#voltronstarmap

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Here is a shot of the menu buttons from SHANNON MUIR'S VOLTRON PAGES. Many of these subjects have been covered in other venues many times over in the intervening years. Mostly, this Tumblr will focus on two areas: the original Starmap as made in the 1980s and posted in 1996, and Nina: Dark Daughter of Arus as some of the earliest fan fiction made available on the Internet (and some of it the same material originally sent to World Events Productions).

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Here is a close up photo of the only printout of the sanctioned Wold Events Productions version of the starmap. See the logo down in the corner that was not on the website. Supposedly this map was intended to be used as a promo piece when selling the second season, but I have heard nothing about anyone else getting a print copy after all these years. This was was a proof copy I received from World Events Productions back in the day, and it is in the condition I received it.

For more trivia on this and the history of the Starmap, you can read my interview with Greg Tyler on the 25th anniversary of the original posting of the Starmap over at his Lions and Pilots and Bots site done in 2021: https://lionsandpilotsandbots.com/2021/10/15/interview-shannon-muir-animation-professional-and-mapmaker-for-uncharted-regions-of-the-universe/

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Before I get too deep into sharing specifics about the website itself, I would like to document its impact on the VOLTRON fandom. Here, I appeared on a LET'S VOLTRON panel at VOLTCON 2023 talking about how the site's starmap ultimately influenced what became the official map for the series.