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Bantha Tracks

Der überwältigende Erfolg des ersten Star Wars-Films führte bereits in den Anfangstagen der Saga dazu, dass Lucasfilm einen eigenen Fanclub gründete, den Official Star Wars Fan Club. Dieser versandte ab 1978 an seine Mitglieder einen Newsletter, der zunächst noch schlicht und ergreifend Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club betitelt war und erst zu Ausgabe 5 Bantha Tracks getauft wurde. Veröffentlicht wurden die ersten vier Newsletter zudem noch beim Verlag Factors, wo zunächst eine zweimonatliche Erscheinungsweise angestrebt wurde. Als 1979 nach einer kurzen Reorganisationspause die Bantha Tracks wieder starteten, wurde daraus ein vierteljährlicher Rhythmus. Als Herausgeber ist in Bantha Tracks #5 noch der Verlag Black Falcon Ltd. genannt, ab #6 dann nur noch Lucasfilm Ltd.

  Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #1
February 1978
 
  • George Lucas: The Man Behind Star Wars
  • Local Chapters for the Official Star Wars Fan Club
  • Star Wars II
  • Star Wars Cast & Crew Find Mutual Interest: Comic Books
  • Q & A
  • Star Wars Merchandise and Discounts
  • The Strange Item in Your Membership Kit
 
  Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #2
April 1978
 
  • Star Wars Sweeps the Oscars
  • Local Chapters for the Official Star Wars Fan Club
  • Name the Newsletter Contest
  • Between the Script and the Projector
  • Q & A
  • Star Wars Sequel
  • Star Wars Merchandise and Discounts
  • Exclusive Fan Club Button Offer
 

  Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #3
June 1978
 
  • Interview: Mark Hamill
  • Q & A
  • Between the Script and the Projector, Part 2
 
  Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #4
Sept. 1978
 
  • Gary Kurtz: The Working Producer
  • Star Wars Sequel
  • Star Wars Around the World
  • Trivia Quiz
  • Q & A
 

  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #5
Summer 1979
 
  • Interview: Irvin Kershner
  • "Empire" Progress Report
  • "Star Wars" Comic Strip
  • Fan Club Reorganization
  • Cartoon Contest Winners
  • Introducing: Boba Fett
  • John Barry (Obituary)
 
  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #6
Autumn 1979
 
  • Interview: Harrison Ford
  • Empire Progress Report
  • Japanese Influences in Star Wars (Nikki White)
  • Questions & Answers
  • Membership Information
 

  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #7
Winter 1980
 
  • Interview: Anthony Daniels
  • Pen Pal Service
  • Questions & Answers
  • Empire Progress Report
  • Preview of Coming Attractions
  • 800-5-21-1980
  • Introducing: Lando Calrissian
  • Renewal Information
 
  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #8
Spring 1980
 
  • Interview: George Lucas
  • The Saga Continues...
  • Amateur Films
  • Pen Pal Service
  • Membership Information
  • 800-521-1980 Revisited
 

  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #9
Summer 1980
 
  • Washington Premiere: May 17
  • Opening Day: Wednesday, May 21, 1980 Hollywood
  • Profile: John Rios
  • Message from the Director (Ira Friedman)
  • Animating the Tauntaun
  • Pen Pal Service
  • Membership Information
  • Empire Titles for Summer and Fall Release
  • Ford for Raiders
 
  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #10
Nov. 1980
 
  • Empire: The International Movie
  • Star Wars Costuming
  • Profile: Fan Club Costumers
  • Membership Information
  • Thank You!
  • Announcing the First Official Star Wars Fan Club Membership Recruiting Contest!
  • Newsletter Back Issues Now Available
  • Special Offer to Fan Club Members
  • Pen Pal Service
 

  Official Star Wars Fan Club: Special Compilation Issue
Nov. 1980
 
  • George Lucas: The Man Behind Star Wars
  • Star Wars Sweeps the Oscars
  • Interview: Mark Hamill
  • Gary Kurtz: The Working Producer
  • Questions & Answers
  • Between the Script and the Projector
  • Trivia Quiz
  • Name the Newsletter Contest Winners
  • Star Wars Sequel
  • Star Wars Around the World
  • Star Wars Cast & Crew Find Mutual Interest: Comic Books

Die Ausgabe enthält speziell bearbeitete Highlights aus den Newslettern #1-4.

