After five independent episodes, Digital Llama Radio teamed up with TheForce.Net Fan Films, the website that had quickly become the hub of the Star Wars fan film community, to be hosted by TFN, which would also host Digital Llama Productions' fan film, The Formula. This relationship would last through eleven episodes (twelve if counting the two-part eighth episode as two episodes) before the series would merge with it sister show, Digital Llama Players Guide, into Digital Llama 2.0 in 2003.

Until now, these original episodes had been available only via TFN Fan Films. Now, with the blessing of producer Christopher Hanel, we present these episodes via podcast feed for the very first time, giving you a glimpse back at a true fan audio classic.

Here, we present the second TFN-hosted episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 2x02, also known as How to Waste $100,000.

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.)

After five independent episodes, Digital Llama Radio teamed up with TheForce.Net Fan Films, the website that had quickly become the hub of the Star Wars fan film community, to be hosted by TFN, which would also host Digital Llama Productions' fan film, The Formula. This relationship would last through eleven episodes (twelve if counting the two-part eighth episode as two episodes) before the series would merge with it sister show, Digital Llama Players Guide, into Digital Llama 2.0 in 2003.

Until now, these original episodes had been available only via TFN Fan Films. Now, with the blessing of producer Christopher Hanel, we present these episodes via podcast feed for the very first time, giving you a glimpse back at a true fan audio classic.

Here, we present the first TFN-hosted episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 2x01, also known as TFN Presents.

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 final independent episode, Digital Llama Radio: Episode 1x05, also known as The Llamas Strike Back.

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.)

Two days before Star Wars: Episode IV, two smugglers rendezvous with an Imperial commander who recently defected from the Empire. The officer has stolen the top secret plans to the Empire’s new Death Star and wants the smugglers to deliver them to the Rebel Alliance. But before they can leave, a bounty hunter arrives, and it becomes a fight to survive, for the winner will hold the fate of the galaxy in his hand.

In the first days of internet-based Star Wars fan audio dramas, there were three projects launched at roughly the same time: the first in production, Rise of Nobility; the first to be released, Second Strike; and one other, Michael Mays' Smuggler's Run.

Created by a crew of one and cast of two, Smuggler's Run was ambitious in the tale it told with such a small team. Production would be slowed, however, by outside forces, so that while Second Strike premiered in late 2002, and Rise of Nobility premiered in late 2003, Smuggler's Run would not premiere until March 24, 2004, once the genre was already in full swing. It was a long-awaited premiere that did not disappoint.

Here, we are happy to present the last of the original three online Star Wars fan audio dramas, Smuggler's Run.

STARRING: Michael Mays; Joe Machado

WRITTEN by Michael Mays

MIXED by Michael Mays

(Originally released by Omega Pictures Ltd. in 2004)

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

Rise of Nobility is a story about Padme Amidala growing up. Padme wasn't always the stolid, non-emotional and self-assured queen that she was in The Phantom Menace. What Rise of Nobility tries to explain is why and how she becomes that way. Feelings of dissapointment, anger and regret cause her grow up much earlier than most. These events forge her into the queen that she will become.

Back in the earliest days of Star Wars fan audio dramas, three projects entered production. These were the so-called first generation Star Wars fan audio dramas. That generation included: Omega Pictures' Smuggler's Run; Rayzur's Edge Audio's Second Strike; and the very first fan audio drama to enter production by a group of Star Wars fans in the internet age, Shaven Wookiee Productions' Rise of Nobility.

Under the guidance of Keith Abbott, Linda Lyons, and Pamela Kinney, Rise of Nobility not only helped create the foundations of the fan audio drama subgenre but also attempted (rather successfully, one might add) to recreate voices of established Star Wars characters, something rarely done, even today, in audio dramas (outside of voice-altered characters, such as Darth Vader).

We are happy to bring you this classic entry into the Star Wars fan audio genre.

