Skywalker (Star Wars zine)

Skywalker is an early and prominent gen Star Wars anthology series.
It ran for six issues and was a Fan Quality Award winner.
NOTE: "Skywalker #6 was published before "Skywalker #5."
==Its Place in Star Wars Zine History==
The first Star Wars zines:
* Hyper Space (fiction and non-fiction) ties with The Force (non-fiction) as the first zines with a focus of Star Wars. Both zines were published in June 1977.
* Warped Space #26/27, a multimedia zine published in July 1977, had a Star Wars cover, the artist was Gordon Carleton.
* Warped Space #28 published the first Star Wars story in a multimedia zine in July 1977.
* Moonbeam #3 (focus of Star Wars fiction and art) The editor of "Moonbeam" says: "I believed for almost 30 years that it was in fact the first primarily Star Wars fiction fanzine, but I recently learned that Skywalker, the exceptional Star Wars zine edited by Bev Clark, was in fact first by a couple of weeks. Ah well. I was still one of the first, and probably the first on the East Coast.."Actually, according to the dates on the zines themselves, "Moonbeam" was first; perhaps there was an understood wiggle-room with the distribution? and the letterzine, Alderaan, a letterzine with a Star Wars focus, were both published in February 1978.
* Against the Sith (Star Wars fiction and non-fiction) and Skywalker (Star Wars fiction) were both published in April 1978. From Nancy Duncan in "Against the Sith's" editorial: "We know of two other SW zines so far, Hyperspace .... and Skywalker." This statement is contradicted in December 1985 by the editor of "Skywalker," Bev Clark, in comments to Southern Enclave #10: "AGAINST THE SITH came out a few weeks before SKYWALKER, no more than six. Neither was the first SW fanzine, exactly. The very first fanzine was a small, poorly produced effort out of Long Beach, called THE FORCE; it was more like a traditional SF fanzine in that it didn't have much fiction. It was also what is bluntly called in SF fandom, a crudzine. The first fanzine to print all SW fiction, though admittedly as a single issue of a fanzine that was not devoted to SW to the exclusion of all else, was MOONBEAM 3, which came out in the late fall of 1977 or the early spring of 1978 before either AGAINST THE SITH or SKYWALKER, at any rate. SKYWALKER was certainly in preparation by then, however, it began in September, 1977." It appears that either Bev Clark is mis-remembering the date of her own fanzine's publication, or there is a difference of opinion about what constitutes the "beginning" of a zine, and that perhaps Clark is referring to when she first started collecting material, rather to when the zine was available to fans.
==1978 Comments by Editor Clark ==
The June 1978 issue of Warped Space contained a letter of comment from Bev Clark that commented on the nascent Star Wars fanwork world, as well as comparisons between Star Wars and Star Trek fiction: 
==This Zine Series Had the Attention of Mark Hamill==
From a May 15, 1980 radio interview with Mark Hamill, some of his reactions to fan fiction: 
==Issue 1==
Skywalker 1 was published in April 1978 (second printing was May 1979) and is 121 pages long. Art by Carol Walske (cover), Gordon Carleton, Randy Ash, Amy Falkowitz, Pam Kowalski, Caroline Carrock, and Pat Munson.
From the editorial: 
* Jedi Creed by Dyane Kirkland (i)
* Le Sabre, editorial (2)
* Star Wars in the Springtime (testimonials) (4)
* The Belated Birth of a Fan (testimonial) (5)
* Two Filksongs (Luke's Hymn, Han's Hymn) by Bev Clark (7)
* Intersection by Ellen Blair, art by Randy Ash (8)
* The Jedi: Philosophy or Religion? by "Satinka Istari," (ThousandWorlds Universe -- This is the first of a series of essays. "Satinka Istari was considered one of the foremost Jedi historians in the last days of the old Republic") "edited" by Dyane Kirkland (32)
* Vintage 6080, Part I by Maggie Nowakowska, art by Munson (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (35)
* Emme's Dairy by Dyane Kirkland, art by Carrock and Kowalski (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (42)
* Vintage 6080, Part II by Maggie Nowakowska, art by Munson (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (70)
* Last Sanctuary by Maggie Nowakowska, art by Kowalski and Carleton (A Darth Vader story, see review below; this story was also analyzed in great lengthy detail in an article in Jundland, Too #2) (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (75)
* Two Poems by Cathie McIntosh (118)
File:Skywalker1-3.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Caroline Carrock
File:Skywalker1-4.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Randy Ash
File:Skywalker1-5.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Pat Munson, "Darth Vader is alive and rebuliding Mordor..."
