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...LAST UPDATE...
::03/19/2006:: As you may have all noticed, I deserted this place for over one year. No, I wasn't dead, do not worry. The thrill of Revenge of the Sith lead me to a different type of fandom passion and now, University and other interests have won over my time. Please, forgive me. I never wished to finish it this way, but everything reaches the end. Therefore, I might very likely not finish my last stories and projects. I will keep up the site exactly as it is. I could eventually continue, of course, but I do not wish for you useless hopes: eventually could be tomorrow, in a month or never.

Trust me that I've always hated when people did that to their websites and you have the right to hate me as much as I hate myself for it.

Again, forgive my lack of courage for not telling you before.


::3/2/2005:: In the excitement of the next ROTS trailer coming SOON (March 10th), I forgot my website's SECOND anniversary... again. Yes, I know, I know. I *should* remember those... but I tend to forget. Believe me, I'm sorry.

So with only one day of delay, you can now see the new introduction pic on The Black Binder. The theme is pretty obvious: the Revenge of the Sith will come, my friends! And I take the occasion to officially announce you that I will redo my old Episode 3 to match it with the new one. If George can mess around with his Original Trilogy, I can too. Though my *new* Episode 3 will be far better and cooler, I promise. I'll start it on May 19th. At that date, the old one (Rise of the Empire) will be gone forever. You have until then to read it (and keep it if you found the trick ;P)

My thoughts on the *beautiful* intro drawing:

This drawing may be the most symbolic of all. First of all, the colors. The Dark Side & Empire with a dark red background and the Light Side & Republic with a light blue background. Isn't it cute, eh? The purple blends the two of them in the middle, where you can find Padmé (with her adorable curls). She is lost in between, as you can clearly see it. Of course, in my fanfiction, the choice is not Anakin's, it's Padmé's. What will she choose? Where will she go? Oh, the SUSPENSE!!! Well, I think most of you know the answer. It is not such a big mystery after all... Finally, remark that Padmé's head stays turned towards her Republic's and Jedi friends, but she looks at Anakin's hand (left one, hehe), while holding her belly (Luke and Leia are in there, so cute). Forget everything you may read: in fact, we all know that the winning side of the saga is the side where the twins go! ;)

Oh, and, I didn't know I would say that someday but... isn't the green troll just cute there with his tiny lightsaber? (For the lost Lightsiders in here, I'm talking about Yoda)

Author's note: When I finished the drawing, I hadn't remarked yet the change in Palpy's hair style for Episode 3. As for Anakin, you probably already know that I wasn't very happy of his new long hair, even though I'm used to it now... Nevertheless, my Dark Side Ani remains with his short haircut (except for one or two Clone Wars episodes you might see someday on The Black Binder).

::03/01/2005:: THIS IS MY WEBSITE'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE BLACK BINDER!!!!!! And long live the Sith!!!

::02/14/2005:: Some Jedi....
Love's so beautiful! Love's so pure! Love's so....Uh-Ugghhh! *chokes* AaaaahhhHaHaHHHHaaHHHHHHaaaaHaHaaHHHHH! *electrocution shrieks* Ahhh... *dies*

You know what this mean?
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THE WORST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!!! (apart from the Chosen One's Day of course)

Here is The Survival Guide to the Galactic Love's Day:
1. Dress in black
2. Look everybody angrily like this: ¬_¬ or o_O or >_<
3. Sarcasm = Best. Attitude. Ever.
4. Or you can always try some old Sith curses, that always work
[If you have more sithly cool ideas for next Love's Day, email them to me]

On the behalf of all the Palpatines, The Black Binder wishes you a very, very unhappy Love's Day. And may the happy Love's Day of all the happy couples you know be doomed...

