Walker himself on February 1, 2004:

To Overcome is a journey through the mind of one young man as he struggles with many of the deeper things of life: service to country; family; death.

Some people may be tempted to view this tale as allegorical to the situation in Iraq as it stands as of now, February 2004. But they would be mistaken as to the writer's intention. This is not a piece about the horrors of war, and makes no anti-war or pro-war statements except within the context of philosophy. Some wars must be fought. Period. And to make this audio drama representative of anything but would be an insult to those who made its release possible.

Rather, this tale is about the personal journey of one young man. Christopher originally wrote the piece that gave birth to this audio play to give himself an outlet to work through one of his worst fears, that of being drafted to serve in the military, and, through such service, possible death.

To a farmboy from Kansas, who would rather have nothing to do with any sort of violence at all, that can be a pretty scary thought. Vulnerabilities and personal insights are shared through the writing and Steve Fluharty's mixing that are not typically shared in today's society. And thus what you will find in this piece is a deeply personal tale that has led this writer to a sense of peace in the face of an uncertain future. Please enjoy To Overcome. Selah.

Christopher Walker
February 1, 2004
(To Overcome Release Day)

With this episode, Anthology went on indefinite hiatus, awaiting the next creative team to take up the series mantle. While other ideas emerged from time to time, only one, Matt Loewen's Runaway, saw production, but was later released as a standalone audio drama, rather than an episode in the series.

Thus, the first ongoing series in Star Wars fan audio faded into the background with this extraordinary, thought-provoking episode, but series creator Nathan P. Butler, second mixer Steve Fluharty, and many of its voice actors would certainly return . . .

STARRING: Krista Kolesar; Steve Mollmann; and others

WRITTEN by Christopher Walker

MIXED by Steve Fluharty

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio and Ear Candy in 2004)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/toovercome.html

As the Star Wars: Anthology audio drama moved ahead into 2004, the series shifted in direction.

No longer a vehicle for tales by series creator Nathan P. Butler, the deicison was made to open up the series to become a showcase for other creative teams, similar to the anthology concept behind television series like Tales from the Crypt or the concept behind the Star Wars comic book series Star Wars Tales (for which series creator Butler would later write).

The rules were simple for taking part in Anthology. The tales had to be short audio dramas (20 - 40 minutes, give or take), should (in theory) have some sort of deeper question behind them, and would follow the standard Anthology fomat of a Butler-read narration in a specific format, so that the series would sound somewhat recognizable and uniform in that respect.

The first team to take up this challenge was a familiar face to many fan fiction readers and a new face on the scene.

The familiar face was the writer of this new episode, entitled No Way Out. Sean Koury had been the originator of the fan fiction character of Lawg Skrak, who has appeared in numerous written fan fiction stories over the years, both by Koury and others. This was to be Koury's first foray into fan audio writing and his infamous character's first foray into an auditory adventure.

Behind the scenes, mixing was carried out by fan audio newcomer Steve Fluharty, who would, over the next several years, become one of the most well-known audio mixers in the entire Star Wars fan audio genre.

Together, Koury and Fluharty gave us the tale of Lawg Skrak's hunt for dangerous pey on Holdenus. It would be an adventure that brought back Jedi Master Prevoda Vatil from the premiere episode of the series, Doubts Cast, bringing Adam Bertocci back into the voice acting fold.

STARRING: Sean Koury; Adam Bertocci; Nathan P. Butler; Michael Smith; and others

WRITTEN by Sean Koury

MIXED by Steve Fluharty

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio and Ear Candy in 2004)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/nowayout.html

The fifth episode of Star Wars: Anthology (November 2003) represented the end of a second phase of the series. Whereas the first two episodes were mixed by Nathan P. Butler and written by Butler, based on concepts by Pete Dixon, the following three episodes were tales mixed and written by Butler alone. The next two episodes would be something somewhat different.

Rounding out the first five episodes and ending Butler's mixing and writing chores on the series, Responsibility tied directly back into Butler's Rayzur's Edge Audio roots, bringing back the character of Kal S'Darcis (from Second Strike: Descent). This time, the tale featured Kal during his early years, explaining how he eventually decided to join a cause more important than himself.

Kal was again played by Matthew Gordon, while Brian Bisetti returned (last heard in Addiction as Tal Brightstormer), and Amy Ferrell (Second Strike's Kristara Eri'lur) also starred, working alongside Gordon once again.

The questions raised were particularly interesting in a post-September 11 world.

