Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Oh wow… a Who’s Who Page! I have very fond memories of poring over the Who’s Who page on the inside cover of Marvel’s British Star Wars Weekly comic when I was 9 years old. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Anxiety increases on echo base as does the potential for ‘toilet humour’ . Script Notes Very Silly “That droid’s Imperial, we’d better evacuate. Start the evacuation!” “Oh, I think I already have. “Master Luke, it’s good[…]↓ 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? 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…
Age 14? / 1983? The planet Hoth, as autographed by Kenneth (Admiral Piett) Colley! Autographed Page Up until a few years ago in Ireland we had a pretty regular staging of the INVASION events, featuring the costumed Emerald Garrison—and!—actors and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 13/14? BLAMMO! The Death Star goes Super-Freaking-Nova. I take no credit for the visuals in this, or half of the text—it was copied from Marvel. I did put in some stupid dialogue though 😀 So, I suppose[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1982/83? | age 13/14? Luke must have caused panic and terror down at the rebel base, by turning off his targeting computer—just as the Death Star is about to fire! But I suppose he’ll be OK no matter whether he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…