Echo Three

Echo Three is a gen Star Wars zine. There were three issues. 
The emphasis of the zine was Luke Skywalker. The editors considered it the third zine published during this time with this emphasis: the other two were Another Sky and Only Hope. 
From issue #1: 
==Descriptions==
==Part of a "Family Tree"==
A similar zine to "Echo Three" was Another Sky, published three years earlier. A similar zine to "Only Hope" was Only Hope. These zines fed a hungry audience for those who considered Luke Skywalker as their One True Character. 
The editors of "Echo Three" and Only Hope made many references to the encouragement and mentoring that the editors of Another Sky gave them. The editors of "Echo Three" and "Only Hope" consistently referred to "Another Sky's" editors as "grandma" and to themselves as their "children" or "babies." The editors of "Another Sky" played along with these references in their letters of comment, as did other readers, with similar comments.
==Issue 1== 
Echo Three 1 was published in 1994 and contains 70 pages. The art is by Jennie Jivan, Z.P. Flrorian, Melanie Guttierrez, Judy Heom, Theresa Hazelton, Jason Rodgers, and Kymm August.
* Storm Winds by Jennie Jivan (Luke comes across a medal of honor that was bestowed upon his father in the Clone Wars. PRE ANH.) (4)
* Conversations, poem by Tammy Olsen (PRE ANH. Beru defends her nephew yet again!) (8)
*Beru, poem by Tammy Olsen (8)
* A Simple Case of Diplomacy by ZP Florian (When it comes to diplomacy, Luke is no Leia: more like Oliver North! This is the mess the young Jedi gets into when attempting to deal with warring religious factions. POST ROTJ.) (12)
* Reunion Part One by Tammy Olsen (In this alternate New Hope tale, Beru survives the Stormtrooper attack on the Lar's home. Will she and Luke meet again?) (21)
* Deadly Passions by Cheryl DeLuca (The sequel to 'Victory celebration' (from ONLY HOPE #1), finds Luke regretting his first night of sexual intimacy, for more reasons than one! POST ANH.) (25)
* Alternate Universe, poem by Stardancer (40) 
* Mirror People by Mary Jo Fox (In Jedi Mode, Luke accidentally gets knocked out, only to awaken to a bizarre world where his friends are NOT their normal selves. Not by a long shot!) (43)
* My Father, poem by Laura Zucca (48)
* Despair, poem by Kyla (50)
* Hum & Clash of Turmoil, poem by Kymm August (51)
* The Possibility of Losing One's Self to Darkness by Kymm August (On the eve before Luke's confrontation in the Tree Cave, Yoda senses all is not well with young Skywalker. (54)
* The Harder They Fall by Kyla (Breaking the Tauntauns is no easy feat as Luke and Han discover the ups and downs of life on Hoth. PRE ESB.) (56)
* Gnome Is Where the Swine Is by Mesarthim & Stardancer (A wild tale of the martial woes of Yoda and his soon-to-be-ex. Guess who gets stuck in the middle of their spat.) (64)
* ads for fellow SW 'zines (69)
 
Image:echothree1-1.jpg|from issue #3, Jennie Jivan
Image:echothree1-2.jpg|from issue #3, Kymm August
Image:echothree1-3.jpg|from issue #3, Theresa Hazelton
Image:echothree1-4.jpg|from issue #3, poem
Image:echothree1-5.jpg|from issue #3, Z.P. Florian
Image:echothree1-6.jpg|from issue #3, Judy Heom
Image:echothree1-7.jpg|from issue #3, Z.P. Florian
Image:echothree1-8.jpg|from issue #3, Melanie Guttierrez
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Echo Three 2 was published in 1995 and contains 133 pages. The interior art is by Kyla August. 
From the zine: 
* Editorial (2)
* LoCs (3)
* Reunion, part two, story by Tammy Olsen (10)
* Activation, art by Amanda Palumbo (17)
* Home Remedy, story by J.P. Treleaven (18)
* Of Sand and Snow, story by Amanda Palumbo (30)
* cartoons by Amanda Palumbo (31)
* Dream Love, story by Yvette Ghilan (33)
* The Gang @ the SW Premiere, 1977, art by Kyla (67)
* Tatuntaun Etiquette: Lesson One, poem by Amanda Palumbo (68)
* Touched By the Force, story by Mary Jo Fox (adapted into a comic in 1996 by Karl Rydholm in Sarlacc #1) (69)
* Tightwire, Skysong #15, poem by Amanda Palumbo (87)
* Conned by the Vention, graffiti and fiction by Amanda Palumbo (the Star Wars characters end up at a Creation Con) (88)
* cartoon by Amanda Palumbo (114)
* Heard it Through the Pint Glass, story by Kyla (115)
* 13 Rules for the Jedi Neophyte by Kyla.Amanda (129)
* The End by Cardinal Fang (130)
* Ads (131)
 