STARRING: Matthew Gordon; Amy Ferrell; and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/responsibility.html

The fourth episode of Star Wars: Anthology, Addiction hit Star Wars Fanworks in October 2003. Again, the series carried on an experiment. Addiction attempted to tell its story in a courtroom setting, utilizing testimony as a means of triggering a series of flashbacks, through with the story of the "case" would unfold.

This episode almost marked the first Rayzur's Edge Audio starring role for Brian Bisetti. Bisetti had previously played the Bartender in Doubts Cast and Jor Ti'lana in Dreamscape, while also recording "wild lines" for Shaven Wookiee Productions' Rise of Nobility. His role as Tal Brightstormer in Addiction would set the stage for him to return with starring roles in the Nothing Changes audio drama, the fifth episode of Anthology (Responsibility), and two ChronoRadio Serial Editions (Matted and Everything Changes).

This episode also featured the return of Michael Haspil (Second Strike's Jivs Korus and Dreamscape's Zirik "Quintas" Pahl) and the fan audio voice acting debut of Rich Sigfrit (Requiem of the Outcast, et al).

The moral question posed: is drug abuse truly a "victimless crime?"

STARRING: Brian Bisetti; Bryan Henry; Michael Haspil; and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/addiction.html

Following the releases of Doubts Cast and Dreamscape in July and August of 2003, which themselves followed the 2002 - 2003 release of Second Strike, Nathan P. Butler's Rayzur's Edge Audio had reached a new era in its life in fan audio. No longer could REA rely on developing Butler's previously-written, unproduced fan film scripts into fan audio dramas.

From here on, Butler's fan audio dramas would be new, original stories, but those in the Anthology series would continue to hold a "moral" or "deeper meaning," following in the previous two episodes' footsteps. They would also be a place for experimentation.

The third episode of the series, released in September 2003, coinciding with the launch of Star Wars Fanworks, was entitled The Mob. This tale was a bit darker in tone than the previous episodes and was experimental in that it was predominantly told through the recorded narration of its lead character, Rolan. In our tale, Rolan poses to the listener a new moral dilemma: how does personal responsibility exist, if at all, within the "mob mentality?"

STARRING: Nathan P. Butler and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/themob.html

Following up on the July 2003 release of Doubts Cast, Nathan P. Butler's Rayzur's Edge Audio released the second episode of Star Wars: Anthology, the "thinking man's Jedi tale," Dreamscape.

This new tale was the second (and last) to be based on an earlier fan film script by Nathan P. Butler and Pete Dixon and brought back two of Second Strike's voice actors, Michael Haspil (who had played Jivs Korus in Second Strike) and Matthew Gordon (who had played Kal S'Darcis). Together, these two actors brought to life two characters dealing with the duality of the Force, long before similar questions were later raised in the New Jedi Order novel series.

STARRING: Michael Haspil; Matthew Gordon; and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler, based on a concept by Pete Dixon

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/dreamscape.html

With the completion of Second Strike, Nathan P. Butler, under the banner of Rayzur's Edge Audio, chose to continue forward into fan audio dramas. The positive response to Second Strike's three acts had proven that audio was a viable medium for serious audio tales by Star Wars fans. The question now was: What stories would be told?

In the previous years, Butler had been an active member of the Star Wars fan film community, where he had met and collaborated with fellow fan Pete Dixon on a pair of short moralistic scripts for a planned fan film series entitled Force Tales. However, those scripts had been sitting "on the shelf," unproduced, and were not to see the light of day as films.

Thus, with the intention of telling those stories in an accessible medium, rather than letting them disappear, Butler began developing those two scripts (Doubts Cast and Dreamscape) into the first two audio dramas in a brand new series, Star Wars: Anthology.

Premiering in July of 2003, the first episode, Doubts Cast, features an encounter between a young street kid and a lone Jedi, wherein the former must learn a lesson in the true nature of peacekeeping.

STARRING: Richard Brookes; Adam Bertocci; and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler, based on a concept by Pete Dixon

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/doubtscast.html

With the success of Second Strike's three acts/episodes, Nathan P. Butler of Rayzur's Edge Audio wanted to continue pushing ahead with Star Wars fan audio dramas. Rather than creating one large story, however, as had been the case with Second Strike, Butler's next series of projects were to be short audio dramas. As such, it only made sense to craft these tales into Star Wars fan audio's first audio drama series (if one considered Second Strike a three-part whole, rather than a series, per se).

The five short audio dramas produced by Rayzur's Edge Audio and released monthly from July through November, 2003, were standalone tales, set within the same general "timeline" as Second Strike. The series first two episodes (Doubts Cast and Dreamscape) were written by Butler in collaboration with Pete Dixon (originally for Dixon's abandoned fan film series, Force Tales). The subsequent three episodes (The Mob, Addiction, and Responsibility) were completely new, the latter of which centered around a secondary character from Second Strike.

