This project was collaborated by @Mantelian Prime , who dreamed this up, @Ben $olo , and myself, @Jade Moonstroller .
⭐️ FEATURED
This project is a summary of events that occurred across the forum in 2019.
January
8 January – the current Book Club Home Page is created and announced by @Givinname to serve as a place where each member can discuss all related topics concerning published works of Star Wars Canon and Legends materials alike. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596205760)
10 January – @Skylord11235 starts the long-lasting Favoriting Thursday series. Each week, a new question is asked. Look out for the anniversary post, coming soon! (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596207104)
10 January – due to the frequent news of Star Wars Celebration Chicago, @ArchieKE developed the [Celebration Chicago] News Home Page. The page was updated until the Celebration, which took place April 11-15. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596206968/r/3344233352136299913)
14 January – the current Monday Morning Coffee Archive is created and announced by @Givinname to serve as a weekly news feed for the latest and most significant threads published on the Wook discussion platform. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596209405)
31 January – the current Yoda’s Weekly Wisdom Archive is created and announced by @Spooder-Man777 to serve as a place in which a certain quote is published each week for further discussion and insight. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596220512/r/3344233352137049169)
February
2 February – What is now the Art Wars was kicked off by @MaBoiSheevPalp on the 2nd. It was called Weekly Art. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596228133)
March
17 March – A post comparing the technologies of the MCU and Star Wars is made by @Spooder-Man777 . It tallied 7 upvotes and 27 replies. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596246983)
17 March – the predecessor for the modern edition of Brick Wars is formed by @Ben $olo . (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596246886)
April
3 April – A relatively major update is made to FANDOM as a whole—this includes the addition of article tags, as well as changes to the overall layout of the platform. It is, at first, only accessible on the browser version of FANDOM. An announcement thread was made the day before by @Brandon Rhea ,(https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596256315)
to be followed on the 10th by an announcement of the same updates being applied to the app version: (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596260685)
12 April – The first cinematic trailer for TROS is released. The reaction thread (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596261647)
had 32 upvotes and a stunning 108 replies.
26 April – Mark Hamil’s trolling on twitter and other social media platforms is addressed in this analysis thread by @Moose05 . It culminated in 15 upvotes and 50 replies. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596269976)
May
6 May – a polling tournament, which involved a competition between the most famous Star Wars characters was published and finished by @ArchieKE , which determined the most favorite character from a total of 32 participants with Obi Wan Kenobi taking the championship title. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596275632)
14 May – the current Community help page is created by @Bryce Ross to help users report any bugs or other specific problems that they encounter using the Wookiepeedia discussion forum. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596279621)
15 May – the current Ask a Mod a Question thread was created and announced by @Givinname to serve as the main platform for discussing moderation issues regarding specific posts and replies. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596280342)
15 May – the new discussion Moderator team is announced by FANDOM staff member @Brandon Rhea , which includes active members like @Givinname , @Joupena and @ArchieKE . (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596280150)
17 May – the current Category system changes (filters) are made for the Wook forum and announced by @Givinname . (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596281246)
23 May - because of upcoming Star Wars projects, such as new books, comics, and TROS, @Joupena announced the Updated Spoiler Protocols. This new set of guidelines included the rule that anything is a spoiler until 30 days after it has been released worldwide. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596285096)
25 May – the current Wookieepedia Warm Welcome page is created and announced by @Spooder-Man777 , which is designed to welcome and address new users to the forum’s guidelines, editing features, tags and categories, and other useful information. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596285770)
30 May – @UndyingSoldier creates a post based off a video from HelloGreedo. The post, titled “The Prequels, Nostalgia, and the Cycle of Fandom”, garnered 15 upvotes and 39 comments. Although it was eventually locked, the post brought great discussion and new ideas to the table about perspective. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596289335)
June
5–6 June – the 25 Day Star Wars Challenge alongside its archive is published and announced by @UndyingSoldier , whose purpose is simply to ask a random question relating to Star Wars every day in order to generate interest and further discussion about a specific topic. The challenge lasted for a total of 25 days and generated a substantial participation. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596292970)
