Only Hope

Only Hope is gen Star Wars anthology of fiction, art and poetry published in Canada between 1994-1997. There were four issues, each averaging 100-200 pages each.
These zines had a focus on Luke Skywalker. From an ad in Southern Enclave: "No Han-starring, slash or crossover."
From a flyer for the first issue: "YES! We do think it's time that SW fandom had a new Luke zine. So it is with this in mind, that L&L Productions is proud to present it's [sic] new zine."
==Part of a "Family Tree"==
A similar zine to "Only Hope" was Another Sky, published three years earlier. A similar zine to "Only Hope" was Echo Three. These zines fed a hungry audience for those who considered Luke Skywalker as their One True Character. 
The editors of "Only Hope" and Echo Three 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==
Only Hope 1 was published in March 1994 and contains 115 pages.
The art is by Kymm August, Tina Lebalt, Khalil West, Mary Curran Carter, Melanie Guttierrez, Z.P. Florian, and Cheryl Deluca.
From the title page: "PS: Thanks again everybody, and remember us in July" is a reference to voting in the STAR aWARdS.
The numerous mentions of "grandmums" and "parents" and "grandchildren" are references to this zine being mentored by the editors of another zine called Another Sky. 
* Alone, poem by Laura Zucca (1)
* A Letter, article by Birgit Markmann (about her visit to Tunisia to see the places the original Star Wars was filmed) (5)
* Victory Celebration, story, by Tammy Olsen (9)
* Twinstorm, vignette, by Kymm August (18)
* Mother, poem, by Yvette Ghilan (20)
* Endless, poem by Kymm August (21)
* Love Views, poems, by Kymm August (23)
* A Band of Gold, story, by Mary Curran Carter (25)
* With Friends Like This, story, by Kymm August (32)
* Dark Hour, poem, by Yvette Ghilan (40)
* The Gathering Storm, story, by Mary Curran Carter (41)
* Sandstorm, story, by J.P. Treleaven (56)
* Confusion, poem, by Kymm August (62)
* Last Day on Tatooine, story, by Jenny Jivan (64)
* Last Rites, poem, by Yvette Ghilan (67)
* Last Goodbye, poem, by Dana Marie Carozza (68)
* Prime Time, story, by Mesarthim & Stardancer (69)
* Not What it Seems, poem, by Kymm August (81)
* One Man's Vendetta, story, by Rich Gawel (82)
* This Time, poem by Yvette Ghilan (89)
* Field of View, story, by Mary Curran Carter (90)
* Not Another Endor Celebration Story, story, by Z.P. Florian (111)
 
Image:onlyhope1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Cheryl Deluca
Image:onlyhope1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Cheryl Deluca
Image:onlyhope1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Cheryl Deluca
Image:onlyhope1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Tina Lebalt
Image:onlyhope1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Cheryl Deluca
Image:onlyhope1-6.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Curran Carter
Image:onlyhope1-7.jpg|from issue #1, Cheryl Deluca
Image:onlyhope1-8.jpg|from issue #1, Melanie Guttierrez
Image:onlyhope1-9.jpg|from issue #1, Melanie Guttierrez
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Issue 2==
Only Hope 2 was published in 1995 and contains 200 pages.
Image:onlyhope2flyer.jpg|thumb|flyer for issue #2]]
The art is by Ed Baker, Mary Curran Carter, Melanie Guttierrez, Debbie Hoyt, Amanda Palumbo, Kymm August, John Fredericks, Steven Hamaker, Cheryl De Luca, and Bishop.
* Sunset, poem by Melissa Mastoris (1)
* Letters of Comment (4)
* Bib's Eye View, fiction by Kymm August (12)
* Hushed Voices, poem by Mary Curran Carter (19)
* Han Solo Unfrozen, fiction by John Fredericks (20)
* Beloved Skywalker, poem by Amanda Palumbo (23)
* The Gathering Storm,Pt 2, fiction by Mary Curran Carter (24)
* The House by the Water, fiction by Yvette Ghilan (45)
* Crazy Blue Eyes, filk by Debbie Kittle (51)
* SW SEX: pilfered from the nets (52)
* Angel: Daughter of Darkness, fiction by Tina Lebelt (51)
* Farmboys in Bondage, fiction by Mary Curran Carter (53)
* Farmboys in Bondage by Mary Curran Carter (62)
* Idolatry, fiction by Richard Gawel (64)
* Changes, poem by Melissa Mastoris (71)
* Inheritance: Stranger Among Us, fiction by Bambi (72)
* Day Luke, poem by Amanda Palumbo (79)
* Field of View, Pt 2, fiction by Mary Curran Carter (80)
* War of Frost and Fright, poem by Kyla (103)
* A Small Sacrifice, fiction by Jennie Jivan (104)
* Droidz by Amanda Palumbo (112)
* The Phoenix Shall Rise Again, poem by Amanda Palumbo (114)
* Moonbeam Caresses, poem by Amanda Palumbo (135)
* The Alliance of the Republic, Pt 1, fiction by Ed Baker (138)
* Fight (Give 'em What They Want), filk by Amanda Palumbo (also printed that same year in Bright Center of the Universe #5) (186)
 