 
  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #11
Feb. 1981
 
  • Interview: Howard Kazanjian
  • Questions & Answers
  • S.W. on N.P.R.
  • Profile: Sylvia Stevens - Imperial Census Taker
  • Lucasfilm Updates...
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
 

  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #12
May 1981
 
  • Interview: Steven Spielberg
  • Saga Notes
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark to Open in June
  • Contest Winners
  • Profile / Creative Corner
  • Updates: Creativity Contest / Han Solo in a New Role
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #13
August 1981
 
  • Pre-Production, Part One: Excerpts from an Interview with Co-Producers Robert Watts & Jim Bloom
  • Time Capsule
  • Selecting a Director for Revenge of the Jedi
  • NASA Strikes Back: Space "Budget" Wars Episode IV. A New Hope
  • A Note on the Columbia - from George Lucas
  • Profile: Kumi Okamoto, Japanese Cartoonist
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • Renewals
  • We've Moved!
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #14
Nov. 1981
 
  • Pre-Production, Part II: Joe Johnston - Storyboarding
  • Winners: Creativity Contest
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • Profile: The Los Angeles Filkharmonic
  • How to Make a TIE Fighter Holiday Ornamen
  • Renewal
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #15
Feb. 1982
 
  • Interview: Ralph McQuarrie
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • Profile: Pat Ortega
  • Star Wars Every Day
  • "Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record"
  • Renewals
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...

Bantha Tracks #15 trägt erstmals den Titel "Journal" und nicht mehr "Newsletter".

 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #16
May 1982
 
  • Interview: Carrie Fisher - Bantha Tracks Goes to Elstree, Part I
  • Jedi Production, Part One
  • Happy 5th Birthday
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • "The Empire Strikes Back" in New NPR Drama Series
  • Profile: Star Ward
  • Renewals
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #17
August 1982
 
  • Interview: Ben Burtt
  • Jedi Production, Part II: Introducing Admiral Ackbar
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • Profile: Crossword & Word Puzzle
  • News
  • Survey
  • Revenge of the Jedi Novelization
  • Renewals
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #18
Nov. 1982
 
  • Interview: Mark Hamill - Bantha Tracks Goes to Elstree, Part II
  • Revenge of the Jedi Production, Part III
  • Lucasfilm Goes to Chicon IV
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • Profile: Merana Cadorette
  • News: Raiders Wins a Hugo
  • Renewals
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #19
Feb. 1983
 
  • Interview: Stuart Freeborn
  • News: Revenge of the Jedi is Return of the Jedi
  • Survey Results: Audiodrama or Narration?
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • News: "READ, and the Force is with you."
  • Profile: Who Said That?
  • Message from the Director: 1983 Renewals (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #20
May 1983
 
  • Interview: Richard Marquand
  • Return of the Jedi Photos
  • Bantha Tracks Presents the 1983 Creativity Contest
  • Official Star Wars Fan Club Special Collector's Items
  • News: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom / Mt. Moris, IL? / Jedi Novelization / The Blue Harvest Gang
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #21
August 1983
 
  • Special Effects: Dennis Muren and Ken Ralston discuss Jedi SPFX
  • Ben Burtt and Jedi Sound Effects
  • Return to the Egyptian Theater
  • Message from the Director: 1983 Renewals (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #22
Nov. 1983
 
  • Modelmaking
  • Creativity Contest: The Winners
  • Lucasfilm Ltd. News: Update: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • News: Award for Sidney Ganis
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #23
Feb. 1984
 
  • Matte Painting
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: Indy II Update / Lucasfilm Goes Video / United Kingdom
  • Spotlight: Warwick Ashley Davis
  • Survey
  • Star Wars Collector's
  • Extra! Extra! Read More About It
  • Profile
  • Message from the Director: 1984 Renewals (Maureen Garrett)
  • Pen Pals: From Yugoslavia to California - From California to Minnesota USA
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars Fan Club #24
Spring 1984
 
  • Robert Watts
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom / THX Sound System / Australia
  • Spotlight: Michael Carter in Conversation
  • Art Gallery
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #25
Summer 1984
 
  • The Ewok Movie: Tom Smith
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: Indy Update: London Premiere / Video Games / EditDroid / THX Theater Update
  • Spotlight: An Interview with Ke Huy Quan
  • Art Gallery
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...

Mit Bantha Tracks #25 wurde aus dem Official Star Wars Fan Club der Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club, um sich so auch dem Namen nach noch mehr anderen Lucasfilm-Produktionen zu öffnen.

