1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The Jetpack Stormtroopers have landed, and the Star Destroyers are back. Back—hoovering up more stuff with their tractor beams! (Maybe they missed a bit last time?) I should probably remind you, readers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The young me is going for shock value as a budding comic writer. Who’s going to ‘get it’ next? It appears that I was getting a bit experimental with this page. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Luke goes in, X-Wing Fighter guns blazing, and seems to scare away all of the Star Destroyers. What gives? Genuine Suspense! What do you think the ‘r’ in R-Bomb stands for? Answers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Cor… hundreds of Imperial Star Destroyers! But what good are Snub-Fighters going to be against them? Spelling!—and Lettering “What happened to the Death Star—we heard nothing about it.” Then how did you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 14/15/16? | 1982/83? Ooh… grumpy! Somebody needs to relax the kacks. Art Notes There’s some really nice drawing in this page, especially panel 1, which was obviously copied form Al Williamson—again! Well, if you’re going to copy, copy from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Vader shows how truly merciless he can be. Script & Art Notes Vader’s Motivation? In Empire, we got to see just how evil Vader is, and how terrifying it must be to work for him! Honestly,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 13/14/15? | 1981/82/83? Imperial flippin’ Walkers—at last. And they’re sparkly too! It’s 6:30am Just after the cornflakes and tea. How does that work in Star Wars though? How long are the days on Hoth? Can you even say, Luke[…]↓ 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 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…