After one month (December 2003) with no new episode, the series returned with an altered format in January and February, 2004. At that point, the series had been opened to other creative teams, leading Sean Koury and Christopher Walker to each write one episode (No Way Out and To Overcome, respectively), both of which were mixed by then-newcomer Steve Fluharty. Butler remained aboard as, essentially, a series Executive Producer.

The Anthology series entered an indefinite hiatus after seven episodes in 2004, though Butler has stated that others who wish to create episodes for the series may contact him to do that very thing.

(Other concepts have emerged for the series from Butler and others but have never entered production . . . with one exception. Matt Loewen's tale Runaway was originally slated to be an episode of Anthology, but was later changed into a standalone audio drama.)

Our next seven releases through the Star Wars Fanworks Audio Feed will be the complete series run of Star Wars: Anthology, as we continue to bring you a look back at classic Star Wars fan audio.

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/anthology.html

While playing the role of Red Beard in Rise of Nobility (the first Star Wars fan audio drama to enter production and the seventh to be released in late August 2003), voice actor Ted Alderman became intrigued by the creative process behind Star Wars fan audio dramas.

Alderman decided to craft his own audio drama, but rather than using an original tale, as had been the case with the previously-released Second Strike and his own voice acting foray, Rise of Nobility, he chose to break new ground in the genre by crafting Star Wars fan audio's first audio dramatization of a previously existing Star Wars story.

The story in question is the classic Star Wars Tales #9 short story Resurrection by Ron Marz, wherein two Sith Apprentices, Darth Vader and Darth Maul, clash for the right to be Palpatine's apprentice. Working under the banner of Southern Cross Productions, Alderman collaborated with Bryan Henry (who worked under the banner of Same BKG Studios), to craft this unofficial audio dramatization of Resurrection, which has been noted for being both an entertaining audio drama and an excellent read-along presentation for fans who own a copy of the original comic book tale.

Released on June 7, 2003, Resurrection entered the genre as the fifth audio drama on the scene (behind three episodes of Second Strike and one of Anthology), while becoming another new first for the genre: the audio drama adaptation.

STARRING: Ben Fletcher; Ted Alderman; Nathan P. Butler; and many others

ORIGINAL SOURCE WRITTEN by Ron Marz

AUDIO DRAMATIZATION WRITTEN by Ted Alderman

MIXED by Bryan Henry

(Originally released by Southern Cross Productions and Same BKG Studios in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/resurrection.html

(We should note that no one involved in Star Wars Fanworks nor Alderman's project claims any rights over the original story that is adapted in this audio drama. In other words, Alderman and his team have made this in homage of Mr. Marz's incredible work, but the project exists at Dark Horse's suffrance, and the creators do not wish to annoy any parties involved. Just let us know if it should be removed, Dark Horse. Until then, we thank you for your indulgence, and hope that fans enjoy this audio interpretation of the tale. )

1.5 years after the Battle of Endor (between the X-wing comic books and novels), the Empire is still strong, but fragmenting. Various warlords have begun staking their own claims. One such warlord is former Imperial Moff Arilus Dehrahn. When a New Republic Intelligence mission to Dehrahn's capital world, Ferri'sol, goes bad, it's up to a New Republic Special Ops team, Valkan's Rayzurs, to pick up the pieces.

Enter our group of "heroes." They're not perfect, they're not Jedi, and they're certainly not well-adjusted in some cases, but this isn't a space opera. This is war, and they're out there fighting it, each one knowing that for every success a price is paid in blood, and every mission could be their last.

Follow their journey as they take on Lord Dehrahn behind enemy lines in Second Strike, the groundbreaking first-ever fully-cast, serious Star Wars fan audio drama on the internet.

The third (and final) act of Star Wars: Second Strike emerged on June 29, 2003, concluding the journey of Valkan's Rayzurs on Ferri'sol.

The mission has gone awry. Lives have been lost. But deep within the bowels of Dehrahn's Citadel, an unlikely discovery has changed everything. Now, our remaining heroes must make their way into the lion's den and put an end to a madman's reign.

Picking up where All Fall Down left off, Second Strike: Ascension proved that audio storytelling could work in the Star Wars fandom community and set the stage for the growth of the fan audio genre to come.

STARRING: Nathan P. Butler; Clay Kronke; Christopher Hanel; Amy Ferrell; and others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/secondstrike.html

1.5 years after the Battle of Endor (between the X-wing comic books and novels), the Empire is still strong, but fragmenting. Various warlords have begun staking their own claims. One such warlord is former Imperial Moff Arilus Dehrahn. When a New Republic Intelligence mission to Dehrahn's capital world, Ferri'sol, goes bad, it's up to a New Republic Special Ops team, Valkan's Rayzurs, to pick up the pieces.

