I get the feeling sometimes that people might wonder why I took the time to create a site about a glorified extra that was rarely in focus and has no lines ...

Late in August '99 I decided to delurk and register at the JediCouncil at TF.N. I needed a username. I noticed a few posters had handmaiden inspired names ... but no Yané's were in sight. Huzzah! I'd found my username. Yané was already used (later on, I found out that none other than QGP* had registered the name!) so after much cursing, I tacked on "of Naboo" and ... Yané of Naboo was born!

So initially, my choice of username was rather random. I wasn't a handmaiden admirer at the time, I just needed a username and that's what I ended up with. Pretty soon, however, I began to wonder about this Yané person. So, desirous of some information, I began to post at RO*'s "what handmadien name do you like best" thread. That would be the thread that spawned the RHS.

Quickly enough, I got wrapped up in handmaiden analysis. looking for pictures, trying to find info on actresses to which there seemed to be no info for, wondering who was in what scene with who. I particularly became caught up in the mystery of the *elusive* Yané. It's pretty amazing how Star Wars can inspire such obsession over minute detail.

The RHS put up a website (or rather QGP did on our behalf) sometime in mid-October '99. At that time, the website was unique, as "handmaiden fever" had not exactly caught on in the cyber-world yet. By the new year, however, it seemed like interest was building. Still, I seemed pretty alone in the "Yané as favorite handmaiden" category. During Spring Break that year, I decided to make a Yané "shrine" ... soon enough that simple "shrine" became a full-fledged website.

So, here it is, the *elusive* yané.

This site has become an odd mixture of the earnest and the joking. Mostly, it's just a bit of silliness to prettify the web with and a strange little tribute to Star Wars, the only thing in the world, I think, that could inspire interest in a glorified extra that is rarely in focus and has no lines.

*QGP and RO were early RHS members.