Trust (Star Wars zine)
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Trust |
| Publisher: | Janice W. Sidwell |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Elyse Dickenson |
| Cover Artist(s): | Martynn |
| Illustrator(s): | |
| Date(s): | January 1980 |
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| Size: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Wars |
| Language: | English |
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Trust is a gen Star Wars 180-page novel by Elyse Dickenson. Illos by Martynn.
From the zine:
The author would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who read this manuscript as it was written, and especial thanks go to Susan, whose criticisms, prodding and help were greatly appreciated.
Summaries
Proudly presented to you by the Mos Eisley Tribune. Han Solo left for dead on the distant planet of Refal? The Rebels must undertake a dangerous mission on Refal to retrieve valuable information that the Imperials believe Han has possession of... and will do anything to obtain it. Will Luke get the information before the Imperials do? This is a special MET publication and will be a limited run. Projected publication date is early summer '80. [1]
Han Solo is left for dead on the distant planet of Refal. Alone and injured, he must fight to remain alive and avoid capture by the Imperials who are hunting him down as a Rebel. Will Han be forced to divulge to the Imperials the location of the Rebel Base, thus causing the destruction of his friends and the Alliance? [2]
Han is left stranded and injured on an Imperial planet, helped by a barmaid. Both are captured and Han is mentally tortured. Chewie, believing Han dead, escapes with spy tape. Han's friends mourn and go back to planet to retrieve spy tape coding key but find something more important - Han. [3]
Sample Interior
Reactions and Reviews
1985
One observation is obvious: fanzines reflect the tone of each movie they followed. Star Wars inspired a series of adventure stories in which Han, Luke, and Leia jaunted around the galaxy fighting the Empire. Han was a tough-talking smuggler; Luke, a naive farmboy dedicated to the Force; and Leia, a snippy princess committed to the Rebellion. In most stories, Han had an irresistible attraction to the opposite sex, while Luke and Leia were discovering their love for one another.
But fan writers brought a greater complexity to these characters than was displayed in the film. The friendship between Luke and Han, Luke's growing mastery of the Force,, and Leia's strength of commitment to the Rebellion all appear in any number of stories. Elyse Dickenson's novel Trust is an example of those themes. Han is left stranded and injured on a planet that is under Imperial control. He is helped by a young barmaid, but both are captured by an ambitious Imperial who tortures information out of Han. Chewie, who had escaped with a spy tape, believes Han is dead. While Han's friends mourn, they are sent to retrieve the decoding key to the spy tape and eventually retrieve someone far more important. The story emphasizes inter-relationships between all the characters and their commitments to each other and their cause. [4]
References
- ^ from a 1980 ad in News of the Rebellion #8
- ^ from an ad in an unknown source
- ^ from Star Wars Zine Bibliography
- ^ from From Star Wars to Jedi: The Fanzine Way (1985)