Net Name: Tendra Risant, Javia

Real Name: Karen

email address: [email protected]

From: Around Orlando, Florida

Occupation: none. Lazing around and surfing the Web (at least till school starts.)

Age: under 18

Height: 5'4'' or so

Hair (color and length): glossy black, mid back (but I'm getting it cut chin length soon)

Eyes: black

Marital Status: Single. Very single.

Fav Books (other than SW): How am I supposed to choose? In no particular order: _Assassin's Apprentice,_ by Robin Hobb; any of Asimov's short stories, which I find extremely clever; _Watchers,_ by Dean Koontz, _Ender's Game,_ by Orson Scott Card; _Midshipman's Hope,_ by David Feintuch, and _The Count of Monte Cristo,_ by Alexandre Dumas. These I would recommend unreservedly to anyone.

Fav movies (other than SW): none really. I prefer books.

Fav TV shows: I don't watch much, but I like the _Simpsons_ and the _Fresh Prince of Bel Air._

Fav kinds of music: I don't usually listen, but jazz (no singing) is nice, along with interesting classical music--no Mozart or Beethoven.

When did you first become a SW fan?: About three years ago. The guy I sat next to in class was obsessed with X-wings and other technology. When I walked through the SF/F section in the library, I saw _STAR WARS_ on the spine. (It was, ironically, the last book in the whole series at that time: the last book of the Corellian trilogy.) I loved it, and from there read all the books. I pieced the story together from them, read both _Tales_ anthology books and the novelizations, then watched the movies. It wasn't too much fun because I knew everything that would happen. I did, however, discover that Lando was black, Chewie was REALLY furry, and Threepio was terribly prissy (I'd gotten away with imagining him as just another human.) Ackbar was a FISH! (sorry, I am prejudiced against all SF aliens.) Okay, I'm ranting. I wasn't terribly impressed by the movies, but liked the whole thing cause of the books, though now because of fanfic.

First time to see ANH: About two years ago.

First time to see ESB: Same.

First time to see ROTJ: Ditto.

Total No. of times to see all the films: Twice.

Fav SW movie: TESB; Luke was too farmboyish in SW:ANH, and too flashy in ROTJ. But his haircut was better in the first one.

Fav SW book: Truce at Bakura. I LOVED it!

Other hobbies and obsessions: Writing fanfic. Reading fanfic. Reading SF, F, Koontz, and a little Clancy. Surfing the Internet.

Anything else you want to add: I WANT MORE FANFIC! I WANT MORE FANFIC! :) I may not have seen the movies that many times or bought any merchandise, but I know a whole lot of meaningless trivia about the whole thing. Sorry Lucasfilm, but I'm an information fan, not a material one. I'm trying to write a fanfiction piece, but it feels like I'll never finish it. I love Fanfix and its message board and mailing lists like this (RASSM is a little too, um, strong for my tastes.)