Star Wars 7 News is Now Star Wars News Net!
Star Wars Episode VII News is getting a new name, and a domain change! Read on for details…
Well, times change and so must we.
For the past three years, Star Wars Episode VII News has brought you all the latest rumors, spoilers and speculation that we could find about the upcoming Star Wars sequel, The Force Awakens. Now, with Opening Day just a shade over two months away, it’s time for us to look to the future. Since time grows short as far as there being further news scoops to report about TFA, it’s time for us to change our moniker.
We had considered simply switching gears in the most obvious way and just becoming Star Wars Episode VIII News. But that would have been self-limiting, on top of which we’ve tended more and more to expand our coverage beyond the next Star Wars film anyway. Therefore, we decided that our new name should take that into account and illustrate that broader scope.
Henceforth, we shall be known as… Star Wars News Net, or for short – SWNN.
Our new slogan, “A Force For News”, will further reflect our commitment to providing scoops not just about the next Star Wars film, but about all of the various and sundry Star Wars projects that are coming down the pike.
Thank you all for being such an important part of what we’ve been doing here at SWNN since we first began the site three years ago. Our name may be changing, but we’ll still be the same growing circle of friends. Like you, we’re all really excited about the continued expansion of the world of Star Wars and all of the new tales that we’re going to experience in the years to come. We hope you’ll continue to take that ride with us!
Please let us know what you think about our new name and logo in the comments below. Keep in mind that after the domain migration some things might now work properly, we’re checking everything, and we’re still tweaking stuff. If you notice any issues please let us know below.
In a few days you will witness the power of our fully operational mobile site. Also in the beginning of November, as many fans requested, we will be revealing our new SWNN t-shirts. We also have some other plans that we will announce in the future. 🙂
There are a few things you should address within your slider area, and when users click images, they shouldn’t get taken ‘offsite” to a page with just the image. I will help for free, i’m a wordpress developer, just let me know if you need me – edit love the new look, and love the fact that it’s mobile friendly 😀
I agree.. Get lightbox for photo links and make sure the background image repeats so there aren’t white bars on each side for mobile when you scroll down.
This ! Can’t tell you how many times I clicked the image expecting to go to the news story
Agree about the images. I always click the image instead of the link…and I never learn.
Current state:
Love the new mobile-friendly site! Another developer here and things are getting much cleaner.. Still some updates should be made, but its better than it was, so thanks!
Looks great!
Looks very nice. Bravo.
Looks good.
This is NIIIICE!
Totally Awesome m/ m/
There’s been an awakening….
Looking good!
Love the new look. Can’t wait to see more
Looks great guys. Thanks again for all the hard work!
Awesome congrats!
Looks great guys well done. My favourite place for Star Wars news just got better.
Great stuff. I was wondering if you’d change the name after TFA came out but you got it done early. Keep up the good work!
I like it. The fact that you capitalized Opening Day, brought a smile…
Love the new site. Keep the good work guys!
Nice!!!
Congrats Guys. We check your site every day.
excellent new name guys i check this site like 3 times a day love it
The content on this site is great, irrespective of name. That said, I like it.
Very pretty!
This is great, i thought it would be better if the name of the site was more abarcative. Great job guys! keep it going!!
Mazel Tov on your growth and success! The site continues to look better and act better. Only suggestion is to make the picture on the headline also go to the article.
http://i.imgur.com/FgkBtQu.gif
LOVE the new logo! Please don’t change your comments section though. I am one of those few who do not have a Facebook account so if you do, I won’t be able to comment here anymore, like another well known Star Wars news site. Congratulations on your continued success and look forward to visiting this site for years to come.
Any chance the logo will be animated? I can imagine the Death Star rotating and the 4 target arrows popping in and out as if there targeting the logo.
I imagine that would increase the site’s load times by a million %.
Millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror , then were silenced…because we can’t find the forums
Hurry up and get cantina working, I need to lurk in the when and where trailer thread waiting for news or it doesn’t feel like I’m properly spending my work day.
m/ m/
A rose by any other name…
Great site. I must be on it at least 10 times a day or more
This is crap..utter crap, hate the new de…just kidding looks awesome actually. Great work, as always.
And it’s responsive! No more zooming in 😛
Amazing work, guys 🙂
When’s the Cantina back up I’m thirsty?
I was hoping you were doing maintenance because you had a TRAILER!!!!!!!!!! …. lol oh well.. anyways .. good stuff! Love the Logo!
I love how you have kept “The Anthologies” title / pull down menu. “A Star Wars Story” sounds so Disneyfied. If you have any contacts please let them know this ! Otherwise keep up the great work ! My daily dose of Star Wars 🙂
It sounds like Kathleen Kennedy still calls them the “Anthology” films too, despite the “Star Wars Story” moniker.
