Will Ben go all Jedi on his Ass? A different version of the barroom bully steps in to harass Luke. Do you think this was before I ever even saw the comic? Art Notes This one looks even less like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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066: “This place is a little… rough”
‘Zip – Boop, Boom – Blam’ At last – we’re in the Cantina, complete with the retrospectively named Figrin D’An and his band the Modal Nodes – playing their swingin’ brand ofJizz. I talk abot Dr.Evazan (snort!), how the crew nearly[…]↓ 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…
c.1978–1979 | age 9–10? And so ends Pt.IV of the comic, with the burning Lars homestead and the tragic deaths of Owen and Beru. But Luke returns specifically to burn dead Jawas? I also take a little look at another[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
059: Smouldering Piles
Early-mid 1978 | 9 years old This is one of my favourite pages in the whole comic with loads of colour! Engage VTO! I reflect on the late Irvin Kershner, vertical-take off/Anti-Gravity, gruesome charred bodies, and burning piles. Ouch! But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Death Valley Tatooine Artwork Notes Good old green felt-tip! Needs must, when there are no blacks or greys left. Do you like the skeleton skull of the Space-Cow?Ah yes, the ubiquitous cow. Notice that « Ben never said to Luke “A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OOEEUG! Fire the Makeup Department! Mouse-over for the earlier version! I ponder Mark’s makeup, the insensitive treatment of dead Jawas, the Star Wars/Empire double-bill in 1980, the accuracy of Stormtroopers and alternate tinkered-with artwork. Which makes George not much worse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sandcrawler that stopped at Uncle Owen’s place Neee-owwwwww! Or however it is that you do race-car sounds. I bloody love this. Sorry if you don’t but I really, really do. You know, I might actually compile all the really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Old Jedi, he say: “Do like… whatever.” In the film, it was one of my favourite lines delivered by Alec Guinness. I bet he added the “of course” bit himself. Guinness was always marvellous at portraying devious craftiness. I think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…