Brightstar Universe

Brightstar Universe was a Star Wars fan-created, alternate universe series by Christine Jeffords. At least one of the parts ("Honor's Price") was co-authored by eluki bes shahar.
Its focus was an original character named Mari Sevenstars: 
==Set in Another Fan's Universe==
"Brightstar" takes place in the same universe as as described by Helen Montgomery in her article, "A Visit to Corell, which was published in Galactic Flight #2 and reprinted in Outlands Chronicles #1 Jeffords writes about this cross-pollination, as well as others, in the editorial of for "Outlands Chronicles" #2:
==Original Title?==
In Shadowstar #17 (Winter 1985), the author refers to "Honor's Price" as "part one, from The Pirate and the Lady series by Christine Jeffords." It is unknown if this title was an early or alternative one for the entire series, or for a cycle within the series.
==About==
The stories were written due to "the severe disappointment over the plot of the Return of the Jedi" from Bright Center of the Universe #8 ; the plot is disregarded in this series.
From the preface of "Legacy" in 1984: 
A description from Far Realms #7: 
==Other Prominent Early Star Wars Fan-Created Universes==
* Brightstar Universe by Christine Jeffords
* Catalyst! Universe by Jeanine Hennig
* Collected Circle of Fire by Anne Elizabeth Zeek
* The Cori Beckett Series by Judi L. Hendricks and Paula Block
* The Executor Cycle by Barbara T and Sylvia Stevens
* Maeve Solo Universe by Chris Callahan and L.C. Wells
* New Order Series by Pat Stanley
* ThousandWorlds by Maggie Nowakowska and Dyane Kirkland
* First Steps Universe by Samia Martz
==The Brightstar Stories==
* Search (Outlands Chronicles #1) (June 1983)
* Search Suite (Outlands Chronicles #1) (June 1983)
* Brightstar Universe Scorecard (Outlands Chronicles #3) (1984)
* The Initiation (Outlands Chronicles #2) 
* Jubilee's Daughter (Outlands Chronicles #3) 
* Old Comrade's Children (Outlands Chronicles #4)
* Imperial Charter (Outlands Chronicles #4)
* The Second Time Around (Facets #6)
* Life Day Peril (Kessel Run #2)
* Departures (Kessel Run #1)
* Confidences (Facets #4)
* Brightstar Rising (Conflicting Impulses #2) 
* Honor's Price part 1 (co-written with eluki bes shahar) (Shadowstar #17)
* Honors' Price part 2 (co-written with eluki bes shahar) (Shadowstar #18)
* Fire in the Steel: Warrior's Blood: Quite an Item Together (Far Realms #7) 
* Trust (Far Realms 6)
* Hostage (Circle of Light #2 (1985)
* The Doppelgänger part 1 (Flip of a Coin #4/5)
* The Doppleganger part 2 (Flip of a Coin #6)
* While We're Apart (Eva Albertsson is a co-writer) (Outlands Chronicles #2) 
* Quite an Item Together (Far Realms #7)
* A Small Circle of Friends (Circle of Light #1) 
* The Insurgents (Echo Seven)
*Echoes (Hoth or Bust)
* Legacy (Legends of Light #2)
*Search (Outlands Chronicles #1)
* Questions in the Dark (Kessel Run #3)
* Honorbound (Circle of Light #3)
* Obligation (Circle of Light #4)
* The Privilege of Her Burning part 1 (Shadowstar #21/23)
* The Privilege of Her Burning part 2 (Shadowstar #23)
* Tomorrow's Yesterday (Far Realms #8)
* Pirate's Return (Far Realms #9)
==Brightstar Poems and Small Items==
* What Are They Doing To Me? (Facets #3)
* The Smuggler and the Jedi (Facets #3)
* You Ain't Gonna Go (Facets #3)
* After the Battle (Falcon's Flight #5)
* Impossible (Far Realms #3)
* Little Cub Lost (Circle of Light #3)
==Some Illos==
Image:conflictingimpulses2-1.jpg|inside pages from "Conflicting Impulses" #2, from "Brightstar Rising"
Image:conflictingimpulses2-2.jpg|inside pages from "Conflicting Impulses" #2, from "Brightstar Rising" - art by Elizabeth Hoolihan
Image:conflictingimpulses2-3.jpg|inside pages from "Conflicting Impulses" #2, from "Brightstar Rising" - art by Elizabeth Hoolihan
Image:conflictingimpulses2-4.jpg|inside pages from "Conflicting Impulses" #2, from "Brightstar Rising" - art by Elizabeth Hoolihan
 
==References==
Category:Star Wars: Original Trilogy