c.1983? | age 14? When Leia kisses Luke before that swing, and she says “For luck” it was a really great Star Wars moment (Though in hindsight—after Star Wars subsequently became a bit of a Skywalker family soap opera—it’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1983 | age 14/15? Luke and Leia flee the stormtroopers — holy canted angles Batman! This’ll be a short post today. The «previous one was long, with lots of text and graphical content, but I don’t think many people even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9/10? One of my favourite pages—of one of my favourite movie scenes! Han Solo bravely chases the stormtroopers into a dead-end! Chewie’s reminiscent of a Bespin Ugnaut. There’s a nice drawing of Luke in panel 5,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.early 1979? | age 10/11? There’s not much in this incomplete page today readers, but that’s how it goes at Star Wars age 9. What’s done is done. I can’t go back and change it now. Or at least: I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978? | age 9/10? Does Solo feel like he has a duty of care when he says “Luke get the Princess back to the ship”, or does he just want to shift the valuable cargo on-board asap, so he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Carrie Fisher R.I.P. It feels impossible that she’s passed away. All of that personality and wit just — extinguished. But is it? She made such a mark on the world of Star Wars fans and non Star Wars fans alike,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14? The drawing’s pretty good in this one—especially in the bottom panel. My God, it’s almost like… a photograph! I don’t know why, but for some reason I always liked Howard Chaykin’s image of Luke’s fist scrubbing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1981/82? | 13 years old? This is a good line from Han Solo! How can he crack jokes about such an agonising, imminent death? I mean it’s minutes or even seconds away! There can’t be many worse ways to die. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…