Such an exciting scene in the film! I loved it when I was a kid. They showed a clip of it on the 3rd of April 1978 Academy Awards show (I think). Fleeting but intense! But I first saw it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Original and Best I internet-troll myself, for making all of thosechanges to the original version of Star Wars – the Irish comic adaptation; and I wonder about ‘Sandtroopers’ and… ‘Droide’? Sandtroopers? When was that moniker invented? I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
064: Mos Eisley Checkpoint
Bad Cop, er… bad cop One of the Star Wars jigsaw puzzles gives me some inspiration, and Christopher Lee gets his BAFTA Fellowship. Art Notes Well… there’s not a huge amount to say about this one really. I really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
063: “What a hole”
Gentle Ben, the Monklike Jedi, refers to his fellow creatures as… scum? And I reflect on the Force Awakens Trailers and TV Spots and whether we should be anxious about spoilers with a mere month to go until the new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of the 2011 Pages! I mention the latest, Japanese Force Awakens trailer and give a shout-out to Rebel Force Radio and Jogcast Radio! (Originally written in Jan 2012) This must have been the longest gestating page in history! Please accept my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sandcrawler that stopped at Uncle Owen’s place Neee-owwwwww! Or however it is that you do race-car sounds. I bloody love this. Sorry if you don’t but I really, really do. You know, I might actually compile all the really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Ridiculously Good Looking” I worry lately that these pages might have been drawn—gasp—when I was in 2nd or 3rd year in secondary school. Putting me at 12-14 years? Jesus, if my classmates only knew… “No seriously lads, I’m not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“..he’s me!” I’m not keen on this page which might be from 1980 or even later, 1982? It’s very difficult to tell. The following pages of Luke in Ben’s house drag a bit with multiple versions of the scene, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
043: “Ben Kenobi!”
Art & Text Notes A Super-Oldie page today: definitely late ’77/early ’78. You know, back then, I was still extremely confused about how to do all the comic-art style lines around the cheekbones. And noses were a cause of bafflement,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Colonel Gaderafii Sticks It’s just one of the versions of that moniker that I often used. Gaffi – Gader-fii, Gader-afi, Gaddafi… Creative Lettering “AAAA EEEEEEEEEE” It flows from Luke – top-left – across the assailant and down the page as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…