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A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017
WELCOME... Senior Executive Editor / Divinia Fleary
EDITORIAL
Editor / Will Salmon
Copy Editors / Simon Hugo, Rhian Drinkwater
Editorial Assistant / Tolly Maggs
Art Editor / Andrew Leung
One of my favorite moments in The Force Awakens
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comes 10 minutes into the film. A masked scavenger is Senior Editor / Brett Rector
Image Archives / Newell Todd,
poking around the dusty ruins of a Star Destroyer. She Erik Sanchez, Bryce Pinkos,
pulls off a mask to reveal a surprisingly young face, gulps Nicole LaCoursiere, Tim Mapp
Art Director / Troy Alders
down the last few drops of water from her flask, then slides Creative Director / Michael Siglain
off down a sandy dune, and goes off to sell her scrap to
CONTRIBUTORS
Unkar Plutt. Tolly Maggs, Tricia Barr, Kristin Baver,
Jon D. Witmer, Simon Hugo,
In just four minutes of screen-time, J.J. Abrams and Daisy
Michael Kogge, Russ Seal,
Ridley tell you everything you need to know about Rey. She’s Daniel Wallace
an adventurous spirit, willing to travel into darkness and SPECIAL THANKS TO
danger. She’s lonely and impoverished, living by herself in Lucy Goldsmith, Erich Schoeneweiss
at Random House, Holly McIntosh,
a derelict AT-AT, desperate for food. But despite these Andrea Towers and Jim Nausedas at Marvel
hardships, she remains compassionate. She hears a droid Comics, Lizzy Draeger, Tracy Cannobbio and
Chris Argyropoulos at Lucasfi lm
bleeping in distress and her reaction is to run to the rescue.
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This issue we’re celebrating the women of Star Wars.
Senior Production Controller / Jackie Flook
The saga has a proud history of heroes, starting with Leia all Production Supervisor / Maria Pearson
Production Controller / Peter James
the way through to Rey, Jyn and, soon to be introduced in Art Director / Oz Browne
The Last Jedi, Rose. Some, like Padmé and Leia, are born into Senior Sales Manager / Steve Tothill
Circulation Assistant / Frankie Hallam
wealth and privilege, while others, like Sabine, come from Direct Sales & Marketing Manager
much tougher homes or, like Shmi, the brutality of slavery. Ricky Claydon
Subscriptions Executive / Tony Ho
The one thing they all have in common is that they are selfless Commercial Manager / Michelle Fairlamb
Advertising Assistant / Tom Miller
in their desire to help others. As with Luke Skywalker 40 years
U.S. Advertising Manager / Jeni Smith
ago, Star Wars continues to remind us that it’s not where Publishing Manager / Darryl Tothill
Publishing Director / Chris Teather
you’re from, but what you do that matters. Man or woman, girl Operations Director / Leigh Baulch
or boy, that’s a message that always deserves repeating. Executive Director / Vivian Cheung
Publisher / Nick Landau
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