early 1978 | age 9 You can write this stuff JOHN but you can’t say it. I love this page, partly because it’s one of the oldest, earliest ones, but even more because of this crammed-together line by Han Solo:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 This is a part of the film with the Dianoga creature which we never saw. So much for: “I don’t know, it just let go of me and disappeared…” Nah. Borrrring. Bring on the gore![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year on! c.1982/1983? | age 14? I’m creating and publishing today’s page on the move (written in 2013?). Gabby’s in the driving seat as we head down through Ireland to Baltimore, County Cork. Amazing to think that I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/1983? | age 13–15? I have Leia saying the trash compactor is ‘vacuum sealed’, just as Luke says in the Marvel version; but in the movie, Luke frantically yells, “Will you forget it? I already tried it. It’s magnetically sealed!” So Luke, Leia and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/1983? | age 13/14? When I get to this bit in the film I realise that’s it’s all bang-bang-bang: non-stop excitement. From one perilous situation into another. And this—this!—is the scene in which the trio of Hamill, Ford and Fisher[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 or 10 Finally—finally! – we’re nearing the trash compactor scene. And look at panel 2, you’ll notice that it’s not just the enemy who are rubbish shots. Art Notes “GO ON PRINCESS” “HMPH” —Star Wars age 9[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early-mid 1977 | age 9 or 10 Yay! The old crappy ones again. Now we’re back to possibly very early 1978 for a bit. Isn’t Leia stunningly gorgeous in this one? *gakk* Art Notes: She’s… beautiful! Isn’t perspective on faces[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83 | age 14? That’s a pretty hastily sketched-in Leia! I don’t think—even at 13 or 14—that I was that interested in drawing her. I’m getting through the better drawn stuff at the moment. See the muzzle flare? Very much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83 | age 14? Leia grabs Han’s blaster and takes the initiative. I’m sorry the updates have been infrequent lately, readers. I know that I shouldn’t make excuses, but I’ve had an awful lot on my plate. Art Notes Another[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83 | age 14? Yet more of the better quality stuff for you, readers (sorry—but you get the lot). Just try to imagine you’re reading a regular comic? I love this part of the film. Suspense! action! potential peril! snappy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…