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…
Death Valley Tatooine Artwork Notes Good old green felt-tip! Needs must, when there are no blacks or greys left. Do you like the skeleton skull of the Space-Cow?Ah yes, the ubiquitous cow. Notice that « Ben never said to Luke “A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sandcrawler that stopped at Uncle Owen’s place Neee-owwwwww! Or however it is that you do race-car sounds. I bloody love this. Sorry if you don’t but I really, really do. You know, I might actually compile all the really[…]↓ 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…
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…
Bravery-Bypass Circuits One of the nice things about reading this comic is that it makes the actual film feel fresh and new again. Not because this one looks old and crappy and smells of damp (it does) – but rather,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sandcrawler M1-+ More jargon for you Star Wars buffs! I bet you didn’t know that the Jawas’ sandcrawler was a model ‘Em one minus plus’? Did you eh – eh? Thought you knew everything. Yes, it’s WELL KNOWN amongst well-read Star[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…