19 June – a thread by the name of “What is your country?” is posted by @Mantelian Prime in order to address each member to write down the place (country, state, province, etc.) of which he or she is from. The thread gained 17 upvotes and 132 comments. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596300174)
25 June – an in-depth analysis named “Analysis: Snoke as Insert for Toxic Fans in The Last Jedi” is made by @Moose05 to address the topic that toxic fans may have disliked Snoke’s death in The Last Jedi, because subconsciously they knew that they were being called out and inserted into the film. The post received 11 upvotes and 22 comments. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596303574)
25 June – an in-depth analysis thread by the name of “Some Tuesday morning soul-searching…” is posted by @Ben $olo , in which he addresses the members to comment and in-depth give a clear and formative answer to the question “why do you not like the Sequels?” In the end the thread made 11 upvotes and got back 58 different comments. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596303683)
29 June – a new quiz creation feature is announced by @ArchieKE on the Wook forum, which gives the users the chance to create their own quiz alongside the other two options – polls and posts. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596305480)
29 June – an in-depth analysis posted by @Wandering Knight of Light titled “Visual Evolution of the Jedi” brought few comments, but an excellent look into the decline of the Jedi. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596305631)
July
15 July – the planet of Mandalore becomes the first ever FANDOM Planet Cup champion, which is announced by @Mantelian Prime . The Planet Cup was organized through a series of polls for almost a month, which included a total of 212 planets and later on was set for a second edition in 2020. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596314374)
19 July – a new Text Formatting Update for Discussions is announced by @Mantelian Prime , which enables the users to modify their text with bold and italic features, to create numbered and bulleted lists, and add multiple images and hyperlinks per post. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596316669)
31 July – an in-depth analysis named “TLJ and cultural influence” is made by @Bryce Ross , in which he addresses the issue of becoming pressured to extremely dislike a particular movie for the sake of disliking a movie. The in-depth post generated a total of 14 upvotes and 56 comments. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596323498)
August
4 August – a post named “Our god gonk would never do such a thing” published by @Showag was created just for fun to fool around with a certain character from the Star Wars franchise, but unexpectedly drew such attention that the post received a total of 42 upvotes and more than a thousand comments. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596325171)
8 August – a New @mentions Feature is announced by @Mantelian Prime , which enables the forum users to mention another specific user/-s in a post or comment that they have made. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596327480)
13 August – a thread called “The Newsroom” is published by @Givinname to address members by volunteering to become agents of the latest Star Wars information sources to be written down in the weekly “Monday Morning Coffee” thread for insight and further discussion. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596330200)
14-15 August – the current Hall of Fame Committee Nominees are announced through a poll by @ArchieKE , which includes members like @Buzzty , @Murphy Falynn , @Chad Chipotle , @Demolisher1 and @Titillated Tarkin . The main objective of the Committee is to select which of the forum posts are eligible for candidacy into the Hall of Fame category. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596330835)
29 August – the current FANDOM Planet Cup Forum is created and announced by @Mantelian Prime , whose main purpose is to gather all of the information related to the 2020 polling tournament and promote it through activity and feedback. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596338310)
FANDOM Planet Cup Forum | FandomWelcome to the FANDOM Planet Cup forum! Here you…starwars.fandom.comSeptember
6 September – noting the abundance of links to fanfics popping up on the forums from users including @Ben $olo , @Alex Balyan , and @Astrovious , @Murphy Falynn creates a thread titled “Writer’s Corner” to help all fanfic authors bounce ideas off one another. During the 400+ comments, @WarlordGrandAdmiralThrawn suggests the idea of a group fanfic among the Wook, with each member participating in one chapter. The story, titled “Discovery”, follows a non-Clone soldier during the Clone Wars. After deliberation, @WarlordGrandAdmiralThrawn , @Murphy Falynn , and @Jade Moonstroller were chosen to be the editors of the story. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596342293/r/3344233352137638402)
7 September – observing the growing number of new usernames with each passing day, @Spooder-Man777 announced the formation of the Welcoming Committee. In the comments, a basic outline was formulated for new users. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596342495/r/3344233352137482786)
10 September – the current Art Wars Hub is created and announced by @MaBoiSheevPalp to serve as a place in which each member can share his or her artwork related to the Star Wars franchise. The hub is co-hosted with @Jade Moonstroller for organizational purposes. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596343739)
