Tantive IV Sucked Up (5)
Last Updated (Friday, 11 June 2010 13:11)
"Out numbered... by one cruiser"
Today's page certainly sucks but we get a couple of memorable lines. And I swear: this is the last one in which the Imperials 'contine' to blast the Tantive. On Friday we get inside and see the rebels take position.
Art Notes
It's funny you know, people often remark on the amazing impact of the Imperial Destroyer coming in over the top of the audience at the start of the film. There's no doubt about what a masterstroke that was - it just went on and on, over our heads - and said so much right from the get-go about this small band of rebels, dwarfed by the awesome behemoth might of the Empire. Awesome. It's an over-used description but apt in this case. It challenges the opener of 2001 for sheer spectacle.
A teeny bit more impressive.
But when I look at these pages of mine, I don't seem to have tried hard enough to capture that mind-shaggingness. Odd considering that I was blown away by it like everyone else and probably had it going through my mind most of my waking hours. Oh yes, actually - I did,
Yes, there are some daft lines in this page. "Sucked-up" is a goody. As is "Out numbered... by 1 cruiser."
I see that I made an attempt at depicting space as black for a change. But, it's half-hearted, as ever. You can't cover much - very easily, with a BIC Biro.
"And now being sucked up inside..."
In the bottom panel - yes, the sucking one - there are shake-lines around the cruiser. It seems to be struggling! Poor Carrie Fisher had to agree to go to a fat-farm (her words, not mine) if she was granted the role. I really don't think that was fair. I've seen the screen-tests, and she was perfect.
Comments
Is the planet about to blow?