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! A lot is compressed into one page here. I wish I still still had such editorial skills. A commentator last year said:

"You skipped over one of the major pieces of exposition in the film. Nothing like skipping to the good bits, eh?"

He's referring to Leia's holographic speech.

In panel 2, Luke looks like someone's just lobotomised him - from behind. We get more yellow faces. Seriously, I think I actually thought Americans were golden skinned, nicely tanned types. When the warm yellow pencil ran out I'd switch to plain yellow and think nothing of it. He turns into some sort of lobotomised Kirk Douglas at the end of the page.

Imperial Side-Boards. I think this fellow went on to act in the horrid British 'Soap' Eastenders.

I've given Luke that awful 70's blow-dried and hair-sprayed David Cassidy disco look. I really envied such fabulous hair myself. Hair so unnaturally smoothed back.

In the film - to be fair - the characters look pretty timeless. More credit to George. The only slight '70s giveaway is the sideburns - but they're pretty cool these days anyway. Or side-boards as we called them in Liverpool.

On Monday: ???

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