Star Wars Adventure Journal

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The Star Wars Adventure Journal was a publication distributed by West End Games between 1994 and 1997. Fifteen issues were printed, containing short stories set in the Star Wars expanded universe by both well-known and relatively unknown Star Wars authors (short stories by author Charlene Newcomb depicting the adventures of Alexandra "Alex" Winger, a one-time love interest of Luke Skywalker); adventures and source material for the West End Games version of the Star Wars role-playing game; Galaxywide NewsNets were fictional news reports from throughout the galaxy; interviews with personalities from all walks of Star Wars literature; and reviews of new and upcoming Star Wars products.

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Reception

Andrew Rilstone reviewed The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal for Arcane magazine, rating it a 4 out of 10 overall. [1] Rilstone comments that "If you like the writing of Zahn and Tyers, then this book is probably worth having for the fiction; but if it's roleplaying material you are after, there are better things to spend your credits on." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rilstone, Andrew (June 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (7): 73–74.
  2. "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Star Wars Adventure Journal".