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Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest
date posted: Aug 11, 2006 8:42 PM
What can the Insider do?
I've seen some complaints about the most recent Insider. It's hard to top the Sith issue but overall I didn't think it was that bad.

Fans have to be realistic. There will be no further production news about new movies, which took up a huge amount of ink in the Insider for the past several years. There will be production news about the television shows, but not for at least another year or more. This means things like games, comics, and books will get more coverage. Be grateful the fan club isn't planning at the moment to turn the Insider back into a quarterly like it was 10 years ago.

On the other hand, I think the fan club has an obligation to make sure the Insider remains a SW publication. That's why we bother reading it. If the Insider starts running non-SW material (Indiana Jones being an acceptable exception), it's not a SW mag anymore. It's just like Starlog or Sci Fi or Entertainment Weakly or Premiere or any one of a zillion other entertainment/movie magazines. I'm sure some people found the ILM article interesting but frankly, it's just like running an article on Ewan McGregor's upcoming movies or Natalie Portman's pixie haircut. It's tangental to SW but it ain't SW.

Part of the problem is that Lucasfilm is saving a lot of its good content, including rare vintage stuff, for the official site. Granted some of it, like the recent run on some old educational film strips, can only be enjoyed on a website. But I think a lot of fandom-focused stuff, like for instance, an article on the making of a fan film or suggestions on how to customize dolls or action figures, could fill up pages. Or how about an article addressing the urban legends that have sprung up around the movies? An article on the different stage shows based on the movies would be interesting too.

Be patient, things will heat up again someday. In the meantime, keep the Insider SW-ish ;).

  JarenValnor
Jaren Valnor's Thirsty Renegade Cantina
date Posted: Aug 11, 2006 9:24 PM
I for one would love more fanfilm stuff like in Insider #72. Rusciano's article was awesome, but a lot has changed. For example, some movies that won Lucas Selects weren't as warm and fuzzy as For Love of the Film (FLotF is the best fanfilm ever in the history of that competition) and Christmas Tauntauns.
amidalooine
The Emotional Galaxy
date Posted: Aug 11, 2006 9:33 PM
I'm keepin' the faith!
FAN4YRS
A Rebel's Ramblings
date Posted: Aug 12, 2006 3:08 AM
I think the Insider could do retrospective interviews with OT and PT actors/actresses, etc. I also wouldn't mind a page dedicated to non-Star Wars, new Lucas material, especially since in 2005 he was saying his work would be very different from what he has previous done (I am interested in HOW different)
MissPadme
Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest
date Posted: Aug 12, 2006 9:30 AM
FAN4YRS, I wouldn't mind stuff on other Lucasfilm projects. In fact, I think it's inevitable we're going to see material on upcoming movies like Red Tails, and that's fine. I just have memories of the late 1980s of the Lucasfilm Fan Club mag whose unofficial motto should have been Everything But SW and the Insider has to be wary of not following that route.
  miniforcex
The Star Wars Fan Wears Pink
date Posted: Aug 12, 2006 10:12 AM
It ISN'T that bad. I totally agree, people are slammin' the Insider like there's no tomorrow...

I wouldn't mind stuff on other Lucasfilm projects.
Me neither. I'd like to be updated when I need to go see Lucasfilm do another great movie.
jkthunder
Seven Pieces
date Posted: Aug 12, 2006 12:02 PM
I thought the latest issue of Insider was great - Im actually still reading through it. I don't know what all the commotion is about. Sure the Sith issue was hot, but there's endless SW stuff to talk about.
hansgirl3
Invoking the Squee
date Posted: Aug 12, 2006 9:50 PM
I've been enjoying it!

Cool thing is, I recently ran across my VERY OLD original Bantha Tracks from when I originally was in the SW fan club when I was a kid! Memories! Boy, the Insider is different than THAT was!! Wow!
MissPadme
Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest
date Posted: Aug 13, 2006 6:30 PM
hansgirl3, I know, the old Bantha Tracks was in all honestly a newsletter ;).
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