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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It’s just ‘pants’ Possibly late 1978 or sometime in ’79. I do like this one of the stormtroopers in the desert. “I can’t see anything!” “Have you tried BINOCULARS?” And what about the Stormtrooper in panel 3? Running figures are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…