Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Han braves the hellish Hoth blizzard to save his friend Luke. Hell? Yes, this was an odd sounding bit in the Star Wars universe, but something similar has since appeared in The Last Jedi, when Laura[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? Luke performs Jedi telekinesis for the first time in a Star Wars movie! And he comes very close to slicing his own feet off! It’s very tempting to say that this is a more mature page,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? Luke finds himself hanging like a stalactite from the ceiling of the Wampa’s cave Slim pickings today folks. The young me decided to do a full page panel for this moment. To make up for it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? Luke finds himself hanging like a stalactite from the ceiling of the Wampa’s cave A New Jedi Ability This scene might seem like nothing very special now, because we’ve seen Jedi performing all manner of increasingly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? A scene in Empire that’s reminiscent of old Hollywood: Hepburn and Tracy, and Gable and O’Hara. Gone with the Ice Storm And you know what? When the Empire Strikes Back poster was being created, one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? This leads into another one of those great scenes in Empire between Han and Leia. This is the first page to feature those silly Empire Strikes Back alphabet stickers. I think I was probably looking forward[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? We meet the Droids designated Artoo Detoo and See Threepio! That “designated” line is lifted straight from Roy Thomas’ script in the Marvel adaptation of ‘Star Wars’. I hadn’t copied it into « my own version[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? Luke gets walloped by a Wampa! Hence explaining those little changes in poor Mark Hamill’s face that appeared since the previous film. Movie Trivia Funnily enough, last night I found a 1980 clipping from one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 12/13? | 1980/81? Han and Luke are on patrol on icy Hoth This comic has begun with the Imperial Star Destroyer above the planet Hoth, lauching probes, as I think the movie does. But neither the Marvel comic adaptation, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1979/1980? | age 11/12? One last extra bit of the comic for you! Isn’t it awesome? Drum-roll… Postscript: It’s the back cover! Woweee-zowee-kablooey! Amazing. Yes, I said the comic was at an end but, my goodness—it just keeps on giving.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…