File:Skywalker1-6.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Gordon Carleton
File:Skywalker1-7.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Amy Falkowitz
File:Skywalker1-8.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Pam Kowalski
File:Skywalker1-9.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Pat Munson
File:Skywalker1-10.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Pat Munson, plus two filks by Bev Clark
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Skywalker 2 published in 1978 (around July) and contains 168 pages. Art by Signe Landon, Gee Moaven, Caroline Carrock, Robin Hill, Pam Kowalski, Karen Walker, Beckey Aulenbach, and Cheree Cargill.
From the editorial: 
* Le Sabre, editorial (2)
* Letters of Comment (4)
* Poetry by Robyn Thompson (10)
* Emme’s Diary- Pt 2- by Dyane Kirkland, illoed by Karen Walker and Pam Kowalski (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (13)
* Rebel Songs- poems- Jatona Walker, illoed by Beckey Aulenbach (52)
* Sky Lord: An Art Portfolio by Gee Moaven (59)
* Han Solo-poem by Pat Carpenter (69)
* Cliché- story-Marti Browne, illoed by Cheree Cargill (70)
* The Last Flight of the Millenium Falcon- story- Maggie Nowakowska, illoed by Pam Kowalski and Karen Walker (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (75)
File:Skywalker2-1.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Caroline Carrock
File:Skywalker2-2.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Robin Hill
File:Skywalker2-3.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Becky Aulenbach
File:Skywalker2-4.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Gee Moaven
File:Skywalker2-5.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Gee Moaven
File:Skywalker2-6.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Pam Kowalski
File:Skywalker2-7.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Karen Walker
File:Skywalker2-8.jpg|inside page from issue #2, Karen Walker
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Skywalker 3 was published in 1979 and has 166 pages.
It has art by Gee Moaven, Pat Munson, Angela-Marie Varesano, Dot Sasscer, Contessa, Cheree Cargill, Beckey Aulenbach, Dave McGrew, Susan Matthews & friend.
* Le Sabre, editorial (2)
* Letters of Comment (3)
* The Very Last Star Trek Story of Them All by Robin Hill (10)
* Winter Music, story by Ellen Blair, illoed by Martynn and Randy Ash (13)
* Lines to be Disavowed the Morning After by Susan Matthews (39)
* The Terminus Cycle by Angela-Marie Varesano, art by Varesano (40)
* Excerpts from the Complete Tapes of Satinka Istari by Dyane Kirkland (47)
* Tribute by Angela-Marie Varesano (50)
* Les Jeux Faits by Susan Matthews (51)
* Phoenix by Beverly Bishop, illoed by Pat Munson (52)
* Flight Reflections of an X-Wing Pilot by Scot Noel (55)
* Japanese Influences in Star Wars by Nikki White (56) (According to a comment by Maggie Nowakowska in Scoundrel #9, this was reprinted in an issue of Bantha Tracks -- "Believe me, it took years for people to seriously consider nonWestern influences in the Saga! Even after Lucas had an article from Skywalker 3 on Japanese movie influence reprinted in Bantha Tracks (because he said the article was correct), the subject didn't take off.")
