Star Wars Insider 62 is the sixty-second issue of Star Wars Insider magazine. It was released to newsstands in October 2002. This marked the first Star Wars Insider issue published by Paizo Publishing as well as the start of the magazine being released eight times a year, an increase from Star Wars Insider's former bimonthly publication schedule, which began with issue 35 in September 1997. Issue 62 came packaged with an exclusive Topps trading card from the set 2002 Topps Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Widevision.
Contents
Departments
- From the Editor's Desk
- Rebel Rumblings
- Star News: From the World of Lucasfilm (by Benjamin Harper)
- Jawa Trader Catalog
- Behind the Magic — Digital Doubles (by Rob Coleman)
- Gamescape — Battle of the Planets, Star Wars Galaxies, and Arms & Equipment Guide (by Brett Rector, Haden Blackman, and Brian Campbell)
- Bookshelf — Manifest Destiny (by Jason Fry)
- Comics Link — Points of View (by Daniel Wallace)
- Set Piece — The Millennium Falcon (by Christopher Trevas & Chris Reiff)
- Scouting the Galaxy — Sordid Tales from the Collecting World (by Stephen J. Sansweet)
- Crossword — A Crash Course in Shyriiwook (by Michael Selinker)
- Star Wars Q&A (by Pablo Hidalgo)
- The Last Page (by Tony Moseley)
Features
- "Prequel Update" (by Dave Gross)
- Producer Rick McCallum talks about the Attack of the Clones DVD, Episode III, and George Lucas's plans beyond Star Wars.
- "Inside Attack of the Clones" (by David West Reynolds)
- Just when you thought summer was over, Insider takes you back to camp—the camp of the notorious Tusken Raiders!
- "Who's Who in the Jedi Order" (by Jason Fry)
- A brief history of sixteen of the most famous guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic, including this issue's cover Jedi, Aayla Secura.
- "Fightsaber: Jedi Lightsaber Combat" (by David West Reynolds)
- Through the millennia, Jedi have rigorously trained in the seven forms of lightsaber combat. Examples from all five Star Wars movies illustrate these complex and ancient fighting styles.
- "Starships of Episode II" (by Daniel Wallace)
- It's no coincidence that the Jedi Starfighter looks like a miniature Imperial Star Destroyer. After all, Kuat Drive Yards built them both.
- " The Stars of the Ewok Films Remember Their Adventure" (by Rich Handley)
- Insider catches up with the casts of The Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.
- "Cardboard Cinema: Topps to Release First Attack of the Clones Widevision Set" (by Michael Mikaelian)
- Topps' latest Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones Widevision movie card set focuses on the Battle of Geonosis, and it includes the first-ever widevision autograph cards.
- "Emissary of the Void": Episode IV Relic of Ruin" (by Greg Keyes)
- Insider's premier installment of Greg Keyes' The New Jedi Order serial drops you right in the middle of the action. Catch up on the first three installments for free at starwars.com
Sources
Jedi Fighting and More in Insider #62 on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jedi Fighting and More in Insider #62 on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)