Image:echothree2-1.jpg|from issue #3, Kyla August 
Image:echothree2-2.jpg|from issue #3, Kyla August
Image:echothree2-3.jpg|from issue #3, Kyla August
Image:echothree2-4.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
Image:echothree2-5.jpg|from issue #3, "The Gang @ the SW Premiere, 1977"
Image:echothree2-6.jpg|from issue #3, Kyla August
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Echo Three 3 was published in 1999 and contains 197 pages. The art is by Kristina Cunningham, Marion Mand, Rhydderch Wiison, Jean Brauner, Tim Wilson, Kyla, Gerald Crotty, and Amanda Palumbo.
The editorial is about thanks, and lateness, and seeing the new Star Wars movie. 
* Deaditorial (1)
* LOC's (3)
* Why Luke?, essay by Jedi Skya (3)
* Eternal Night, poem by Amanda Palumbo (7)
* Fractured Light, story by Cara J. Loup (8)
* Purged, story by Kyla (12)
* Last Temptation of Luke Skywalker, story by Mary Jo Fox (27)
* Jedi Funnies, cartoons by various fans (34)
* Choices, story by Rebecca S. Wolking (45)
* Party of Three, story by Rosie Sneed (66)
* Cafe Poetry, poems by various fans (75)
* Skywalker Art Portfolio by Marion Mand (86)
* Break-in!, story by Rosie Sneed (93)
* Full Circle, story by Amanda Palumbo (100)
* Death of Outrage, story by Amanda Palumbo and Michael A. Pasqua (131)
* Even in the Future, story by Abra Mitchell (142)
* Ahriman's Sigh, part two Where is part one? by Susanne Schimbach (Continuing Luke's struggle to surmount prejudice in his own hometown to garner the lover of his dreams who just happens to have appropriated his old battered Skyhopper in the Jedi hero's absence.) (147)
* Is That You?, poem by Amanda Palumbo (172)
* No Way Out, part one by Kelly Adams (Action and emotions overheat as the Dark Lady further ensnares Luke and Leia, and Mara Jade learns the Emperor's taint is far from excised.) (173)
* Time for Tea, story by Matt Kirkby (192)
* Menace-ing Commercial by James Thoma (197)
* Zine Ads (196)
===Issue Three Oddity===
These story titles, authors, and descriptions are from a flyer. But they, aside from "Ahriman's Sigh," do not appear in the zine. 
* Regretful Wan by Kymm August (Kenobi remains trapped between two realms thanks to previous attempts to correct his errors impacting two generations of Skywalkers. However, hope might wax eternal as an opportunity for a '2nd chance' electrifies the gloomy shroud. but worthy gifts exact a steep price.)
* Ahriman's Sigh, part two by Susanne Schimbach (Continuing Luke's struggle to surmount prejudice in his own hometown to garner the lover of his dreams who just happens to have appropriated his old battered Skyhopper in the Jedi hero's absence.)
* Connections by Z.P. Florian ("A boy alone, yet not... except for the presence of the Dark Seducer..." Palpatine assures Vader he's aware of loyalty wearing thin, but relishes the straining at his retainer's leash while eroding the son's honorable intention to rescue Han from Jabba. Luke's confusion renders him a perfect victim, as had the father decades past, for the Sith Emperor's possession.)
* Out of the Terror by Sylvia Snavely (Contaminated fuel from a reliable source jepordizes the fledgling Rebellion. Han, Luke and Chewie are sent to investigate, and the the would-be Jedi learns just how valuable a Corellian's pledge is in relation to himself, and what he might grow to be amidst a devastating planetfall.)
*Dawn of a New Threat by Jennifer Ibarra (The New Republic earned a deadly enemy upon refusing admission to the embers of the formally glorious Faloran system. Retaliation comes stealthy, targeting the Alliance's Chief of State and presiding leader of the embryonic Jedi Council (not everyone's pleased to have Luke back in town) on Coruscant.)
*Destined One by Samantha Peterson (Kenobi's left yet another mess behind for Luke to clean up; will that old mystic ever butt out? This time Ben's steered his only daughter, a University professor completely ignorant of her heritage, via dreams to the galaxy's sole Force catalyst.)
* Shattered Chain by Amanda Palumbo (History repeats itself as the Jedi succumb to complacency. Determined not to lose his only son as he had his beloved mento, Anakin manifests to warn aridne of an imminent attack. She must remain silent, acting solely at the cusp to save him and a few students or Skywalker shall die saving the majority of Yavin's growing community. If she heeds the apparation and Luke survives, both know this will tear the bondmates apart, for how can Luke see beyond a morass of pain an perceived betrayal akin to Kenobi's?)
 
* Descent into Darkness by Valerie VanCollie ("One day soon Skywalker will wake up and find that he can no longer go back to his friends. He will look in a mirror and he will see his true face, the face of power... the face of the Dark Side.")
* Where Have You Gone? by Jessica Lee Falkiewicz (Intensely jealous of Han's bond with Luke, Vader finally convinces Luke to meet him, and rushes to prepare all the boy's new favourite foods! Happily ever after at last?)
 
Image:echo3-1.jpg|from issue #3, ?
Image:echo3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:echo3-three.jpg|from issue #3, Rhydderch Wiison
Image:echo3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Rhydderch Wiison
Image:echo3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Rhydderch Wiison
Image:echo3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
Image:echo3-7.jpg|from issue #3, ?
Image:echo3-8.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
Image:echo3-9.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:echo3-10.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:echo3-11.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:echo3-12.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
Image:echo3-13.jpg|from issue #3, Kristina Cunningham
Image:echo3-14.jpg|from issue #3, Jean Brauner
 
Image:echo3-16.jpg|from issue #3, Jean Brauner
Image:echo3-18.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
 
==References==
 Category:Star Wars Zines
Category:1994 Zines
Category:1990s