FANDOM HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: Fanzine Ends After Empire? The Full Story

Happy Star Wars Podcast Day! I'm happy to be participating with a brand new Fandom History Highlight. There was recently a viral post going around of a letter...a fanzine in 1981 stating that they would no longer make their zine after seeing Empire Strikes Back. Those who saw the post were commenting about how nothing ever changes. "No one hates Star Wars like a Star Wars fan," said one commenter. I wanted to dive deeper, to get the full story of why these fanzine editors didn't like Empire, why they had the strong reaction. Was it really supporting a long held negative notion about Star Wars fans? Or does the context change the narrative?Check out all the resources used in my research here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A242BKJF0PxFvXvFRR9dAO1ngZ-TgrLT1rNZ5OeVJSU/edit?usp=sharing) and special shout out to fanlore.org for their work in preserving fan history!Follow along with Kara and the IALW Podcast on Instagram at https://instagram.com/intoalargerworldproject?igshid=MzRIODBiNWFIZA==Support the project and Kara's zine on PatreonIf you want to tell YOUR fandom story, send an e-mail to [email protected] "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/