Star Wars Insider 43 is the forty-third issue of Star Wars Insider magazine. It was published in April 1999. Three cover variants were available for issue 43: a newsstand version featuring Qui-Gon Jinn, a subscriber-exclusive version featuring Darth Maul, and a Previews Exclusive version similar to the subscriber version but with different coloring for the Star Wars Insider logo.
Contents[]
Departments[]
- From the Editor's Desk (by Jon Bradley Snyder)
- Rebel Rumblings
- Prequel Update: The Characters of Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Prequel Profile — David Tattersall (by Jamie Painter)
- Star News (by Scott Chernoff)
- In the Star Wars Universe — Paul Blake (by Matt Yeo)
- Straight from the Horse's Mouth – Episode I Comics: The Double-Bladed Saber (by Peet Janes)
- Scouting the Galaxy – Build Your Own Universe (by Stephen J. Sansweet)
- Jawa Trader
- The Last Page
Features[]
- "Brian Blessed: A Blessed Event (by Scott Chernoff)
- As Boss Nass, leader of the Gungans, actor Brian Blessed looms large over Episode I—even though we never see his real face. Blessed tells the Insider's Scott Chernoff who's the Boss.
- "George Lucas Down Under Part II"
- In the conclusion of our coverage of George Lucas' meeting with the Australian press, he talks about the origins of Star Wars, and the future of the saga.
- "Droids of Episode I" (by Daniel Wallace)
- They're all here—from familiar friends like astromech (R2) droids and protocol droids (like C-3PO), to new foes like starfighter droids and Sith probes—it's an exclusive guide to the droids of The Phantom Menace from Daniel Wallace, author of Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids.
- "Decipher: The Thrill of Victory" (by Ryan Morris)
- They came, they saw, the conquered. Ryan Morris takes Insider readers inside the 1998 Decipher Star Wars Customizable Card Game Championship Tournament, where it really is how you play the game.
- "Lucasfilm Lifers" (by Kevin Fitzpatrick)
- From the model shop to the executive suite, meet the magnificent seven who have been with Lucasfilm from the first Star Wars movie through the latest. The Insider's Kevin Fitzpatrick tells us why they stayed in that galaxy far, far away.
Media[]
Cover gallery[]
Collector Cover 1 – Subscriber
Collector Cover 2 – Newsstand
Previews Exclusive cover
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Insider 43
External links[]
Star Wars Insider #43 in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (original site is defunct)