* Alderaan is Fallen by Susan Matthews, illoed by Beckey Aulenbach (60)
* Jedi Nova by Scot Noel (60)
* Nothing Left to Lose by Maggie Nowakowska, illoed by Pam Kowalski and Stephanie Hawkes (reprinted in ThousandWorlds Collected) (61)
* Incidental Music, the Launching of the Falcon's Mate by Susan Matthews (164)
* Support Your Local (ads) (165)
File:Skywalker3-1.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Martynn
File:Skywalker3-2.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Martynn
File:Skywalker3-4 .jpg|inside page from issue #3, Beckey Aulenbach
File:Skywalker3-5.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Angela-marie Varesano
File:Skywalker3-6.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Susan Matthews and friend
File:Skywalker3-7.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Stephanie Hawks
File:Skywalker3-8.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
File:Skywalker3-9.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Stephanie Hawks
File:Skywalker3-3.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Martynn
File:Skywalker3-10.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Stephanie Hawks
File:Skywalker3-11.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Dave McGrew
File:Skywalker3-12.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
Skywalker 4 published in September 1980 and is 223 pages long. It won the 1981 MediaWest FanQ "Favorite Fanzine" award. Art by Joni Wagner, Martynn, Pam Kowalski, Gee Moaven, Dave McGrew, Dot Sasscer, L.A. Adolf, Steve Gallaci, Pam Buchanan, Sheryl Adsit, Paula Block, Jay Mullins, Marti Browne, Angela-marie Varesano.
"Special Thanks to Judy Hebner, Sharon Emily, Pam Kowalski, and [J H] and [A S] (for volunteering to answer those irate fans who wanted to know why SKY 4 was so late, as it was partly their fault)."
From the editorial: 
* La Sabre, the editorial (2)
* Letters of Comment (3)
* Droids and Robots, article by Margaret Purdy (9)
* The Flight of the Shimmerbird by Tracy Duncan, illustrated by Dave McGrew (11)
* The Flame by L.A. Adolf (31)
* The Night Vigil Cycle, written and illustrated by Angela-marie Varesano (32)
* The Children, Kaili, Wynn, Luke, Letters, Visions, Old Friends, Reunion are eight titled "chapters" in the Desert Seed Series by Carol Mularski, illustrated by Pam Kowalski (39)
* In Retrospect by C.A. Bucar (79)
* A Detailed Account of the Amazingly Uncanny Incredible Similarities Between Star Wars and Corvette Summer (article) by Paula Block, B.A., M.A. , B.NF, & B.S. (80)
* X-Wing Autumn: A Review by Green Shallot (parody) (84)
* What Dreams May Come by Margaret Purdy, art by Gee Moaven (86)
* Choice by L.A. Adolf (96)
* Kessel Run by Jackie Paciello, art by Martynn (97)
* Treasure Geste by Barbara Wenk and Joyce Yasner (128)
* Filksongs from Massteria by Meg Garrett and Anne Wilson (129)
* The Garden by Dot Sasscer, art by Sasscer (134)
* Foreshadows by Paula Block and Judi Hendricks, art by Joni Wagner - this story was the subject of a "lengthy, and testy, disagreement" in a review in issue #3 of the Star Wars letterzine Jundland Wastes, see story article for more information (140)
* A Jedi Commander's Prayer by Angela-marie Varesano (223)
* Support Your Local Fen (ads) (224)
File:Skywalker4flyer.jpg|flyer from Pastaklan Vesla #6, click to read
File:Skywalker4art1.jpg| from issue #4, Pam Buchanan
File:Skywalker4art2.jpg| from issue #4, Joni Wagner portrays the original character, Kylie Metik
File:Skywalker4art3.jpg| from issue #4, Angela-marie Varesano
File:Skywalker4art4.jpg| from issue #4, L.A. Adolf
File:Skywalker4art5.jpg| from issue #4, Gee Moaven
File:Skywalker4art6.jpg| from issue #4, Martynn
File:Skywalker4art7.jpg| from issue #4, Paula Block
File:Skywalker4art8.jpg| from issue #4, Pam Kowalski
File:Skywalker4art9.jpg| from issue #4, Sheryl Adsit
File:Skywalker4art10.jpg| from issue #4, Pam Kowalski
File:Skywalker4art11.jpg| from issue #4, Jay Mullins and Marti Browne
File:Skywalker4art12.jpg| from issue #4, Joni Wagner
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
Skywalker 5 was published in October 1983 and has 256 pages. (NOTE: It was published AFTER "Skywalker #6.) 
It was edited by Bev Clark with a cover by Jay Mullins. The interior art is by Steve Gallacci, Pam Kowalski, Jay Mullins, Martyann, and Nancy Stasulis.
It consists primarily of the "ThousandWorlds" novel "Counterpoint: The Battle for Rynan" by Maggie Nowakowska.
Issue #5 of Skywalker was reprinted as ThousandWorlds Collected Issue #3. 
