Mark Newbold over at Star
Wars Lightsabre has a really great article pondering the
question of where all of the good sites have gone. Here is a small
excerpt of this article:
"I’m beginning to feel like a bit of an old hand at this
website game...
It doesn’t take a genius to notice that Star Wars sites are
disappearing with worrying speed these days. Compared to what
will be viewed as a Golden Age four years ago, with countdowns
running on thousands of sites, eagerly waiting for The Phantom
Menace to rip through cinemas everywhere, September 2002 is looking
more and more sparse. Surprising, given the critical and
commercial acclaim given to Attack of the Clones, and the huge
expansion of story and plot that the movie afforded us long-time
fans."
"So, why the decline in fan sites? Is it due to
lack of interest, lack of time, difficult hosts, technical problems,
a surfeit of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Spider-Man sites,
or a natural drop off in interest in the greatest space fantasy of
all? Or is it a combination of all of the above?" To
read the rest of this really good article, go here!