Enter our group of "heroes." They're not perfect, they're not Jedi, and they're certainly not well-adjusted in some cases, but this isn't a space opera. This is war, and they're out there fighting it, each one knowing that for every success a price is paid in blood, and every mission could be their last.

Follow their journey as they take on Lord Dehrahn behind enemy lines in Second Strike, the groundbreaking first-ever fully-cast, serious Star Wars fan audio drama on the internet.

Star Wars: Second Strike continued in May 2003 with the release of its second act, entitled All Fall Down. Our heroes, Valkan's Rayzurs, have made their way to Ferri'sol and must now face the forces of Lord Dehrahn as they attempt to stop FlashDeah.

However, all is not as it seems, and as the dominoes begin to fall, none among them can expect the perils they face, nor the shocking revelation waiting for them within the lair of the warlord himself . . .

Featuring more action, more tension, and audio mixed by Nathan P. Butler and Christopher C. Hanel, All Fall Down continues the Second Strike storyline in spectacular fashion.

STARRING: Nathan P. Butler; Clay Kronke; Christopher Hanel; Kristoffer Newsom; Ian Bowie; Kate Chappell; Michael Haspil; Amy Ferrell; and many others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Nathan P. Butler and Christopher C. Hanel

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2003)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/secondstrike.html

1.5 years after the Battle of Endor (between the X-wing comic books and novels), the Empire is still strong, but fragmenting. Various warlords have begun staking their own claims. One such warlord is former Imperial Moff Arilus Dehrahn. When a New Republic Intelligence mission to Dehrahn's capital world, Ferri'sol, goes bad, it's up to a New Republic Special Ops team, Valkan's Rayzurs, to pick up the pieces.

Enter our group of "heroes." They're not perfect, they're not Jedi, and they're certainly not well-adjusted in some cases, but this isn't a space opera. This is war, and they're out there fighting it, each one knowing that for every success a price is paid in blood, and every mission could be their last.

Follow their journey as they take on Lord Dehrahn behind enemy lines in Second Strike, the groundbreaking first-ever fully-cast, serious Star Wars fan audio drama on the internet.

Star Wars: Second Strike was the second Star Wars fan audio drama to enter production (behind Rise of Nobility), but under the leadership of writer/mixer Nathan P. Butler and mixer Christopher C. Hanel, the first episode in the three-act Second Strike audio drama was the first Star Wars fan audio drama to be released on the internet.

Released on December 25, 2002, Second Strike: Descent is the first action-packed act in the saga of Valkan's Rayzurs, a New Republic Special Ops team, sent to take down an Imperial warlord. Filled with characters more well-defined than in most fan productions of the time, boasting a story written by Nathan P. Butler (who would later become a licenced writer for Star Wars Tales in 2004, and a great mix by Christopher C. Hanel of Digital Llama Radio and The Formula fame, Second Strike: Descent begins our adventure into Star Wars fan audio dramas with a bang.

STARRING: Nathan P. Butler; Clay Kronke; Christopher Hanel; Kristoffer Newsom; Ian Bowie; Kate Chappell; Michael Haspil; Amy Ferrell; and many others

WRITTEN by Nathan P. Butler

MIXED by Christopher C. Hanel

(Originally released by Rayzur's Edge Audio in 2002)

More information: http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/secondstrike.html

As the founder and operator of Star Wars Fanworks: The Home of Star Wars Fan Audio, I would like to welcome you to the Star Wars Fanworks Audio Feed, an all-new way of getting your fix of Star Wars fan audio from Fanworks.

Fanworks launched on September 1, 2003, to provide a home and hub for the growing community of amateur audio producers whose projects centered around the Star Wars franchise and its fandom community. Since that time, the genre has grown from a small handful of creative individuals into an entire creative community that is out there, actively creating podcasts (which we used to just know as "internet-based radio shows"), audio dramas, and audio parodies, while also, in some cases, branching out into other creative genres as well.

Since 2003, the RSS feed has developed into an easy and effective way to get audio productions out to listeners. While many in the Star Wars fan audio community embraced this new technology and created feeds for their own productions, there has never, until now, been a centralized feed that is meant to focus on fan audio productions from various creative teams and specifically designed to include audio dramas and parodies alongside podcasts, rather than being exclusive to podcast (radio show) style materials.

As a fan, a creator, and a patron, I welcome you. As our genre of choice would say, may the Force be with the fan audio community.

--Nathan P. Butler