c.1982/1983? | age 14/15? Today’s page was drawn at two different times, in biro, and then later in black marker. I’ll talk a bit about actor Denis Lawson (as Wedge Antilles) but also the unfortunate Jek Tono Porkins character (by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14/15? ‘Proton Torpedoes’ always sounds a bit funny to me. Kind of like “Chewie, bring me the Hydro-Spanner‘.” I suppose Proton and Hydro must sound sound kinda futuristic and , I dunno… er, spacey? I’m a Diversion?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mid 1978? | age 10? Han gets really emotional in this page. You see? When we were kids, and we read the novelisation and the comics and listened to the radio dramas—we got an extra spin on the story and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 We’re going way back in time again in this page and the next. These are the most childishly drawn ones, and my favourites. I’m guessing I took my visual references from the collectible «trading cards.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 13 or 14? It’s the last page of Part 9! I think I’d completely forgotten—between 1983 and 2009—about the tracking device, and the ploy of letting the heroes escape from the Death Star unharmed so they could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 14? My drawing was getting pretty nifty at this stage. It’s not the best of them, there’s later stuff than this, but check out the silhouetting of the Quad Cannon when the TIE Fighter explodes. Not bad![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 I’m titling this page after one of the most exciting pieces of music listed on the soundtrack LP! “Ben’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack”. Special Edition Version! You can see a growing collection of Special Editions»[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79? | age 10/11? Look. There is Luke. See Luke. Luke is being sad. Oh, Boo-hoo! Luke—now played by Anthony Perkins—is grief-stricken at Ben’s death. But—but—but… what about Leia, and her entire planet and family being destroyed? Well, more on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982? | age 13 or 14? Some of the drawings on this page are horrible, especially panel 1. When the oldest ones are poorly drawn that’s charming, but when the teenage ones are poorly drawn it sometimes makes me cringe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 | age 9/10 Ben’s disappeared, and Darth is baffled—in the Beano comic sort of way, shaking his head, in a double-take, trying to grasp what’s happened. “Pah!” “Hmph” —The Epic SWa9 Art Notes This page is gas. From when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…