 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #26
Fall 1984
 
  • The 42nd Annual World Science Fiction Convention
  • Special Collector's Items
  • The Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club Party
  • ...Star Wars Fanzines - Excerpts from the talk by Maggie Nowakaska and Bev Clark
  • Blue Harvest Gang
  • LFL News: The Ewok Adventure / Newsflash
  • Art Gallery
  • Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Ewok Talk
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #27
Winter 1985
 
  • The Optical Department - Part One: Interview Bruce Nicholson
  • Persistence of Vision
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: THX - The audience is listening... / Jim Henson and George Lucas to Unite on New Film Project for Tri-Star Pictures / A Guide to the Star Wars Universe / Cast Update / Star Wars Road Thingy / Trivia / Newsflash! Lucasfilm Ltd. to Develop New Attractions for Disneyland / ILM Update
  • Photo Gallery
  • Editorial (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #28
Spring 1985
 
  • The Optical Department - Part Two: Maintaining the Illusion
  • Bantha Tracks Presents Random Access: The 1985 Star Wars/Lucasfilm Contest
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: Getting into the Business / Bantha History / David Bowie Joins Labyrinth / New TV Series Stars Star Wars Stars / Trivia / Star Wars Trilogy: A Site for Soaring Eyes / Congrats!
  • Editorial (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #29
Summer 1985
 
  • Ewoks & Droids TV Series: Executive Producer Miki Herman talks About TV and 'Raising the Standards'
  • Special Collector's Items
  • LFL News: Two New Droids from Lucasfilm: EditDroid & SoundDroid / ILM Book 'The Art of Special Effects' Coming in 1986 / Who Makes It? / Trivia
  • Art Gallery
  • Editorial (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #30
Fall 1985
 
  • Labyrinth - More Than Making a Movie: Creating a New Reality
  • The Creatures for Labyrinth: The Reasons They're So Real
  • It's a Duck: Howard the Duck
  • Random Access Winners
  • LFL News: Darth Vader in Nation's Capital / Michael Jackson Is Captain Eo / Two New Video Games from LFL / Jedi Returns as Home Video / Ewok Emmy Award! / Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
  • READ and The Force is with you
  • Editorial (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
  • Special Collector's Items
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #31
Winter 1986
 
  • FEBRUARY Is Star Wars Month!
  • Thomas Dolby Signed to Howard the Duck
  • A Peak at Teek: An Interview with Niki Botelho: Actress/High School Student
  • Building the World of Labyrinth: A Look at Extraordinary Film Sets
  • Captain Eo in 3-D: Wahat is 3-D? How Does It Work?
  • LFL News: Ewoks & Droids - Read All About 'Em / Mark Hamill on Amazing Stories / Lucasfilm on Tour with the Smithonian
  • Editorial (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
  • Special Collector's Items
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #32
Spring 1986
 
  • Katz & Ducks: Howard the Duck Producer Gloria Katz Talks About the Duck She Found in an Alley in Cleveland
  • Howard the Duck: Talking to Jeffrey Jones
  • Labyrinth's Other Stars
  • LFL News: THX Sound System Update / Captain Eo: Michael Jackson Takes Off
  • Photo Gallery
  • Yoda's Reading Contest
  • A Farewell Message from the Director (Maureen Garrett)
  • Membership Information, Pen Pal Service...
  • Special Collector's Items
 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #33
Summer 1986
 
  • Howard the Duck: Howard's Director - Willard Huyck - Tells All!
  • The Man Inside C-3PO Speaks Out: A Talk with Anthony Daniels
  • Spotlight: Darth Vader Atop Washington Cathedral
  • Come Join Our Tribe: Ewoks Return This Fall
  • A Message from George Lucas
  • Editorial (Jok Church)
  • New Fan Mail Adresses
  • Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects
  • Alien U.F.O. Furniture Flies Over Cleveland
 

  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #34
Autumn 1986
 
  • Sprocket Systems: Distinctive By Design
  • Glossary
  • Star Tours: Star Wars Comes to Disneyland
  • Fan Mail Adresses

Special Soundsheet Edition mit spezieller Schallplatte

 
  Bantha Tracks: Journal of the Official Star Wars/Lucasfilm Fan Club #35
Winter 1987
 
  • Gala Star Tours Ribbon Cutting at Disneyland
  • From Concept to Reality: The Who's and How's of Building Star Tours
  • Spotlight: Star Wars - The First Ten Years 1977-1987: From Star Wars to Star Tours
  • LFL News: Star Wars Tenth Anniversary Special Commemorative Poster / Star Wars Tenth Anniversary Convention / Star Wars Roleplaying Game
  • Greetings from Endor: Having Wonderful Time - Wish You Were Here
  • Editorial (Jok Church)
  • New Fan Mail Adresses

Die letzte Ausgabe der Bantha Tracks erschien als spezielles 10th Anniversary Issue.

 

 

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