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This community is run and updated by several members of The Star Wars members on Twitter. The quickest way to get involved or to let us know if we've missed something major would be to DM or @ CadeSkywalker, Biddygirl, or Every1HatesAni.

It is not our aim to forget or alienate. Please, do get involved.

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8th October 2009

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away

no-one knew what Star Wars was. Once upon a time, only one man knew what it would be. Every day, new people are watching, reading, and enjoying Star Wars for the first time.

The Star Wars Twitterverse is a place on Twitter for any user of Twitter to join in and interact. We do expect a few things from people but not many. The things that I, Cade’s typist, expect are as follows:

  • For people to, out of character at least, be friendly. Many people come to the Twitterverse, myself included, to join other nerds and talk about one of our favourite fandoms. Its to escape other things and to be a bit silly. Some do this through character, some as a separate route from their main accounts.
  • Be welcoming and interact. Don’t be afraid to say hello to someone, or to continue a conversation. If its something private or continuous out of character, you might want to use brackets (single or double) to distinguish the difference, or perhaps Direct Message the user. Quite a few of us have a secondary or main account that we keep separate from here, but that we use to talk to people and get to know them better.
  • Be mindful of words and actions. If you think you’re going to offend someone with something you say in character, you might want to give the person out of character some clarification. Not everyone will be able to tell when you’re being an asshole because you’re the Dark Lord of the Sith, compared to when you’re just an asshole who likes to upset people.
  • Be supportive of character growth and development. We all like to talk about sex, lightsabers and blaster pistols. Some even like spaceships, but the characters and their typists have much more depth to themselves that they most likely would like to expand on. This isn’t a porn site, nor one for cybersex. Don’t be afraid to have a little lovin’ though.
  • Discuss decisions and agree on consequences first. Don’t start a relationship with someone who doesn’t want to date you. Offline, an action like that would be manipulative and harshly rejected. Online, someone might play along for a while but when you start the stronger aspects of a relationship, you might actually be “raping” them by having love scenes with someone who doesn’t wish to be there.

I would hope that people who were new to Twitter, and or Star Wars would feel like we were approachable enough for them to join in with. I would hope that we wouldn’t begrudge someone for not having read as many books, watched the films as many times or having made as many costumes as other members of this community.

We’re not in a competition for “Who’s the biggest fan”. We’re not a community for “Who runs Twitter”. We’re a community of fans doing what fans like to do.

I would hope that we see less arguments in the coming weeks. There are many areas that we do not agree on as individuals which should be kept out of our character interactions, unless actually part of your story.


CadeSkywalker/JediJon signing off.