From an October 1981 zine: 
From a July 1982 flyer: 
From an errata in the zine itself: 
* Le Sabre, Editorial by Bev Clark (dated October 1983) (ii)
* Author's Note: ... and then I dropped the garbage can on my toe, by Maggie Nowakowska (dated summer 1983) (iii)
* 13 Letters of Comment for "Skywalker" #6 (iv)
* Corellian Rendezvous, filk to the tune of "Lannigan's Ball," by Susan Matthews (ThousandWorlds Universe) (xiii)
* Mea Culpa (The editor: "I must admit to a mistake here; when I typed Carol's story, "Desert Seeds," for SKYWALKER 4, I inadvertently left out a couple of scenes at the end of Part II, scenes that were important for the character development of Owen Lars. Carol was understandably upset, and I told her I would insert the two missing scenes into SKYWALKER 5, along with proffering abject apologies. Following are the two scenes; they are the final scenes of Part II, just after the Lars have discovered that Kaili is gone.") (xv)
* Counterpoint: The Battle for Rynan" by Maggie Nowakowska (the sequel to the "The Last flight of Millennium Falcon' and "Nothing Left to Lose") (From the zine: "Please. If you have never read any of the ThousandWorld Chronicles: COUNTERPOINT: The Battle for Rynan is based on the universe presented by George Lucas in star wars. Episode 4: A New Hope, and only that episode. Subsequent plot and character/relationship developments of the STAR WARS universe in Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode 6: Return of the Jedi, do not apply. No difference between the TW universe and the official SW universe is meant to be taken as critical commentary on the universe Mr. Lucas has created.") (1-255)
* The Battle for Rynan, filk to the tune of The Baron of Brakely, Childe No 203," by Geialev (3)
* a two-page cast of characters (4)
* In the Name of the Profit, filk to the tune of "The Vagabond King," by Susan Matthews ("Because everyone KNOWS Han Solo and Francois Villon were second cousins once removed.") (256)
* compiled list of the ThousandWorlds fiction in other zines (257)
* a full-page bid for Worldcon 1989 to be in New York City (258)
* many pages of ads for other zines
Image:thousand3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Jay Mullins
Image:thousand3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Nancy Stasulis
Image:thousand3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn
Image:thousand3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Jay Mullins 
Image:thousand3-8.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn
Image:thousand3-9.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-10.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-11.jpg|from issue #3, Jay Mullins 
Image:thousand3-12.jpg|from issue #3, Jay Mullins 
Image:thousand3-13.jpg|from issue #3, Nancy Stasulis
Image:thousand3-14.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski
Image:thousand3-15.jpg|from issue #3, Jay Mullins 
Image:thousand3-16.jpg|from issue #3, original music
Image:thousand3-17.jpg|from issue #3, original music
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
Skywalker 6 published in 1983 and is 140 pages long. (NOTE: It was published BEFORE "Skywalker #5.) 
This issue was edited by Barbara Green Deer.
The art is by Wanda Lybarger (front cover), Darlene Coltrain, Anne Davenport, Mary Soderstrom (back cover), Rich Arnold, Carol Davis, Carol McPherson, Marj Ihssen, Scott Rosema, Stefanie Hawks, Jean C., Eluki bes Shahar, Pam Kowalski, Jenni Hennig, and J.R. Dunster.
The editor says: "I couldn't have done it without Wanda Lybarger (a real trooper), Jody Nye (the final proofreader, when I couldn't bear to look at it again!), [Jean C] (for leaping into the breach with marvelous art... and for Judson), Carol Mularski (for a shoulder to cry on), Kendra Hunter (for the S&H tapes which kept me sane while doing this), and Corky and Pat (for never snickering a the weird stuff I brought in to reduce)."
The editor says that LOCS for this issue were to appear in "Skywalker #5."