::02/12/2005:: Do you know what day it is today? My mom's birthday! Ah yes, she is 51 so........ Yes, she survived Shmi! I guess that malediction is broken now... or is it? o_O O_o o_O O_o

::12/20/2004:: THE LAST GIFT for the Christmas week, my friends! For all of the Palpy and Shmi (and lil Ani) fans, a new story is up! A special Chosen One's Day story! And you can now check it out in The Stories page!

::12/17/2004:: NEW UPDATE!!! And I have new gifts for you! First of all, you might have remarked my new introduction pic? Well, yes, it's my new Chosen One's Day Theme. You see, I CAN draw as well as the Clone Wars cartoon guys ;-P

And now, for Luke & Mara fans, here is a cute drawing of them on the Manarai Mountains of Coruscant (it's actually a drawing I did for my mom last Christmas).



And for my desperate fans who are desperately waiting for my next episode, here is a SPECIAL promo pic just for you....



That's all, folks!..... But there is still ONE gift to come ;)

::12/10/2004:: Yes, I am BACK! But not for long and no, sorry, I don't have a new story yet *cries in total despair* I have half an hour to lose now so I'm going to show you stuff I should have shown you months ago!
Here, it's all for you, Anakin & Padmé fans.....



In order: Anakin and Padmé's costumes for 'A Matter of White' (I just HAD to steal that one from the Clone Wars) and some sort of promos for two future episodes: 'Attack on Ilum' and 'Hair Problem II' (Yes, it's Anakin with long hair!!!). And the last one, I'm not telling you in which episode it will be. It's a surprise!! ;-P

Some of them are not looking that good (paper of poor quality) but.. Feel free to take them! It's the first part of my (early) Christmas gifts!

Time's up, so I'm leaving now!!

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Here is now the second part of my Christm-uh... Chosen One's Day gifts! For the Han & Leia fans.... Let's take a FIRST look at a grown-up Han, for the FIRST time in The Black Binder!

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And I do hope I made your day happier ^_~

::11/05/2004:: I just can't stop watching that teaser trailer again and again and again!!!!!! It should be AWESOME on big screen! And I'm stuck with the Imperial March in my head! Aaaah! Help me! I'm officially and definetely dying to see that movie now!!!! Even though I'm utterly traumatized by Palpy and Ani's new looks.... GO PALPY GO ANI GO THE DARK SIDE GO!!! GO THE EMPIRE GO!!! (Just can't stop screaming that at home ;P)
By the way, George better have a VERY GOOD explanation to Anakin's change of eye color, hmmmm? I don't want to assume anything but... I'm waiting for it on May 19 2005........

::11/04/2004:: Get ready guys because....................
THE TRAILER HAS ARRIVED THE TRAILER HAS ARRIVED THE TRAILER HAS ARRIVED!!!
And I saw a part of it... I'd never underestimate the power of the dark side again; they're right, it IS REALLY evil and frightening.
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REST TONIGHT!!! Even though I'm already traumatized!!!


::10/31/2004:: Happy Halloween!!! (Yes I know, I know. I'm late...)

::10/29/2004:: The Theory is back: updated, new and improved!!! There are a lot of new pictures in it (I was inspired) and I mention some of my fans and friends who gave me ideas!
The Basics are gone too, but they will be back with the Origin very soon. I'm working as fast as I can! ^_~

[Later the same day....]
The Basics page is updated!!!

::10/26/2004:: 2000 PERSONS VISITED MY SITE SINCE 03/01/2003!!!
(Don't worry if you see some pages who disapeared from the site during the next days; I'm trying to update them!)

::10/22/2004:: Look everybody! I've won another award! I know, I'm SO wonderful....


::10/10/2004:: Dark craziness (like would say my dark Leia)! There's a HUGE discussion in my Guestbook! First of all, I'd like to thank my loyal fans - and the new ones too - who wait so much for me to archive other stories! It's pretty long, I tell you. The Wedding of Anakin and Padmé will take some time unfortunately. I have a lot of school work, but I'll try to do it fast for you! ^_~ Keep reading!

