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Archive-name: starwars/faq/part2
Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 19-AUG-1996 See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge There are a lot of information regarding Star Wars on the Internet. This information has been placed on the 'Net by companies, and by Star Wars fans. If you think that some information is wrong or missing from this document, please contact me at < gtring@sapient.com >. If you need help accessing these sites, please ask your local system administrator or computer guru. I do not have the time to find out your particular system's configuration to fix your problems. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The best places to find other online Star Wars fans are in Usenet newsgroups. The most relevant Star Wars newsgroups are: rec.arts.sf.starwars.collecting Topics relating to Star Wars collecting rec.arts.sf.starwars.games SW games: RPG, computer, card, etc. rec.arts.sf.starwars.info General information about SW - moderated rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc Miscellaneous topics about SW alt.binaries.starwars Pictures and sound files Group name: rec.arts.sf.starwars.info (moderated) Moderator: David Kemper < dkemper@hacks.arizona.edu > Submissions address: < starwars@hacks.arizona.edu > Contact address: < starwars-request@hacks.arizona.edu > Other newsgroups include: alt.fan.wedge Discussions on the X-Wing pilot, Wedge alt.fan.harrison-ford Discussions on Harrison Ford ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Streeter maintains a large number of files related to Star Wars. They include fan-fiction, references, and utilities for Star Wars games. You can use FTP to access Scott Streeter's Star Wars Archive at ftp.wpi.edu (130.215.24.209). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WWW (World Wide Web) has many, many Star Wars sites. Hanspeter Niederstrasser has compiled a list of ALL the Star Wars Web sites. Email him at < nieder@phoenix.princeton.edu > to get a current copy. Alternatively, you can view his page at http://www.princeton.edu/~nieder/sw/sw.html The URLs listed below are the sites with the most information on them. Star Wars Home Page at UPENN http://force.stwing.upenn.edu:8001/~jruspini/starwars.html Rich Handley's Exhaustive Guide to Star Wars Comics http://www.asb.com/usr/cardsafe/intro.htm Star Wars Complete Timeline http://www.evan.org/timeline.html Star Wars Cut Scene Compendium http://sd.znet.com/~tkytoast/lsupdate/index.html Boba Fett Page http://www.cco.net/~daniel/bobafett The Star Wars Bible http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~thurn/SWB/ The Star Wars Collectors Web Page http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/lopez/collectors.html Star Wars Multimedia Archive http://www.skywalker.net/ Star Wars Pictures http://www.stud.mdh.se:80/~ltd92uks/swpix/ Star Wars Page for German-speaking people http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~un5p/starwars.html Scott Streeter's Star Wars Archive http://www.wpi.edu/ftp/starwars Star Wars MUD/MUSHes http://ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/~jradelef/swmush.html http://www.latech.edu/~hcr/mud/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some company online contacts are: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment http://www.tcfhe.com/ Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. http://www.bdd.com/ Tom Dupree < tomdup@aol.com > Senior Editor, Bantam LucasArts http://www.lucasarts.com/ ftp://ftp.lucasarts.com/ Random House http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/ < delrey@randomhouse.com > Dark Horse Comics http://www.dhorse.com/ < dhc@dhorse.com > Putnam Berkley Publishing http://www.berkley.com THX Home Page http://www.thx.com/ < MstrMat@aol.com > Skywalker Sound http://www.thx.com/thx/skywalker/skywalker.html The George Lucas Educational Foundation http://glef.org/ < edutopia@glef.org > America Online: edutopia AppleLink: edutopia The Audiobook Source http://www.webcom.com/absource/ < absource@audiobooksource.com > Cedco Publishing Company http://www.cedco.com < catalog@cedco.com > 1-800-752-3326 Hasbro Toys http://www.eos.net/hasbro/ Lewis Galoob Toys http://www.galoob.com/ Sega of America http://www.segaoa.com Dog Star Collectibles - for a copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special, < soundit@aol.com > and the "Making of" TV specials. Michael Wiese Productions - Hardware Wars http://www.earthlink.net/~mwp/mwp.html Michael Wiese < wiese@earthlink.net > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Star Wars Mailing List sends out bi-monthly newsletters to over 500 members. To subscribe, you can email < ez583@cleveland.freenet.edu> with the subject line "SUBSCRIBE SWC" or visit their Web page at http://scuba.uwsuper.edu/~kknowlto/swclub/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to be added to the Star Wars Role Playing Gamers mailing list, send email to < mailserv@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu > with no subject. The text of the body should have the line "subscribe sw-rpg" (without the quotes) and nothing else. