1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The sequel picks up immediately after the first film ‘Star Wars’, with: Vader tumbling through space, and a ruthless Mos Eisley massacre. What a sweet child was! And not for the first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? Solo flees—after murdering the dancing Stormtroopers—via a pane of glass. Still no Gun Control in Mos Eisley? 3 innocent Imperials now lie dead after putting their differences aside and calling a truce, for the greater cause of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? The Star Wars disco is interrupted by an Irish party political broadcast! Whoo-hoo! Can this get any better? As Olivia Newton John might have sang, “Let’s get p’litical, p’litical—I wanna get p’litical, plitical, lemme see your body[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? The hot hits blasting from Mos Eisley Cantina Disco have attracted Imperial attention… and Han Solo prefers punk rock? Yep, it’s Wuher’s cantina like you’ve never ever seen it before! I wonder why? Jabba’s latest hit, “Does[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Aaaand… it’s the end of Pt.V, readers. Bye bye Tatooine! Thanks for reading, and for your comments. Comments keep the site alive! And I love reading them! That’s not to say I’m just fishing for compliments of course. ‘Tatooine’ by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Send all the Cruisers? Send all the Cruisers?” Says a voice in his earpiece… “You’re a lowly STORMTROOPER. Who do you think you are? Sod off!” Film Notes One of the fondest memories that Niall F and I shared of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cor, that 3rd panel’s a bit gruesome eh? Yes, readers, this is the very real human-impact of the action. So spare a thought for the poor« expendable henchmen Art Notes I’m sorry, but unless inspiration strikes in the next few hours,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Such an exciting scene in the film! I loved it when I was a kid. They showed a clip of it on the 3rd of April 1978 Academy Awards show (I think). Fleeting but intense! But I first saw it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Agk! I hate these ones. I’m guessing it’s late 1981 early ’82 Chin-Dimple-Handsome ‘WE ARE BEING WHACHED” I particularly hate this drawing of Luke. Once again, it’s my impression – at the time – of what constituted handsomeness.Chin Dimple, hair[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1978/79 | age 10/11 (Autographed by Paul ‘Greedo’ Blake—Apr 2011) “Give me the money. ‘Greedo’. And… Proof, from the Biros of Babes. Here it is: the truth! Han shot first! He did. And on the opening day of ‘The Force Awakens’ no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…