What happened to Rob Browns “Ship of Riddles” website?
Robert Brown’s “Ship of Riddles” website ran from 1996 until it closed down in 2002. Mr. Brown (a.k.a. B^2) was the premiere expert on the study of the Millennium Falcon and many other Star Wars ® Topics. His commentaries were not only accurate and informative (often ground breaking) but also blatantly honest. Many of Mr. Brown’s observations exposed conflicts, inconsistencies, and blatant errors in products made by the various Star Wars ® license holders. Many of these companies considered Mr. Brown’s commentaries as bad reviews and damaging to their products’ sales. Instead of doing the wise and honorable thing by improving said products and making them better for the Star Wars ® Community, these companies saw fit to bombard Mr. Brown and members of this organization with harassing E-mails and correspondence threatening legal action. This is the primary reason for Mr. Brown closing down the “Ship of Riddles” website. Rob had also become disenfranchised with the Star Wars ® Prequels a
