HoloCroN (AOL Star Wars newsletter)

HoloCroN was a Star Wars newsletter for members of the America Online Star Wars Fan Club. 
==1994 Info==
The newsletter was published in three formats (Ascii Text, Macintosh (multi-media), and Windows (multi-media) with a few print copies also made available. According to the flyer "the electronic [version] uses the Windows help system, so anybody can use it. It has embedded pictures and linked sound clips." , July 10, 1994 
==1995 Info==
"The HoloCroN is the electronic newsletter of the 1,000+ member America Online Star Wars Fan Club newsletter. The HoloCroN covers Star Wars fandom online and features news, reviews, original artwork, and just about everything Star Wars related, except fan fiction.
The HoloCroN is published monthly in three versions—Text, Macintosh, and Windows. The Macintosh and Windows versions are multimedia formats.
You can download the HoloCroN from the Star Wars Software Library on AOL (keyword SF); or, from the Internet, atftp.wpi.edu in the /starwars/Etectronic_Media/ directory. If you don't own a modem, you can get a free copy of the latest issue by mailing a formatted diskette and a SASE to: Alec Usticke [address, including apartment number, redacted] (for the Windows and text versions) or Ryan Silva [address, including apartment number, redacted] (for the Macintosh version).
To submit an article, review, thought, or advert, e-mail the editor, asajay@aol.com, or send it on diskette to one of the two addresses above. If you'd like to be added to AOL Star Wars Fan Club mailing list, e-mail vaderl 29@aol.com. from Blue Harvest #6, summer 1995 
==1996 Info==
In the summer of 1996, the newsletter announced editorial and format changes: "...a new HoloCroN, with a new Windows 3.x editor, Sionell18, as well as new Editor-In-Chief, myself, R5D4Red2. Also, Volume 3 starts following Issue #10! ...the possibility of an E-zine that consolidates other online services and their E-mags, including CompuServe's Echo Station (note: this is still in development and planning stages)...the SoloCroN, a preview of an upcoming HoloCroN issue that will be mailed before each issue with a graphics file attached." FIDONEWS Vol.1 # 13 posted on July 27, 1996 in rec.arts.sf.starwars.collecting.
==Volume 1==
Volume 1 was published in June 1994.
From the flyer posted to rec.arts.sf.starwars
After publishing the first issue, the editor fine tuned his newsletter's format and also automated the submission process:
===Reactions/Reviews: Issue 1===
==Volume 2==
===Volume 2 issue 3===
Volume 2 issue 3: Building a New Republic was published in May 1995 and was edited by Asa Jay with articles AOLSWFC members.
From the online flyer posted to rec.arts.sf.starwars:
===Volume 2 issue 4===
Volume 2 issue 4: Where do all the fans come from anyway? was published in July 1995 and was edited by Asa Jay with articles AOLSWFC members.
From the online flyer posted to rec.arts.sf.starwars:
===Volume 2, Issue 5===
Volume 2, Issue 5: The Days of Summer was published in May 1995 and was edited by Asa Jay with articles AOLSWFC members.
From the online flyer posted to rec.arts.sf.starwars:
==Volume 3==
Volume 3 issues can be found archived here. At least 4 issues were published that year.
==Issue 7==
Issue 7 was published in the winter of 1996.
==Issue 10==
Issue 10 was published in January 1997.
===Reactions/Reviews Issue 10===
==References==
Category:Star Wars Zines
Category:1990s