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet Movie Database contains LOTS of information. Go to http://us.imdb.com/ or http://uk.imdb.com/ on the WWW. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are Star Wars MUSHes and MUDs that you can access. If you ask around on the Usenet newsgroups, someone may tell you how to access these MUD/MUSHes. Here is a description of Star Wars: The Minos Cluster. Star Wars: The Minos Cluster. The Mush is set in the time after 'The Empire Strikes Back' in a small cluster on the rim, largely ignored by most places. Supplies are limited, and the cluster is the last to know about anything. Of course, the Empire still fights the growing Rebellion, with little help from the Core, who fight their own battles and care little about a few backwater worlds and revolting farmers. The Syndicate, a powerful underworld cartel, supplies the citizens with drugs, and illegal supplies. The Minos Mestra corp, an offshoot of the CSA, mines asteroids for minerals, while hanging in the delicate balance of neutrality. It's a place where people struggle to survive and make do with what they have. It's a place where anything is possible. Star Wars: The Minos Cluster is fully "In Character", with working space, combat, skills system, experience system, economy, cargo, etc. Login as guest and follow the instructions to get a character. Address: 204.248.98.2 4202 Cachenet.Com 4202 Email: < SWMC@Cachenet.com > If anyone knows of other MUD/MUSHes that would like to have an introductory paragraph in the FAQ, please feel free to send me mail about them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The song "Yoda" by "Weird Al" Yankovic was a parody of the song "Lola" by The Kinks. The lyrcis can be found at the Dementia Web pages at http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~jbmorris/LYRICS/al.dtbs.html#5 Or you may send mail to < jbmorris@copper.ucs.indiana.edu > with the subject "LYRICS: LIST" for instructions or "LYRICS: AL.DTBS" for the "Yoda" lyrics. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The America Online Star Wars Fan Club is a collection of over 1,700 fans on AOL and the Internet. In addition to message boards and software libraries, the club holds several online chats, trivia games, and role-playing games each week. The HoloCroN, the club electronic newsletter, covers Star Wars fandom online and features news, reviews, original artwork, and just about everything Star Wars related except fan fiction. The HoloCroN is available in the Star Wars Software Library on America Online (keyword SF) or at ftp.wpi.edu in the /Star Wars/Electronic_Media/ directory. If you'd like to be added to AOL Star Wars Fan Club mailing list, e-mail < vader129@aol.com >. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The LucasFilm Fan Club is a great source of information. Membership is $9.95 in the United States, $12.00 for Cananda, and $21.95 for Foreign mailings. This includes The Star Wars Insider. The Fan Club publishes a quarterly magazine called The Star Wars Insider, which features articles on the people that made and are continuing to make the Star Wars universe. Included in the Insider are order forms for Star Wars merchandise. The Star Wars Insider can also be bought at local book, comic, and toy stores. You can contact the LucasFilm Fan Club at : The LucasFilm Fan Club P.O. Box 111000, Aurora, CO 80011, USA 1-800-TRUE-FAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Star Wars Galaxy Magazine is a Topps licensed publication from Lucasfilm. It is published quarterly and is full-color. It is the only magazine to focus on all aspects of the Star Wars Galaxy: upcoming licensed product news, Classic Star Wars news, insider interviews, gaming, trading cards, all-new comics, collectibles, book excerpts, and the Net. Every issue has exclusive contests and giveaways. Each direct market and subscriber issue is polybagged with exclusive premiums. These have included ashcan comics, chrome trading cards, promotional trading cards and posters. SWGM supports an e-mail address < swgmtopps@aol.com >. Users cannot subscribe to the magazine on-line. SWGM is sold primarily in comic book shops, but is also available on newsstands and through home subscription. Home delivery follows two weeks after direct market shipping, as SWGM is printed in Canada. To subscribe: Kable News Fulfillment 308 East Hitt Street Mount Morris, IL 61054. Phone queries: 815-734-5822. NOTE: Bob Woods, the editor of the magazine receives messages sent to < swgmtopps@aol.com >. Any messages sent to this address are considered "letters-to-the-editor", so you should not expect a personal reply. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Contributions: |
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