I hope you’re right. If anyone can have a chance to keep it, it’s her !
I’ve been following SW7N since you guys started! I am so glad to see the evolution to SWNN! You guys are the first and only place I go to for Star wars news! Keep it up guys! “The force is strong wiiith youuu!”
Same here. Everyone was skeptical saying this is supershadow new website at that time and hardly anyone posted here. Now, this site is booming and even have a new name.
Don’t be too proud of this new webdesign you have constructed. The power to redesign a website is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
The new logo has an X-Wing in it, therefore it has to be good.
Yup Yup,
Kudos to whoever was involved with the design of the graphics.
Fantastic site! Has been in my favourites list since I stumbled across the site. Is the first site I check in the morning and last one I che
Nice to have a good mobile version of the site too. 🙂
What is this “Star Wars” you speak of?
Thanks guys. We are still fixing some things. The slider will be improved and all the images, so that the site will load faster. Also in a few days time we will have even better mobile version.
Looks good. U guys have come a long way since day 1. I will continue to always use this site for Star Wars news. May the force be with u all
Love the new logo. You guys are my go to site for all star wats news I probably check out your site15-20 a day no lie keep up tje good work.
New logo is a beauty!
It harkens to the old arcade game….love it also.
Hey guys. I have been following you since the beginning and I check your page every day.
I think I’m the only one who doesn’t like the changes 😉 So… modern. I prefer the older “vintage” one. And it takes a while to load all information (hope it’s temporary 😉
By the way, keep it up!! Cause your work is amazing! For sure i will come here every day for the next 7? 8? 15 years?
Sorry for my english. 😛
Cheers!
The old one took awhile to load too. Also I couldn’t copy/paste which may be a fault of the Disqus system.
I have to agree on that. The old one some days took awhile too.
Any way, it doesn’t change this is our first SWNews site. 😉
Waiting for October 19th!
Do you run the site? Do you know why I can’t copy/paste items here? All I can do is upload attachments. I mainly reply via mobile so it may be a limitation due to that. Otherwise, I have no real complaints about the site at all.
Your English is PERFECT.
Thank you so much!. I really appreciate it 😉
nice changes!
Awesome, guys — congratulations. I’ve been coming here regularly for a while; I don’t feel the need to go looking for lots of other SW news-related sites. This is my one-stop shop (I also don’t want to spoil myself silly) …!
My favourite Star Wars site gets a make over. Well done guys and thanks for all the work you do getting the latest Star Wars news 😀
Capatalism is always tempting
Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
Just one suggestion. The non-episodic films are individual stories that are part of a single collection — the anthology. So the pulldown menu should probably read ‘Anthology’ rather than ‘Anthologies’, as those films are all part of a single collection.
Looks good! Can only load the site on my phone though. It just freezes on on ie11 and chrome.
It might be your computer, because the site works well for me on Chrome.
You just fell right out the number two spot on my iPhone Safari frequently visited sites… Going to have to build that back up.
“Spaceball One has become…….*plays giant drum*……..Spaceball Two”.
Speaking of which, I was disappointed that Brooks never made the sequel to that. Hopefully he will now before he dies even though Morranis is retired now and Candy is long gone as well as Dick Van Patten.
Disney’s parade of Star Wars films IS the sequel! 😛
Haha! I still want my Spaceballs dolls….I mean figures and a scale Mega Maid to go with it.
This site looks great.
We were swnndled!
Love the new site name . Keep up all the great discussions and news guys. This site is awesome and will always be so
looks great guys
I like your new dish. Good job.
My only suggestion is something i have wanted for a while. The ability to right click and open the link via the story picture, rather than needing to right click the story header. I am used to doing that on other sites, and it is annoying because when i right click and click the first option, it only opens the picture up in a new tab.
If it is possible, make the pictures link to the story page 🙂 Otherwise, nice job. No problems on chrome, for me.
I do that a lot too. I’ll open five articles in new tabs, and then I find out I’ve only opened the pictures.
Yeah! and what sucks is that after i open the links in new tabs (or so i think…) i always close the main page. So then i just have a bunch of pictures i have to close, and i have to RE-OPEN the main page lol
I really want this too. It’s the #1 annoying thing on SWNN. It’s the only annoying thing I can think of, too.
Having net seems weird when it ends in .com. Is it possible to make it “starwarsnews.net”? That would sound way better.
Apparently “starwarsnews.com” is available. I know that would screw up your awesome new logo, but even so.
Neither starwarsnews.net or starwarsnews.com are available.
I think you should make like the Empire and move forward with a hostile takeover.
Regardless, starwarsnewsnet.com makes sense.
That’s good. You should still keep the domain name for episode 7 though. Maybe even purchase additional domain names and forward them to your News Net site.
