TheForce.Net
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| URL | www.theforce.net |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Star Wars fan community/Star Wars Fanfiction and Fanfilm hosting site |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | part-owned by Philip Wise |
| Created by | Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith |
TheForce.Net is "perhaps the ultimate" [1] Star Wars fan site and the largest unofficial fan site[2]. It has material from the movies and associated games, comics and books (the "Expanded Universe").
It originally began in 1996 as the "Star Wars Site At Texas A & M", founded by Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith. Its message board, the Jedi Council Forums, aims to provide detailed information on a wide variety of Star Wars-related topics. As of 2006, this forum is among the 20 largest on the Web.[3] TheForce.Net is also the home to FanForce.Net, a Star Wars fan community that brings together Star Wars fans from different cities around the world. Additionally, it hosts the Star Wars Technical Commentaries and FanFilms.com.
The site has hosted a number of videos that are important to the Star Wars fandom. In the summer of 2000, the site hosted a fake movie trailer for Star Wars: Episode II that included actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Hayden Christansen. The trailer surpassed one million downloads and generated favorable publicity for the movie itself.[4] The following year, the site hosted leaked production footage of Episode II. The footage, taken at an awards ceremony against Lucasfilm's wishes, was taken down within a few hours.[5]
TFN, officially TheForce.Net, LLC, is currently part-owned by Philip Wise, who also runs the Star Wars collecting news site, Rebelscum.com.
References
- ^ Star Wars sites clone rapidly on the Web:Gossip, parodies, and the-universe- according-to-Lucas share cyberspace CNN, March 1, 1999
- ^ Nothin' but Net: 'Star Wars' sites CNN, March 17, 2002
- ^ Big Boards. The largest Message Boards and Forums on the web!. Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
- ^ Fake 'Star Wars' trailer surpasses 1 million downloads CNN, August 11, 2000
- ^ Star Wars footage leaked BBC News, May 21, 2001.
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