11 September – the current Brick Wars Archive is created and announced by @WarlordGrandAdmiralThrawn , in which each member can submit their custom LEGO creations related to the Star Wars franchise. The archive is co-hosted with @Ben $olo and involves a biweekly competition series through voting polls to decide the best custom sets and so on. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596344249)
19 September – a new FANDOM app update is announced by @Givinname , which mainly included a new feature “Dark Mode” for iOS users. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596347698)
21 September – the current Comic Book Cantina Home Page is created and announced by @AlphaBladeYi to serve as a place where members can discuss certain topics about all kinds of Comics, which are related to the Star Wars franchise. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596348870)
October
7 October – after months of deliberation over the revival of the Hall of Fame, user @Chad Chipotle posted the Hall of Fame Nominations Thread. Users from the Wook nominated threads such as @Wandering Knight of Light ’s “Visual Evolution of the Jedi”, @UndyingSoldier ’s “Palpatine’s Role in TROS”, @Calrissian66 ’s “Where Would You Be Without TFA?”, and @Ben $olo ’s Prediction Post for TROS. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596355533)
10 October – the 9 nominated posts for the Hall of Fame were finalized. @Givinname began the Hall of Fame Debate Thread. Out of the nine in the thread, the community narrowed the nominees down to three posts. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596356778/r/3344233352137664821)
12 October – @Givinname posts three polls to determine if the final three posts should move into the Hall of Fame. In an 89-11 percent vote, @Ben $olo ’s “The Clone Wars: Who Was Right?” was accepted. @Jade Moonstroller ’s post “What Are The Sides?” made it with an 81-19 percent vote. Unfortunately, “TLJ and Cultural Influence” by @Bryce Ross was denied with a 62-38 vote. As it was unable to cross the ⅔ mark, it was out. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596357803)
(https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596357802)
(https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596357801)
23 October – after a few weeks of posts centering on the famous Star Wars villain Grand Admiral Thrawn, user @WarlordGrandAdmiralThrawn collects all posts so far, and creates the Thrawn Thursday Archive. This popular series still continues every Thursday. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596361900)
November
16 November – @Datsturwursboi wraps up his Anakin Skywalker Quote Competition. This popular series prompted a spin-off in the form of Obi-Wan Kenobi. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596371315)
20 November – a thread called an “Update on Fandom Apps' Status” is published by @Joupena to alert all FANDOM users that starting from 9 December all remaining Android community apps will be removed from the Google Play Store. The update was a sequel to the removal of all individual community apps from the App Store for all iOS users back in October as well. (https://starwars.fandom.com/d/p/3343172654596372619)
December
16 December – user @Skyguy246 noted the addition of new pages to the wiki, namely “Mister Star Wars” and “Miss Star Wars” (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596383403/r/3344233352138017670)
The pages contained lists of characters, divided into male and female. @Xd1358 arrived in the comments to clarify the question. The wiki editor explained the process of voting for the 2019 Mister and Miss Star Wars. (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Mister_Star_Wars_2019)
(https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Miss_Star_Wars_2019)
17 December – the Community Spotlight series is created by user @Givinname to highlight certain community projects. This series includes looks into Art Wars, Brick Wars, Yoda’s Weekly Wisdom, and the 2020 Planet Cup. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596383694)
18 December – due to the release of The Rise of Skywalker, an Official [SPOILERS] TROS Open Discussion Post was created by @Joupena . (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596384012/r/3344233352138045406)
18 December – @ArchieKE posted an Official Non-Spoiler Reaction Post for TROS. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596384022)
18 December – @Givinname creates an Official [SPOILERS] TROS Meme Post for new memes about TROS. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596384021)
25 December – the newest edition of the Wookieepedia Handbook, or “Wook Book” for short. @Spooder-Man777 created this to help new users find their way around Discussions in light of The Mandalorian and TROS. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596386382)
The Wookieepedia Handbook | FandomDisclaimer: For those of you who usually don’t…starwars.fandom.com30 December – @General Kenobi 212th creates the Friday Night Trivia Archive. The series passed its one-year anniversary on December 14. More episodes may come soon, so stay tuned! (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596388693)
30 December – The Mandalorian Reaction Archive is made by @Jade Moonstroller to keep all 8 reaction posts together. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596388708)
31 December – after a year of Star Wars events and news, @ArchieKE posts A Year in Review. (https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3343172654596389104)
A word of thanks to all those who aided us in this project. @Givinname had most of this stuff recorded in his MMC Archive. Thanks to the guys who created archives for their series. And thank you to you guys. I can't speak for the others, but 2019 has been an exceptional year, and y'all are part of that!
May the Force be with us all.