* Submission Requirements by Barbara Green Deer (2)
* No, There is Another... Editor (editorial) (4)
* Lots of Comments, LOCs received for Skywalker #4 (6)
* Sequence 2049-6-008, poem by Carol McPherson (17)
* Thoughts While Dressing for Dinner, vignette by Pat Nussman (reprinted in You Could Use a Good Kiss #1) (18)
* Meditation on a Lady, vignette, by Pat Nussman (reprinted in You Could Use a Good Kiss #1) (20)
* Choice, fiction by Wanda Lybarger ("The Alliance security chief has been murdered. Can the rebels trust Han? After all, they've only known him for a few days.") (The sequel to this story is "Carol for a Lonely Night" in Flip of a Coin #7.) (22)
* In The Still of the Night, poem by Linda Knights ("Even Rebellions have their quiet times. A sleepless Luke and Leia try to come to terms of what they've each found... and lost.") (48)
* Nightmare, comix by Richard "Space" Arnold (50)
* The Reluctant Jedi, fiction by Susan Sizemore ("The Rebellion has many enemies ... and one person fighting on it's [sic] side it doesn't even know about.") (56)
* "A Corellian Trilogy from the ThousandWorlds Chronicles", filks by Maggie Nowakowska, musical transcription by Lee Reynolds, page design and layout by Pam Kowalski (one of them is , the other two are "Dev's Song" and "Corellian Rendezvous") (67)
* File No 15-760-42A, vignette by Jody Lynn Nye ("Another look at that Mos Eisley cantina, through the eyes of a researcher for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.") (70)
* Hellflower, fiction by eluki bes shahar (72)
* Caveat, poem by Deborah June Laymon (86)
* Rites, vignette by Deborah June Laymon (88)
* Return by Chris Callahan ("Thawing only makes it easier for Han to see he's in deep trouble back on Tatooine. He's got Jabba's goons shooting at him outside and a war of emotions going on inside. It's enough to make a boy grateful for his mother.") (91)
* Birthright, poem by Jean C. (101)
* Vigil, fiction by Katie Gillen (102)
* Great Expectations, fiction by Carol McPherson ("When Han takes Luke to Lacya's for a "good time," what happens isn't quite what you'd expect.") (105)
* The Choosing, fiction by Marcia Brin (108)
* Fantasy's End, fiction by Carol Mularski (from the "Desert Seed Series), "The newly formed Empire has begun to purge all record of the Jed;, but Kaili Lars , refuses to forget. Will her interest endanger her baby cousin Luke?") (110)
* Pas De Deux, fiction by Carol Hines-Strode ("A Jedi's child is no accident. When Luke delves into his past in the databanks on Lorra, he discovers that only the force can win his freedom. But can he avoid using the Dark Side?") (126)
* Supplemental Reading (138)
File:Skywalker6-13.jpg|from issue #6, Carol Davis -- "I'm the other? The other what?!?" (commentary on The Other)
File:Skywalker6-1.jpg|from issue #6, J.R. Dunster
File:Skywalker6-6.jpg|from issue #6, J.R. Dunster
File:Skywalker6-2.jpg|from issue #6, Wanda Lybarger
File:Skywalker6-3.jpg|from issue #6, Jean C
File:Skywalker6-4.jpg|ifrom issue #6,
File:Skywalker6-5.jpg|ifrom issue #6, Mary Soderstrom, from "The Reluctant Jedi"
File:Skywalker6-7.jpg|from issue #6, Richard "Space" Arnold
File:Skywalker6-8.jpg|ifrom issue #6, Wanda Lybarger
File:Skywalker6-9.jpg|from issue #6, Anne Davenport
File:Skywalker6-10.jpg|from issue #6, Carol McPherson
File:Skywalker6-11.jpg|from issue #6, Jean C (a bit of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan art)
File:Skywalker6-12.jpg|from issue #6, Scott Rosema
File:Skywalker6-14.jpg|from issue #6, Eluki bes Shahar
File:Skywalker6-15.jpg|from issue #6, Scott Rosema
File:Skywalker6-16.jpg|from issue #6, Carol Davis
File:Skywalker6-17.jpg|from issue #6, Mary Soderstrom
File:Skywalker6-18.jpg|from issue #6, Gordon Carleton
File:Skywalker6-19.jpg|from issue #6, Stefanie Hawks
File:Skywalker6-20.jpg|from issue #6, Carol McPherson
File:Skywalker6-21.jpg|from issue #6, Jenni Hennig
File:Skywalker6-22.jpg|from issue #6, Mary Soderstrom
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==References==
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