Jok Church

Jok Richard Church was a news broadcaster, magazine editor, artist, illustrator, and gay-rights activist. He worked for Lucasfilm from 1980 to 1988, where he worked on a variety of projects. He died of a heart attack on April 29, 2016.

Through a friend he met George Lucas and was given a job at Lucasfilm. At first he answered fan letters, and later wrote articles for the Bantha Tracks Star Wars Fan Club magazine. He eventually became its editor. During this time Jok also began working on a project called "Here's How," a comic strip and animated educational series featuring C-3PO and R2-D2. The idea was eventually abandoned.

Jok later created a parody/spoiler of the new Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. They featured an animated version of Jok talking about the various topics.

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