Keep up the great work.
Awesome logo guys, better than you told me it would be in the PM’s and Forum posts 🙂
woot! love the new logo 🙂
Frickin sweet new layout and branding
Thought I’d wandered into the wrong place for a minute there. Lovin the new decor!
This has been my favorite Star Wars resource for the past couple years, so seeing it affirmatively embrace a broader and more permanent focus is a real pleasure. Keep up the good work, guys!
Pretty flashy! Good to see the site going more “officially unofficial” as opposed to the “Welcome to my opinions and ramblings blog” vibe the old site sorta gave off.
A great new title for a great website!
Star Wars getting its own full time news source, is utterly absurd, so the door will always be open for haters to hate. i will never claim to be rational as i eat this stuff up like i want to eat a fruit-roll-up bikini off halle berry. im a hypocrite too, because all of my hatred for a fully funded capitolist marketing beast, totally disapears when it is Star Wars. You have to be a true fan to produce, and consume SWNN.
that being said the content on this site is as high quality of news, and rumors, as can be achieved by a source like this. Ep 7 news IS too limiting, and simply not good enough for the balance, and overall dedication of the work done here by these true fans. This site desevres to be the primary, and official news outlet for the star wars franchise.
Could not have said it any better. If you are the Yavin IV of nailing the perfect feedback, I am simply your Echo Base riding your coatails. Well said!
Nice one guys. Never limit yourself, always grow and expand
Congrats guys! I love this site. Great articles, great writers, great contributors, and a great community. Looking forward to visiting this site for many more years.
Love the new look. Thanks for the great work you do. Love the site.
keep up the good work! I check in here daily and love the site. : )
I have to say, I’m not sure if I like the design of the front-page, call me old-school – everything’s all small and stretched out and interlinked,
bah, I’ll get over it.
Speaking of things I’ll just have to get over: SWNN is an awful lot like CNN, i don’t like CNN, ]:|
Really digging that logo.
Looks great, folks. Keep up the good work.
Congrats on the new look and web address. This is my daily dose of Star Wars Everything ;D ***astromech beep and whistles***
Good move!
Congrats on the new logo and site revamp! One of the best Star Wars news sites I’ve seen – I’m here every day, looking for that fix of Star Wars News….
Show… 😉
I am really happy for you guys and pumped for the change. I have been getting on this site for two years straight now. No joke, every single day. I have noticed, as no doubt everyone else has, that you all evolved into MUCH more than just a news site for episode 7. I was hoping you all would see the potential and accept a more broad responsibility for all things Star Wars. Love your alls website, and congrats.
Lovin the new logo. Great job, guys.
this is the only star wars site i visit. why? because it has everything i need. well done guys!
congrats on the change, I wondered when you would and it totally makes sense. keep up the great work.
Well Done, STAR WARS NEWS NET. May the Force Be With You.
I’ve been visiting SW7N every day for a few months since I discovered it existed because it was mentioned on an episode of Collider Jedi Council a few months ago. It immediately became a site I had to check on a daily basis so I’m elated that the renamed and relocated new version of it came online so fast! I was worried it’d take a week or so and I’d be out of the loop for far far galaxy news but SURPRISE, that was quick. Thanks SWNN. 🙂
net.com ?? Better than com.net or org.com I guess. Great site and content makes me like any name!!
I thought the same thing. Glad I just have SW7N in my favorites and it just redirects me. Now if the news would start flowing again. There’s gotta be something going on at Skellig Island, heh. Just glad to have a great site to go to find Star Wars news.
Was thinking the same thing as well, but I guess a news network makes sense, and a .com domain is the most common/what people always assume
In high school theforce.net was a daily ritual. Now it’s junk. Kudos to SWNN for curating an entertaining and informative blog.
Love it! Now people can stop complaining when you guys post awesome non-episode 7 news. Thanks guys for the awesome site!
Anthologies menu cuts off HAN SOLO menu item. Browser: IE Version: 11
I didn’t know anyone actually used internet explorer. you learn something new every day.
haha… I work for a software developer. I have to test in multiple browsers all the time.
no jobs perfect I guess!lol
Congrats guys! Keep up the good work!
Please left align content rather than justify it – it’s really difficult to read. I don’t want anything getting between me my favourite Star Wars news site!
Hey guys.. Still loving the new site but have noticed some more issues as well.
1) Ad Banner (in footer) breaks responsiveness. Set a max-width to 100%
2) Make mobile font size a bit smaller and give more line-height.. Lines are almost touching.
3) It appears there is slightly too much left side padding, although it could be a result of the broken responsiveness from #1
4) Get a damn lightbox for images already!
~(-=
All in all, still loving the new everything!!!