early-mid 1978? | age 9/10? Well… looky here boys, we got ourselves one a them there Shape-Shifters! The ever changing actors of SWa9! Art Notes Consistency Shape-shifting actors, revisions at various times, blue biro, black biro… How much fun would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978? | age 9/10? Does Solo feel like he has a duty of care when he says “Luke get the Princess back to the ship”, or does he just want to shift the valuable cargo on-board asap, so he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Carrie Fisher R.I.P. It feels impossible that she’s passed away. All of that personality and wit just — extinguished. But is it? She made such a mark on the world of Star Wars fans and non Star Wars fans alike,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 14? The drawing’s pretty good in this one—especially in the bottom panel. My God, it’s almost like… a photograph! I don’t know why, but for some reason I always liked Howard Chaykin’s image of Luke’s fist scrubbing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1981/82? | 13 years old? This is a good line from Han Solo! How can he crack jokes about such an agonising, imminent death? I mean it’s minutes or even seconds away! There can’t be many worse ways to die. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 You can write this stuff JOHN but you can’t say it. I love this page, partly because it’s one of the oldest, earliest ones, but even more because of this crammed-together line by Han Solo:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 This is a part of the film with the Dianoga creature which we never saw. So much for: “I don’t know, it just let go of me and disappeared…” Nah. Borrrring. Bring on the gore![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/1983? | age 13–15? I have Leia saying the trash compactor is ‘vacuum sealed’, just as Luke says in the Marvel version; but in the movie, Luke frantically yells, “Will you forget it? I already tried it. It’s magnetically sealed!” So Luke, Leia and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/1983? | age 13/14? When I get to this bit in the film I realise that’s it’s all bang-bang-bang: non-stop excitement. From one perilous situation into another. And this—this!—is the scene in which the trio of Hamill, Ford and Fisher[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978 | age 9 or 10 Finally—finally! – we’re nearing the trash compactor scene. And look at panel 2, you’ll notice that it’s not just the enemy who are rubbish shots. Art Notes “GO ON PRINCESS” “HMPH” —Star Wars age 9[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…