Second, I see the kind of problem I had some years ago when I did Palpy's profile: what's his first name?!? Some say it's Dantius, some say it's Cos (because of the Emperor's original name in Lucas' first scripts). Others say it's Ethrill (what the Sith is that name?!?) and according to Georgette from Georgette's World it could be Newt (LOL). Okay, but seriously, what is it? Nobody knows! Even my sweet Steve Sansweet (that's sarcastic, of course) doesn't have a good answer to this! Click here for the stupidest answer of the universe. We asked you a Star Wars question, Steve, not a geography and anthropology question!
Seriously, how can the most powerful and the most evil of all the bad guys can have no first name???
I should start a poll about it, what do you think?

::09/29/2004:: Today was a sad day as my budgie died at about 8:30 pm. He would have been 5 years old on December 9. He was named Kiwi but my mom and I liked to call him Anakin, because he was his hero for sure. Here's why. When he was still young, Kiwi was cute and adorable. So cute that he convinced us to take him with us. What a cute manipulator *shakes her head and rolls eyes*... Then he became an arrogant and - ahem - perverted (yes, perverted) adolescent (he was probably dreaming of a Padmé budgie). As an adult budgie, he suddenly became vicious and agressive. In fact, he acted that way because he was sick. Kiwi died of a cancer.
Yes, even my budgie was consumed by the Dark Side...
Let's remember him as he will always be in my heart.
Kiwi
December 9, 1999 - September 29, 2004

::09/19/2004:: Yes, everybody, I'm back! And I'm back with three new stories and another one coming soon! As you will see, I also changed the list of my stories (don't know when I'll finish this fanfiction; looks like it'll be in some ten years probably!!!).
Apart from that, I'll soon update The Theory and The Characters' profiles. I won't even dare talking about the changes George did in the Original Trilogy. It's blasphemy, pure and simple. I don't care about people who says "George is Star Wars" or that he's "the first fan of Star Wars". He made it, that's all. And personally, you can think whatever you want, but I think he's gone crazy. Uh, I said I wouldn't talk about it, so I better stop right now!!!

::08/10/2004:: Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me! I'm nineteen today!... Eh, wait a moment. If I'm nineteen, it means my mom's fifty......
OH FORCE!!! Gotta tell my mom to stay home until she turns fifty-one, in case some Tusken Raiders happen to pass by....

::05/20/2004:: And here is it! Just for you! Another story!!! But... you'll have to wait for the others because I'm going in summer vacation. I promise, I will have many, many more when I'll be back in September!... Hummm, perhaps I'll do some weddings.......

::04/23/2004:: I just remarked there was a HUGE mistake in A Dream of Politics. You couldn't see Page 3. I arranged it, now. So if you already read that story, just go back and read it again. I'm really sorry about this.

::03/29/2004:: This is it! Finally, a new update!!! Two stories are on, one is in progress. I warn you, Visiting Tatooine has ten pages (oh so this is why it was long).

::03/19/2004:: I know what you're thinking! You thought I'd been killed by a kind kind jedi and disappeared into the bad bad dark side of the Force. But no! I'm not dead! And I'm back! Sorry, it took a lot of time, I know. I'd been very busy these last months. And I almost forgot my site's first anniversary!!!! How could I??? Well, anyway, I'm going on spring break next week so I think I will finally have the time to end what I'm doing.

By the way, there's a lightsider who signed my guestbook! And that lightsider loves my work! Oh I feel appreciated!... I think I will blush ^.^

::03/01/2004:: THIS IS MY WEBSITE'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE BLACK BINDER!!!!!!

::01/26/2004:: Hello everybody! Sorry if I don't update a lot these days, but I'm waiting a bit to archive many stories at the same time. By the way, I want to answer to the Harry Potter Hater who signed my guestbook. I always said to myself that I'd like to have special requests from fans of my site, but I'm sorry, I don't think I can have the Imperial Family kill Harry Potter. I don't like him, but I don't know him enough for this. And it would sadden my friend Mylène. Continue to read my stories and thanks for the fine words! P.S. It wouldn't be a fair fight. We all already know that the Palpatines would easily succeed, isn't it?

