Luke's Journey
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Luke's Journey |
| Publisher: | out of Riverside, California |
| Editor(s): | Rennie Cowan |
| Type: | |
| Date(s): | 1980s |
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| Fandom: | Star Wars |
| Language: | English |
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Luke's Journey is a gen Star Wars zine.
Issue 9/10
Luke's Journey 9/10 was published in February 1988 and contains 24 pages. It has a bit of art by Nancy Stasulis.
From "A New Year for a New Star Wars":
1977 thru 1987 were the best years of our lives. We got to see STAR WARS start from a simple adventure movie into a most loved saga. Now it's 1988, and as we are changing, 80 is STAR WARS. What will SW be like in the new year? First, before we answer this question let's look back on our earlier fandom years. A long time ago, in the days far, far away, SW was with us everyday playing in theaters everywhere# No need to care which of the three movies you were watching, because any SW movie was a treat! On Halloween, kids. Teenagers, and even some Adults could be found wearing SW costumes every year. Science Fiction Conventions was place to go for any SW fan. Then, when it seemed like thier were no SW fans left in the world, along came STAR TOURS at Disney Land. Then of course the main of event of the year came as well. The l0th Anniversary Convention. Harrison Ford did Indiana Jones part II. Mark Hamill decided to show his face on T.V. again. And Carrie Fisher wrote a book! Surely we've had an exciting decade. But what about the decade to come? Will we ever see STAR WARS again? Many have dreamed up or thought about the way the next films should be if it were to come back. Deep in our hearts we won't let it end with JEDI. That's why so many of us get involved with newsletters and collect SW merchandise, to keep it alive in our hearts. We try to preserve and handle each detail of the movie with care. If we don't do so, then we'll feel as if JEDI really was the end. But as I quote on what one STAR WARS fan (David Lane) said to me a while back " George is milking SW", I began to believe that this was true. Lucas has been starting on some movies that he had always wanted to do, and surely the profits from them and Indiana Jones III would be enough to make a SW movie? Maybe George can see right through us after all. Maybe he's just waiting for the right time. Maybe some day we'll see the young Anakin Skywalker ignite his first lightsaber.
Remember, if you believe, almost anything can come true.
From "The Destinies of Generations Lie in the Comics::
Since the 1900's, comic "books have "been the center of all imaginative tales, filled with heroes, monsters, and villains. If a story could not make it to to the comic way of telling because of the screen or to the Novels, then it went manufacturers. It was a cheaper and easier a story. Many people got the idea that this, comic books were for poor readers, like children. It was just trash to the older folks. Parents would tell their children that no comic books were allowed in the house. This was one thing that annoyed Mark Hamill when he was a youngster. His father (who was a Navy Captain) told Mark never to bring comic books in the house. But, as we all know, that didn't help very much. Since Mark, even i now, buys tons of comic books for his favorite hobby. But what people seem to over-look is that STAR WARS was start ed through comic books. George Lucas read all sorts, like Flash Gordon. Even Superman, who was the first comic character to ever appear in a costume. These comics helped George Lucas to grow a fantasy-minded talent. When the 1960's came along, entertainment started to change. And less and less heroes were being portrayed. Then in the 1970's, science fiction was almost no more. Society had forgotten fairy tales. Until one day a young man stopped everything he was doing to ask himself, " What happened to all of our heroes?"
He knew that children now had no one to idolize. No one to admire, to look up to, except Dirty Harry who blew people away because he felt like it. It was just obvious, so needed, and George had it all in his head. Soon he would create a saga. A fairy tale that would make children smile. A story that would never end!...
STAR WARS had found the men who were half boys, and the boys who were half men. It had opened their eyes to reality and had blinded their minds with fairy tales. After George had accomplished this, he must accomplish yet another. It was now time to bring back all of those heroes, villains, and monsters to the comic racks through STAR WARS. It was time to say hello to the old days.
- The Destinies of Generations Lie in the Comics (reprints of an official Star Wars comic book and a fan's commentary) (1)
- The Star Wars Fan That Went Spaceballs, article that is a reprint of Open Letter to Star Wars Fans Regarding the Movie "Spaceballs" (this open letter was also printed in Southern Enclave #16) (10)
- The Battlestar That Became a Star Off of Star Wars, critical article about Battlestar Galactica (1978) (12)
- Dark Night, part one, fiction by Carol Moffat (13)
- Lucas News (15)
- A New Year for a New Star Wars (16)
- Decision of a Jedi Knight, poem by Diana Romero (17)
- Dagobah, poem by Keith Woods (17)
- Role Playing Game Characters (about the West End game) (18)
- Impossible Trivia Questions (19)
- Boba Fett and the Shocktroopers, article (21)
- Wedge's Lost Adventure, encapsulates his history from a comic book (22)
from issue #9/10, artist not credited
from issue #9/10, Nancy Stasulis
from issue #9/10
Issue 11
Luke's Journey 11 was published in April 1988 and contains 22 pages.
From the editor:
Since the beginning, Luke's Journey has been a monthly newsletter and ends up being a month late. To solve this problem, LJ will have no other alternative than to make it a bi-monthly issue. The newsletter is far to big and costly for just one a month. If LJ can be extended to one issue every two months it can be much better and much bigger!
I hope the members understand and agree with me. After all, this newsletter belongs to every SVJ fan and should have enough time to treat it with care. The membership fee will remain at $4 a year and all newsletters will be sent out first class. If any of you find any difficulties in this, please write to the fan club address.
- Vehicles of Outer Space, article (1)
- Star Wars in the Third Dimension, article about a new SW 3-D comic book (3)
- A New Science Fiction Movie with an Evil Luke, article about a Gary Kurtz-produced movie called "Slipstream" starring Mark Hamill (3)
- Trivia Questions (4)
- Another Destiny, article about Wedge Antilles (4)
- The Music of Meco, article (4)
- full-page ad for the zine Sanctuary (5)
- some reprints of Star Wars comic strips printed in the Los Angeles Times (6)
- Dark Knight, part two by Carol Moffat (note: title changes from "Night" to "Knight") (12)
- the rest of the zine is various flyers and ads for clubs and zines, plus some clippings of newspaper articles
from issue #11
from issue #11
from issue #11