Image:onlyhope2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Ed Baker
Image:onlyhope2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Ed Baker
Image:onlyhope2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Kymm August
Image:onlyhope2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Melanie Guttierrez
Image:onlyhope2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Bishop
Image:onlyhope2-6.jpg|from issue #2, Steven Hamaker
Image:onlyhope2-7.jpg|from issue #2, Cheryl Deluca? (portrays Luke and Leia's parents, from "The House on the Water")
Image:onlyhope2-8.jpg|from issue #2, John Fredericks
Image:onlyhope2-9.jpg|from issue #2, Bert-Olaf Lundin?
Image:onlyhope2-10.jpg|from issue #2, Melanie Guttierrez
Image:onlyhope2-11.jpg|from issue #2, Mary Curran Carter
Image:onlyhope2-12.jpg|from issue #2, Melanie Guttierrez
Image:onlyhope2-13.jpg|from issue #2, Ed Baker
Image:onlyhope2-14.jpg|from issue #2, Amanda Palumbo
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Only Hope 3 does not have a date but was published in 1995 (as per context in the editorial and letters), and it contains 190 pages.
The art is by Marion And, Amanda Palumbo, Marianne Lubianetzky, Z.P. Florian, Melanie Guttierrez, Leva Sablevichiule, Bert-Olaf Lundin, Ed Baker, and John Fredericks.
* Editorial (1)
* Letters of Comment (3)
* A Day Long Remembered by Andrea Skorvanek (article and photo about meeting Mark Hamill) (10)
* Just Another Day by author unknown (as per zine itself) -- in the next issue's editorial, the author was tentatively identified as AG Steyn (12)
* We're Doomed, poem by Melissa Masters (14)
* Green Eyes, fiction by Marianne Lubianetzky (15)
* The Lamb by M.J. Mink (33)
* Final Harvest by J.P. Treleaven (37)
* Top 10 SW Things to Say When (from the internet) (39)
* Ewok Lyrics: From the Dark Jedi (40)
* Breaking in the Tauntaun by author unknown (as per zine itself) -- in the next issue's editorial, the author was tentatively identified as AG Steyn (41)
* Alone by Z.P. Florian (44)
* Come With Me by Jenny Jivan (50)
* Lando's Advice to the Horrendous by J.P. Treleaven (58)
* Skysongs Portfolio by Amanda Palumbo (60)
* Top Ten Reasons by Andrea Skorvanek (77)
* Angel:Daughter of Darkness, fiction by Tina Lebelt (78) 
* Confrontation Vilando by Amanda Palumbo (88)
* Jedi Master's Communion by Kristyn K. Rose (103)
* Bad Moon Rising, story by M.J. Mink (this was adapted into a comic in 1996 by Karl Rydholm for Sarlacc #1) (137)
* The Lie by M.J. Mink (151)
* Biggs by Laura Zucca (159)
* The Alliance of the Republic, Pt 1, fiction by Ed Baker (160)
 
Image:onlyhope3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:onlyhope3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Marion Mand
Image:onlyhope3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Amanda Palumbo
Image:onlyhope3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Z.P. Florian
Image:onlyhope3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Ed Baker
Image:onlyhope3-6.jpg|from issue #3 
Image:onlyhope3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Melanie Guttierrez
Image:onlyhope3-8.jpg|from issue #3, Z.P. Florian
Image:onlyhope3-9.jpg|from issue #3, Bert-Olof Lundin
Image:onlyhope3-10.jpg|from issue #3, Z.P. Florian
Image:onlyhope3-11.jpg|from issue #3, Melanie Guttierrez
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Only Hope 4 was published in 1997 and contains 202 pages. 
There is not very much art due to reasons explained in the editorial. The editors promise there will be more art in issue #5, but this issue appears to be the last in the series despite an addendum to the editorial that said that issue #5 was full and would be out in December 1997, and that issue #6 was coming along nicely and was due out in March 1998.
In the end, there were a five illos that one of the editors "snuck" into the zine. These illos are by Marion Mand and Gina Good.
The editorial's main topic was a major dust-up regarding the some of the art in issue #3: 
* Editorial (1)
* Letters of Comment (2)
* Table of Contents (5)
* Counterpoint Infinity, fiction by Linda Tweed (6)
* Desert Memories, poem by MJ Mink (21)
* New Beginnings, fiction by Dana Marie Carozza (22)
* Dune Trails, fiction by Linda Tweed (29)
* A New Life, fiction by M.J. Mink (60)
* Shadow, poem by MJ Mink (63)
* Son of the Dark Side, fiction by Gina Goad (64)
* Tell Me, fiction by Jennie Jivan (74)
* The Force that Binds Love, fiction by Kelly Wood (83)
* The Way of the Jedi, fiction by Kristyn K. Rose (130)
* Dark Jedi, fiction by Grace Catlett (155)
* Dark Ways, fiction by Maren Doering (173)
* A Musical Interlude, filk by Debbie Kittle (176)
* Alliance of the Empire, fiction by Ed Baker (177)
* A Closing Musical Interlude, filk by Debbie Kittle (202)
 
Image:onlyhope4-1.jpg|from issue #4, Gina Good
Image:onlyhope4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Marion Mand/Ambersky (also printed in I Care #5)
 
 
==References==
Category:Star Wars Zines
Category:1990s