::12/25/2003:: Merry Chosen One's Day!! ^_~

::11/17/2003:: New update! A new story is archived!!

::10/16/2003:: 1000 PERSONS VISITED MY SITE SINCE 03/01/2003!!!

::10/10/2003:: Oh! Another story is finally archived! Go and read it!

::10/02/2003:: This is it! At last, the longest episode ever drawn is finally available! Nineteen pages for Anakin's nineteenth aniversary! Like you probably remarked, I have a kind of problem with the data transfer thing (yes, I know, I should do something about it) so I separated it in 3 parts. Click here for part 1. It will be more easy for you to go back at the part you are reading like this.

::09/09/2003:: I know, you're going crazy because you can't wait to read my other stories. But I don't have a lot of time these days with my school and my homeworks. You'll ask me "Why didn't you draw this summer?". Well, I did! The problem is that I decided to finally draw the Episode II and it unfortunately took all my free times. It's coming soon, I swear, I'm almost finished. So, meanwhile, I give you a preview of it, a kind of promo shot that will remind you that poster from Attack of the Clones, you know the "A Jedi Shall Not Know...".

::09/02/2003:: Look everybody! I won another award!!! ^_^

::08/25/2003:: And yes! It's finally a new update! It has been a long time, huh? I know you missed me... well, I hope. Anyhow, like I know you surely missed more my stories, I archived a new one just for you!

::07/11/2003:: Yes, I know, I don't update much these times, but I had nothing to add to my site. I finished one story and another one is in progress. I can't scan the first one yet unfortunately. But I made some changes in the Theory page. I added some really cool pictures to decorate the page. I found it too boring.

::06/11/2003:: I added new eight new songs in the MIDIs page. Do you see something strange? Yes, there is Shmi's theme! Don't try to find it elsewhere on the web in the MIDI form; I already tried and it doesn't exist. I made it myself. All right, it's not really great, but it's a beginning!

::05/12/2003:: A new story is finally added!!!

::05/10/2003:: Look! I won an award!!!

::05/07/2003:: My new layout is almost finished! And this site has now a frame version!!!

::05/01/2003:: So, do you like my new layout?!? I'm not finished though... Anyway, good news for you: there is a new story!

::04/28/2003:: Phew! This was long before I did another update! And I just began to do it! I changed the look of my 'warning' page. I think it was too frightening; people didn't want to come in because of it!!! Snif! Anyway, I started to think about a new layout to make my site look better. I don't know when it will be over, but it will! Oh and other stories are coming soon!

::03/31/2003:: Three stories are added!!!

::03/28/2003:: I added a new website in my links and I added the Link to Me! page here. I created smaller banners too. I think I will soon be forced to create a page especially for the Updates!!

::03/25/2003:: A new page was added and a new dedication was composed! I also added a new site in my links.

::03/11/2003:: I added a new site on my links page. Thanks to all of you who wrote to me or added me on your site! Thanks for the fine words! Don't worry, you who are already my fans, more stories, more pages and more ideas will come. I began my next story: Mara's Frustration!

::03/07/2003:: There's a new story on my page!

::03/05/2003:: On the welcoming page, you can see a new link to Pixel Empire. Don't feel amazed; there is no Shmi dressed like an empress and no Leia dressed in black on that site. I did those myself, like the one of Mara too (there was no Mara on Pixel Empire). I changed the ones of Padmé and Anakin too. Luke and the Emperor are exactly the same, except that the Emperor was an animated gif. You have to go there just to see that, it's so cool! I also added another banner to link to the Black Binder.

::03/03/2003:: My first update! New sites were added in the links and I separated my banners on another one. For my stories, don't worry, others will come in time!

::03/01/2003:: The site is finally on for all of you!!!

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