EPISODE · Jan 11, 2024 · 12 MIN
FANDOM HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: Who is "The Other"?
from Into A Larger World · host Kara DJ
Today is the third installment in the Fandom History Highlights series. If one thing is true about Star Wars fans, it's that we love to speculate in the lead up to a new film. In the early 80s, as Return of the Jedi approached, fans were wildly speculating over Yoda's line on Dagobah...who is "The Other"? Listen along as Kara takes you into the pages of some early 80s fanzines to find out what the theories were. What were the fans saying? Who did they suspect? And what was their reaction when the truth was revealed?Head to this doc to find a transcript of the episode and Kara's resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WvNnbpcQADZv4lwoste-jHkUdtuFrYPG342UgqJlbqI/edit?usp=sharingFollow 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/
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Today is the third installment in the Fandom History Highlights series. If one thing is true about Star Wars fans, it's that we love to speculate in the lead up to a new film. In the early 80s, as Return of the Jedi approached, fans were wildly speculating over Yoda's line on Dagobah...who is "The Other"? Listen along as Kara takes you into the pages of some early 80s fanzines to find out what the theories were. What were the fans saying? Who did they suspect? And what was their reaction when...
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