We started 2002 very strong with lots of new staff members and many new reiews. But school and real life have taken their toll and we slowed down once school started again in September. Now, we are at the start of a new year and hope we can get to 500 before next December. With the help of our reading members - I am sure we can accomplish this goal.

As usual, we beg, plead, grovel and whine to get book reviews. Without our reading members, the Library would not exist so we thank those who have read and then written in the past, and welcome new members to join us in 2003.

Moving right along, I do want to mention that we are now approaching the end of the New Jedi Order series in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. "Force Heretic: Remnant" the next book in the series, wil be released on 4 February, 2003. "Force Heretic: Refuge" is due on 6 May, 2003 and "Force Heretic: Reunion" is set to be in book stores July 1, 2003. This series of 3 books is a collaboration between Sean Williams and Shane Dix, two newcomers to the Star Wars writers stable. We will have to wait and see just what they have come up with.

October 2003 we will get Book # 18 from Greg Keyes (he wrote NJO "Edge of Victory: Conquest and Rebirth") "The Final Prophecy" and then we will end the year and the series with James Luceno's "Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - The Undying Force".

In addition to all that, we will have a new Han and Leis Solo adventure in February from Troy Denning called "Tatooine Ghost"; a Mace Windu story called "Shatterpoint" that delves deeper into the Clone Wars in June, 2003. The Scholastic Young Reader Jedi Quest series will have some new episodes and young Boba Fett gets another book this spring as well in "Maze of Deception".

All in all, Star Wars still kicks some serious literary butt and I am looking forward to hearing what our readers have to say about all these books. Next month, we will take a look at what the publishers of the Star Trek books have in store for us.

And in March, the Library will be starting its own discussion group, live and in color in the chats, so if there is a topic you'd like to discuss, let us know. If you'd like to help organize the event, send the Librarian an email at otflibrary@hotmail.com. Or, check the ikonboard discussion topics February 1st to join in the first part of the conversation.

Now, go read a book!