Val Trichkov (Viral Hide)
Val is the owner and creator of SWNN (est. October 30, 2012). He was first introduced to Star Wars back in 1986 watching Return of the Jedi in a theatеr so fully packed that he had to bring his own chair from home, since they sold more tickets than the available seats. This is an experience he will never forget. Ever since then Star Wars became an important part of his life. Val is married with one kid and works as digital compositor in the VFX studio Cinemotion.
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Miguel Fernández
Miguel has been writing for SWNN since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is probably the only good thing that came out of that for him. He is a massive Star Wars fan, especially the movies. As one of the younger members of the team, he grew up with the prequel trilogy, though he vastly prefers the original trilogy and the Disney-era movies. He is a fan of the sequel trilogy, especially The Last Jedi, which is his favorite theatrical experience, ever. He loves traveling, spending time with his friends and is a huge movie fan. He also writes for SWNN’s sister site, Movie News Net. His favorite movie of all time is Lord of the Rings, which had a similar impact on him than the Star Wars movies did on most people that grew up with the original trilogy. When he is not writing for either site, you will probably find him talking about movies anyway, or complaining about how cold it is outside. He is currently a PhD student in Particle Physics, as a member of the LHCb experiment at CERN.
Location: Galicia, Spain
R. Grant Davis (Pomojema)
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
Location: Texas, USA
When she isn’t watching her friends and family’s eyes glaze over at the mention of The Clone Wars, she’s at the park with her dog, Melvin, or on the couch with a book in one hand and a drink in the other. Physically, she lives in Ohio; spiritually, she lives in Naboo.
Alexander has been a Star Wars fan since he was a youngling in the early 80’s thanks to his older brother who he shared a bedroom with playing the movies on video tape so much he was brainwashed before even out of nappies.
He went into cinema with same brother as a 21 year old to see The Phantom Menace and his passion for the Universe has never waned, with 3 kids of his own now who are all massive Star Wars fans along with release of Disney Plus he is getting to introduce them to all the shows both new and old.
He is a published comic book writer and letterer who also reads all Star Wars comics that are newly released as well as the old graphic novels but they day job is working in Digital Forensics and Incident Response.
Mario Hernandez
Mario is a YouTuber, podcaster, writer, actor, and overall content creator from Torrance California. His initial love for Star Wars and Disney made him interested in pursuing creative work in that field. Mario hosts his own Disneyland-centric podcast “Disney Diggin. He has a youtube channel that serves as a companion piece to the podcast. While also writing his own young adult fantasy novel series “Land of the Unknown”.
Former writers, contributors and friends to the site: John Hoey, Francisco J. Ruiz, Jordan Pate (Hardcase), Kyle Larson, Tim Levers (Rebo), Jelena Bidin (LadyMusashi), Trevor Mills, Darby Harn, Tony Gorick.
