mid-late 1978? | age 9/10? I love this page! It was a nice surprise when I rediscovered it in 2009. Do you notice that Han originally said “Cover yore eyes folks!” —before I added a ‘U’, to er, correct it—which is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We soar away from Tatooine! I was never quite sure where the Millennium Falcon‘s artillery was positioned. Hmmm… I guessed top and bottom. But then, how do Luke and Han look over their shoulders at one another when sat at their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we’re off: Part 6 begins. The interrogation of Princess Leia, from around 1978. This scene in the film always brings a smile – oddly enough! Are you injecting – or skewering me?” Look! A floating robot turnip! Are you injecting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Old and wobbly. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that I drew these ones. They’re so weird looking! George was going show the kids this, in 1977! – until the studio reined him in Punc-tua’tion! Again, I begin to doubt that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And Chewie meets Luke SkyWalken Ben‘s like a Samurai here isn’t he? And is Luke being played by Christopher Walken, now? («previously it was Patrick Mower) This comic has a veritable cast of thousands. Howard Chaykin’s slightly more exciting, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art (?) Notes “BEN KENOBI JEDI-NIGHT” This most juvenile of all of the pages must have been drawn in December 1977 – or very early 1978. I’m astonished at just how rudimentary the drawing is! You could be forgiven for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…