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 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…
Carrie Fisher R.I.P. It feels impossible that she’s passed away. All of that personality and wit just — extinguished. But is it? She made such a mark on the world of Star Wars fans and non Star Wars fans alike,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1981/82 | age 13? There’s an odd mix of drawing ability this one. Panel 2—the closeup on Ben—shows an ability beyond my young years. So why is the bottom one so badly done? Puzzling indeed. Panel 2 actually reminds me somehow,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1979? | age 11? Let’s see what Ben’s been up to. While his compatriots are being attacked by a monster and mashed, Kenobi’s been stealthily finding his way to the tractor beam controls. Here’s the novelisation’s take on it: “Secure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 | age 9-10 This page has some fun things in it, including a very un-characteristically irritable line of dialogue from Ben! Poor Artoo, he’s just trying to tell them something fairly important—you know?—about the Princess—who sent them on this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
c.1983?|age 14/15? Panel 1 is lifted from Chaykin’s version. I don’t like Han in that one. He looks like Robert Wagner in Hart to Hart. “And togedder… dey was moider!” Wacka—wacka, chicka-wah-wah! I liked Wagner in one of the Austin Powers movies—oh[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1978/age 9? “But… I only just blow-dried my hair!” There are a few things that puzzle me about this page. It was first drawn in ’78 but Han has been retrospectively doctored–maybe 2 or 3 years on. And a lovely-haired-Luke has been added[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(early) 1978|age 9 “Full reverse Chewie”—and keep on shakin’ it! Solo decides to turn tail and get the hell out of there and then… POW!—the Millennium Falcon is grabbed by the Death Star’s tractor beam. And as always, these very oldest pages keep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
early 1977 | age 9 Panel 2 will have been copied from the shot of the rebels awaiting the enemy to board their ship, which was on the Trading Cards and later, on the inside of my Soundtrack album. Film[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…