ARCADIA: PART 0

	The "Arcadia" files are chapters of a planned novella; as of
May 1996, the first four chapters are available online at the WPI SW
archives [ftp.wpi.edu/starwars or http://www.wpi.edu/starwars] and the
SW fanfic website [http://www.ftech.net/~monark/starwars/sw.htm]. A
set of older drafts is available on paper at the Corellian Archives
(Ming Wathne, librarian; 437 Via Roma Dr., Santa Barbara CA 93110;
send her a large SASE for complete lending list and guidelines).  A
partial draft of the final chapter (projected as part 9) was posted to
rec.arts.sf.starwars in July 1992 and temporarily archived at WPI. It
has since appeared in the fanzine _Imperium 4_ (Arwen Rosenbaum,
editor; 109 W. 85th St, NY NY 10024) without my prior notification or
consent. I have since accepted an apology and a contributor's copy of
the 'zine, although this does not endorse any repetitions.

	The remaining sections will be archived on a
chapter-by-chapter basis as I finish writing them, and periodically
rearchived as various waves of editing sweep though. Direct all
comments, flamage, pokes to hurry up and finish, and so forth to me,
Julie Lim, at lim@graphics.rent.com; if that domain is crashed,
someone else on rec.arts.sf.starwars.* may know an alternate address
or two for me.

	"Arcadia" is based on characters and concepts created by
George Lucas, and over which he holds all ultimate rights. The other
primary inspirations are listed below; any exclusion of copyright
acknowledgement is the result of my own forgetfulness and sloth, and
not a deliberate attempt to claim origination of others' material. Any
material not covered by previous copyrights is presumably mine. (*
legal weaseling mode off *)

	The Alderaani succession vendettas first came to my attention
in _Dark Force Rising_, by Timothy Zahn. The relationship of House
Antilles to House Organa was alluded to in Rusty Miller's _Jedi
Master's Handbook_.  Otherwise, I heed or ignore apocryphal material
(IMHO, any licensed material that isn't confirmed by the movies
themselves) as I feel like it, especially West End Games' specious
family history of Wedge Antilles.

	I owe more thanks than I can give to Vian Lawson for editing
and wombats; and to Jonathan Houze, for his constant support (with
only a tiny bit of sarcasm) in exchange for the occasional
wombat. Aaron Romanowsky got me back on track in chapter 2. Scott
Streeter, CallieSky, and Ming Wathne have been kind enough to store
these in their respective archives.

	Since the above credits are not in the novella chapters
themselves, this file must be retained with them whenever they are
transferred, printed, or otherwise dispersed. Any attempt to
distribute them for profit violates the aforementioned copyrights and
my wishes.

             "In thy orisons, be all my sins remembered."