Mark Newbold

Mark Newbold (born on March 31, 1971, in Edgbaston, England) is a British writer who has contributed to the magazine Star Wars Insider since 2006. He has frequently contributed to the "My Star Wars," "Red Five (department)," and "Launchpad" sections, as well as numerous feature articles and interviews. He was a featured blogger on StarWars.com, has written for De Agostini's Build The Millennium Falcon partwork, the Spanish version of the Star Wars Fact Files (Star Wars Encyclopedia) and currently writes articles for the Skywalker Sound and ILM websites.

He has hosted the Podcast / HoloNet News Stage at four Star Wars Celebrations (Celebration Europe 2016, Celebration Chicago, Celebration Anaheim and Celebration Europe 4) and is the only podcaster to have appeared onstage at every Celebration since the inception of the podcast stage in 2015 at Celebration Anaheim (three times with Jedi News and three times with Fantha Tracks). The Ravager Mechanics "Changeling" Mark 71NB Racing starfighter flown by Bo Keevil in the animated television series Star Wars Resistance was named after Newbold by author Adam Bray in the 2019 edition of the reference book Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition.

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