User:Jedimasterbac

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Brandon Rhea

Brandon Rhea on November 12, 2006.
Born March 7, 1989 (1989-03-07) (age 19)
New Brunswick, NJ Flag of the United States
Other names Jedimasterbac, Bac
Occupation Author, student

Brandon Rhea (born March 7, 1989) is an American author and student from New Jersey. He is a well known fan author in numerous Star Wars fan circles and an active and well respected member of the Boy Scouts of America and the Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society.[1] He is an occasional editor of Wikipedia.[2]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Rhea was born at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Bart Rhea and Kerry Rhea (née Keelan). He was raised in Flemington, New Jersey with his younger sister, who was born in 1991.

Rhea attented Francis A. Desmares Elementary School for kindergarten and first grade before being redistricted, after which he attended Robert Hunter Elementary School for the duration of his grade school years. He attended Reading Fleming Middle School, which was later renamed Reading Fleming Intermediate School upon the construction of John P. Case Middle School, for his sixth through eighth years of education. He attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School starting in 2003 and graduated in June, 2007.

[edit] Writing career

Rhea began his unofficial writing career during his sophomore year in high school when he began working on what was known as Brandon Rhea's Alternative Star Wars Saga. Otherwise known simply as the "Alternative Saga", it became an epic of science fiction novels spanning over 100,000 years that served as a re-imagining of George Lucas' Star Wars Saga. The story was created by Rhea, though input from others was always welcome. Some of the plot elements and characters are also loosely based off of events and characters in the original drafts of the original Star Wars film, such as the Jedi Bendu, the Lettow and Kane Starkiller. The stories employ archetypal motifs both common and uncommon to science fiction and classical mythology. They also go much more in depth with the religious aspects of the Force, known in the Alternative Saga as the "Force of Others".

Rhea is currently working on two novels in his saga. The first, which he has been working on for two years, is called Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac, a story about a Jedi Knight named Ussej Padric Bac set thirty years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The novel, in its currently uncompleted form, is available for reading at TheStarWarsRP.Com,[3] TheForce.Net[4] and the Star Wars Fanon Wiki.[5]

The second novel is called Star Wars Episode I: The Chosen One, which officially begins the re-imagining of Lucas' films starting with the beginning of the Clone War and the discovery of Annikin Skywalker. For The Chosen One, Rhea brought in fellow author Victor Dorantes as an editor and a story consultant. Like his other novel, The Chosen One is available for reading in its beginning stages at TheStarWarsRP.Com[6], the Star Wars Fanon Wiki[7] and TheForce.Net.[8] While working to finish The Chosen One, Rhea has also begun the preliminary planning for the sequel, which is simply titled Star Wars: Episode II until the full title is released.

Rhea is also the Head Administrator on TheStarWarsRP.Com[9] and an Administrator on Star Wars Fanon.[10]

[edit] Personal life

Rhea is an Eagle Scout from Troop 62 in Flemington, New Jersey, part of the Central New Jersey Council. As a scout, he has hiked treks at Philmont Scout Ranch in 2004 and 2007 and attended the National Scout Jamboree in 2005 where he was able to see Senator Bill Frist and President George W. Bush live in person. He served as a Troop Scribe, Assistant Patrol Leader and Patrol Leader in Troop 194, also in Flemington, and after switching to Troop 62 he has served as an Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, the Senior Patrol Leader and an Assistant Scoutmaster.

In 2004, Rhea was inducted into Sakuwit Lodge 2 of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society. In late 2004, he was elected to be the Pahaquarra Chapter Chief and served as the local Order of the Arrow representative for Hunterdon County and Warren County. The following year, he became the Lenape Chapter Chief after the chapters split up and also served as the Ordeal Committee Chairman, overseeing the planning and execution of all aspects of the induction process. From 2006 to 2007, Rhea served as the Chief of Sakuwit Lodge and was also the Conclave Vice-Chief of Training for the 2007 Section NE-2B Conclave. Currently, Rhea is serving as the Lodge Leadership Development Chairman for Sakuwit Lodge and as the Section NE-2B Vice-Chief.[11] He had also served as the Youth ArrowCorps5 Coordinator for Sakuwit Lodge from late 2007 to early 2008, though he resigned from that position due to time constraints. At the Sakuwit Lodge Winter Family Banquet in January 2008, Rhea was awarded the Sakuwit Lodge Arrowman of the Year Award and the Order of the Arrow Founder's Award.

Rhea is currently attending Raritan Valley Community College for his first two years of college, something that he believes most people in the area should do. After finishing his core classes such as Calculus, Science and English, he plans to transfer for a four year university, possibly Rutgers University, where he plans on majoring in political science. While he has not yet thought of a minor, he has considered international relations. After college, Rhea hopes to attend law school.

Although Rhea is a Christian, he does not regularly attended church. In politics, Rhea is a registered Republican. He is an economic conservative and a social moderate. In the Republican primary election of the upcoming 2008 Presidential election, Rhea was in support of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. With his depature, Rhea is now in support of Arizona Senator John McCain.

[edit] Bibliography

Year(s) Title Genre Notes
2006–2008 Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac Star Wars fan fiction Author
Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One Author
Star Wars: Episode II (announced) Author

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Section NE-2B. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  2. ^ Special:Contributions/User:Jedimasterbac. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac at TheStarWarsRP.Com. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  4. ^ Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac at TheForce.Net. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  5. ^ Shadows of the Jedi: The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac at the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  6. ^ Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One at TheStarWarsRP.Com. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  7. ^ Star Wars Episode I: The Chosen One at the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  8. ^ Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One at TheForce.Net. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  9. ^ Brandon Rhea at TheStarWarsRP.Com. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  10. ^ Brandon Rhea at the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
  11. ^ Section NE-2B Leadership. Retrieved January 14, 2008.