STARRING: Elizabeth Ascot; Evan Slaasted; Kody Hencz; Ted Alderman; and many others

WRITTEN by Linda Lyons

MIXED by Keith Abbott

(Originally released by Shaven Wookiee Productions in 2003)

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

Rebel soldiers (Captain Ledok, General Jan Dodonna, his daughter Captain Jan Dodonna, and the Cyborg Jedi Blaeyr Tyson) have hijacked an Imperial carrier. Binding and gagging the Imperial troops in the cargo bay, Ledok, Jaden, and Dodonna leave Commander Tyson in charge of guarding the captives, while they pilot the ship, masquerading as Imperials, to the Rebel fleet. However, after the carrier is scanned by a team of TIE fighters, it becomes clear that the Imperials have discovered who is really aboard the carrier. One mishap leads to another as the Rebels collide with old and new nemeses during their escape to freedom. And, unbeknownst to the Rebel Alliance, there is more behind this dark facade of battle than meets the eye.

Joe Harrison's Conquest of the Empire, a five-part Star Wars fan audio drama series, concludes!

The fifth and final episode, Triumph and Tragedy, peremiered on July 2, 2006.

Here, we present Conquest of the Empire's final chapter, Triumph and Tragedy. . .

STARRING: Joe Harrison; Silas Carder; Ron Barnes; Nathan P. Butler; Mike Lane; Bryan Patrick Stoyle; Eric Olp; and others

WRITTEN by Joe Harrison

MIXED by Joe Harrison

(Originally released by Lion's Mouth Entertainment in 2006)

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

The space battle above the primary H'rahk moon continues as both Gundark and ARC Squadrons pair up to protect the Rebel fleet from the barrage of hte Imperial Star Destroyers. Simultaneously, on the surface below, Captains Ledok and Jaden Dodonna, Commander Tyson, and General Dodonna must find a way to escape the planet as stealthly and swiftly as possible as Imperials keep a close watch on the planet's activities.

Joe Harrison's Conquest of the Empire, a five-part Star Wars fan audio drama series, continues!

The fourth episode, Hope Rises and Darkness Falls, peremiered on April 17, 2006.

Here, we present Conquest of the Empire's fourth chapter, Hope Rises and Darkness Falls. . .

STARRING: Joe Harrison; Silas Carder; Ron Barnes; Nathan P. Butler; Mike Lane; Bryan Patrick Stoyle; Eric Olp; and others

WRITTEN by Joe Harrison

MIXED by Joe Harrison

(Originally released by Lion's Mouth Entertainment in 2006)

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

The Rebels are trapped in the H'rahk City hangar bay, under the watchful eye of Admiral Dire. All seems lost. However, hope is not yet lost. The Rebel rescue team, led by General Jan Dodonna, is able to infiltrate hte hangar. During their rescue mission, dark secrets are revealed, and it becomes questionable whether they will leave the moon alive or not. Above, a great space battle has erupted. The Imperial Navy, led by Darth Vader aboard the Star Destroyer Abolisher, clashes with the Rebel fleet, temporarily led by Captain Orid aboard the Corellian Corvette Warden, with both sides' fighter squadrons dogfighting throughout the stars.

Joe Harrison's Conquest of the Empire, a five-part Star Wars fan audio drama series, continues!

The third episode, Perseverance and Purpose, peremiered on February 24, 2006. When Harrison returned to the project in late 2006, he updated and tweaked the chapter to release a Remastered Edition of the chapter on March 12, 2007.

Here, we present the Remastered Edition of Conquest of the Empire's third chapter, Perseverance and Purpose . . .

STARRING: Joe Harrison; Silas Carder; Ron Barnes; Nathan P. Butler; Mike Lane; Bryan Patrick Stoyle; Eric Olp; and others

WRITTEN by Joe Harrison

MIXED by Joe Harrison

(Originally released by Lion's Mouth Entertainment in 2006; Remastered Edition released in 2007)

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

The Rebels have been cornered in the H'rahk City hangar bay. The communications have gone out, the city's shields are down, and it is mere minutes before the Imperial forces, led by the malicious droid leader Admiral Dire, break in and take control. While Lieutenant Kirvix attempts to establish communication with the approaching fleet of rescue ships, led by General Jan Dodonna, Captail Ledok and Captain Jaden Dodonna debate the situation with Commander Kirkson. The Rebels decide that htey must fight . . . to whatever end.

