Star Wars Insider 55

Star Wars Insider 55
Attribution information
Editor(s)	Christopher Perkins (Editor-in-Chief) Michael Mikaelian (Managing Editor) Ben Harper (Lucas Licensing Editor) Scott Chernoff (Contributing Editor)
Contributor(s)	2-1B Scott Chernoff Sue Weinlein Cook Lee Dawson Jesse Decker Paul Ens Jason Fry Tim Harrod Cory J. Herndon Dan Madsen Chris Reiff Michael G. Ryan Stephen J. Sansweet Christopher Trevas
Publication information
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Release date	August 7, 2001
Subscriber(s)	July 20, 2001
Pages	98
ISSN	1041-5122
General information
Issue #	55
Series	Star Wars Insider
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Star Wars Insider 55 is the fifty-fifth issue of Star Wars Insider magazine. It was released to newsstands on August 7, 2001. Issue 55 was the first overseen by chief editor Christopher Perkins, who had previously served the magazine as Senior Editor beginning with issue 53. This issue came packaged with an exclusive Obi-Wan Kenobi trading card from the Topps trading card set 2001 Topps Star Wars Evolution.

Contents

Features

• "Samuel L. Jackson: The Jedi Returns" (by Scott Chernoff)

  Mace Windu was all talk in Episode I. In the next film, he has the bad guys shakin' in their boots – and no one is more thrilled than Samuel Jackson.

• "Silas Carson: Hero with a Thousand Faces" (by Scott Chernoff)

  He plays our favorite Cerean and the galaxy's most wanted Neimoidian: Hear what the future holds for Ki-Adi-Mundi and Nute Gunray in Episode II.

• "Remembering Brian Daley" (by Michael G. Ryan)

  One of the original expanded universe authors is remembered by friends and fans.

• "Star Wars on The Muppet Show" (by Tim Harrod)

  The Onion's funniest hack takes us back in time, when pigs loved frogs and Jim Henson ruled television.

• "Jedi Knight Shift: Decipher Unveils a New Star Wars Trading Card Game" (by Cory J. Herndon)

  Game designer Tom Lischke explains how to conquer the galaxy and crush the enemy in Decipher's newest trading card game.

Departments

• "From the Editor's Desk"
• "Rebel Rumblings"
• "Prequel Update with Rick McCallum" (by Dan Madsen)
• "Star News" (by Sue Weinlein Cook)
• "Comics Link" — Top 10 Reasons to Try the Tales (by Lee Dawson)
• "Bookshelf" — Serving Darth Sidious (by Jason Fry)
• "Gamescape" — Something Wicked This Way Comes (by Jesse Decker)
• "HoloNet" — Surfing with StarWars.com (by Paul Ens)
• "Set Piece: Hoth Echo Base Main Hangar" (by Christopher Trevas & Chris Reiff)
• "Scouting the Galaxy" — Bootlegger's Revenge? Artistic Homage (by Stephen J. Sansweet)
• "Dear 2-1B"
• "The Last Page"

Sources

• Mace Windu talks Episode II on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)

External links

• Star Wars Insider #55 in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (original site is defunct)

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