Goodness me. Artoo—a droid sheds a tear! And this, from the child who—a couple of years earlier—gave us the horror of the «shredded Rebel soldier? You see: slasher films and comics do not (necessarily) a psycho make. I’m quite impressed with the sense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two pages for you today readers! No, not as a special treat – or even to make up for the recent hiatus. I had a picture – from a newspaper or someplace – oh, nearly 3 decades ago – and I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3PO and R2 find themselves in the desert wastes of desolate Tatooine, in this final page of Pt.1: And things get a bit mixed-up in today’s instalment. The blowing up « escape-pod and crash-landing on Tatooine scenes are a bit mixed up but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s time to bring out the Big Guns! Here’s another extra little bit that George kept from you. Do you think he too should have had Leia resisting restraint like an alley cat? “Damn it keep still! Yeow!” I’m on holiday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the fighting is still raging on. Maybe because the urge to kill another rebel ‘is strong in this one’. Such a sweet boy. See the stuck-in trading card? Nostalgia: Trading Cards Waxy, gummy, glossy magic Those chewing gum cards were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As «Autographed by Garrick ‘Biggs‘ Hagon, April 2011! In another deleted scene from the film, we meet Biggs Darklighter. Is that derived from Biggles – fictional British WWI fighter ace?—or from some physical attr… never mind. Art Notes: a little ambiguity! “BLARP![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980–1981 | age 12–13 Not funny really except for one little detail. An element of technique. This page would be post Empire Strikes Back because of the conning tower windows. I must have seen that in the comic – or, unlikely, remembered it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980-1981 | age 12-13 Camp dialogue, “Oh, we’ll prepare alright”. Is it a ship full of sarcastic rebel hairdressers perhaps?“Curlers at the ready, girls!” For some reason this reminds me of Monty Python’s Everest Expedition sketch from the ’70s. The expedition is manned by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1981 | age 12 or 13 I honestly had no idea where the name ‘Devastator’ had come from when I began this site in 2009. But I re-read the novelisation and there it was! I suppose it’s better than Pinafore. It’s gas.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1980 | age 12 It’s the famous Star Wars Opening Crawl of text—and an autograph by Steve Sansweet (Ex-LucasFilm) from when I met him in April 2011. Would you look at the state of that inside cover? So I’ll talk[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…