Joe Harrison's Conquest of the Empire, a five-part Star Wars fan audio drama series, continues!

The second episode, Fortitude and Redemption, peremiered on October 1, 2005. When Harrison returned to the project in 2006, he updated and tweaked the chapter to release a Remastered Edition of the chapter on March 7, 2007.

Here, we present the Remastered Edition of Conquest of the Empire's second chapter, Fortitude and Redemption . . .

STARRING: Joe Harrison; Silas Carder; Ron Barnes; Nathan P. Butler; Mike Lane; Bryan Patrick Stoyle; Eric Olp; and others

WRITTEN by Joe Harrison

MIXED by Joe Harrison

(Originally released by Lion's Mouth Entertainment in 2005; Remastered Edition released in 2007)

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

Emperor Palpatine has dispatched his Imperial military to the peaceful H'rahk Sector at the edge of the Expansion Region. However, he did not realize it was under the protection of the Rebel Alliance. Now, a battle has broken out that will test the courage of the Imperials and Rebels alike.

Star Wars: Conquest of the Empire introduced the fan audio community to a new name in the community, an individual who would go on to become one of the genre's most prolific writers and producers. Joe Harrison (first under the name Force Flow Unltd, then COTE Audio Productions, then EUII Audio Corps, and now under the name Lion's Mouth Entertainment) began his fan audio "career" with the first chapter of Conquest of the Empire, a five-part Star Wars fan audio drama series.

The first episode, Defense and Trepidation, peremiered (sans title) on June 13, 2005, featured voices that were almost entirely variations on a wide range of vocal performances by Harrison himself, but as the project grew and the project gained more and more acclaim from within the community, Harrison returned to the project in 2006 to release a remixed, recast, expanded Special Edition of the chapter on December 19, 2006.

Here, we present the Special Edition of Conquest of the Empire's first chapter, Defense and Trepidation . . .

STARRING: Joe Harrison; Silas Carder; Ron Barnes; Nathan P. Butler; Mike Lane; Bryan Patrick Stoyle; Eric Olp; and others

WRITTEN by Joe Harrison

MIXED by Joe Harrison

(Originally released by Lion's Mouth Entertainment in 2005; Special Edition released in 2006)

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

Tonight marks a first for the Fanworks Audio Feed. For the first time, we are premiering a new fan audio production (a new audio drama by Memoirs of a Jedi creator Jeff Vitkuske) via the Audio Feed, while simultaneously releasing the project as a new release via the Star Wars Fanworks website. While the feed tends to focus upon classic fan audio, it also gives us a chance, when we have some advance warning, to provide you with new content alongside the Fanworks site's own coverage.

The new audio drama in question is Jeff Vitkuske's second fan audio drama project, The Last Jedi. The piece deals with the final confrontation between the "last" living Jedi and Darth Vader. As the nameless warrior narrates us through his final moments, he contemplates the fat of not only himself, but that of the galaxy and its last hope - a hero that will one day rise from the darkness . . .

STARRING: Jeff Vitkuske

WRITTEN by Jeff Virkuske

MIXED by Jeff Vitkuske

(Simultaneously released by Jeff Vitkuske today, February 12, 2008)

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

Tonight marks the simultaneous premiere (via the Fanworks Audio Feed and the Star Wars Fanworks website of Jeff Vitkuske's new short Star Wars fan audio drama The Last Jedi. Before that release (in the very next post), we take a moment to leap back in time three years to 2005, when Vitkuske took his first steps into the genre.

A longtime member of the Star Wars fan film community, Jeff Vitkuske's first audio drama venture was the short project Memoirs of a Jedi.

Set during the events of Revenge of the Sith, a Jedi Master awakens from his meditation to discover that the Jedi Temple is under attack . . .

STARRING: Jeff Vitkuske

WRITTEN by Jeff Virkuske

MIXED by Jeff Vitkuske

(Originally released by Jeff Vitkuske in 2005)

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