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…
Gentle Ben, the Monklike Jedi, refers to his fellow creatures as… scum? And I reflect on the Force Awakens Trailers and TV Spots and whether we should be anxious about spoilers with a mere month to go until the new[…]↓ 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…
Yawwwwwwn. Oh well. Slim-pickings today. Artwork Notes Our dear pal and reader « Neil Baker commented the other daythat he’d like to see these later, c.1981-83 pages get the ‘« Special Edition‘ treatment. I’m not impressed with them, but it’s almost tempting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Skipping to the good bits Yep, still at the droid sale – but we are making some progress. And sudden, rapid progress it is too! Luke gasps those immortal words, “She’s beautiful!” A lot is compressed into one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes: Tiniest of Details I posted a comment to Blue Milk Special‘s webcomic some time ago because I’d discovered a peculiar and amusing panel in Howard Chaykin‘s Marvel adaptation of Star Wars. Have a look at it on the left.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art Notes Uncle Owen looks so shabby in this that I’m surprised that I didn’t go so far as to draw stink fumes and flies buzzing around him. Reminds me of what my wife Gabrielle said about Rainbow‘s‘Long Live Rock[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meeting Luke for real I love the way the film is structured. As George himself said, the film is mostly carried for the first 20 minutes by the 2 droids. “We’re seeing the story through their eyes.” This was borrowed from Kurosawa‘s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hmmm… ‘don’t recall that bit This is a bit of a 1977 curio! I was so pleased to discover this page separately from the rest of the comic. An unexpected pleasure. Pretty funny, but it also seems as if it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…