Aaaand… it’s the end of Pt.V, readers. Bye bye Tatooine! Thanks for reading, and for your comments. Comments keep the site alive! And I love reading them! That’s not to say I’m just fishing for compliments of course. ‘Tatooine’ by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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076: The Millennium Falcon Blasts Off from Mos Eisley!
“Send all the Cruisers? Send all the Cruisers?” Says a voice in his earpiece… “You’re a lowly STORMTROOPER. Who do you think you are? Sod off!” Film Notes One of the fondest memories that Niall F and I shared of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cor, that 3rd panel’s a bit gruesome eh? Yes, readers, this is the very real human-impact of the action. So spare a thought for the poor« expendable henchmen Art Notes I’m sorry, but unless inspiration strikes in the next few hours,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
073: “What a piece of junk!”
Agk! I hate these ones. I’m guessing it’s late 1981 early ’82 Chin-Dimple-Handsome ‘WE ARE BEING WHACHED” I particularly hate this drawing of Luke. Once again, it’s my impression – at the time – of what constituted handsomeness.Chin Dimple, hair[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79 | age 10/11 (Autographed by Paul ‘Greedo’ Blake—Apr 2011) “Give me the money. ‘Greedo’. And… Proof, from the Biros of Babes. Here it is: the truth! Han shot first! He did. And on the opening day of ‘The Force Awakens’ no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
071: “A passage to Alderann”
What the..? You might need to read this page a few times to get what the hell is going on! Hardly anyone (out of the entire population of the internet) ever looks at this site. It’s not quite the phenomenon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…