It's Loose! (12)
Last Updated (Friday, 27 May 2011 09:30) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 25 May 2011 00:00
Happy 34th Anniversary Star Wars!
Woah: 34 years ago, on 25/5/1977, 'Star Wars' was officially released.
Script Notes
But it's too late...
as Han Solo quickly demonstates!
Ah, that old "Let's go" line. So good - I used it again. The non-dialogue is from the Marvel comic. Sort of.
Can Stormtroopers whisper? (dotted outlines on speech bubbles) They've got these condensor mikes in their helmets... oh hang it, who cares? There's no sound in Space either.
Art Notes: The Beano School?
A nod to Howard Chaykin's Marvel Adaptation
On panel 2 there's a shadow effect down one side of the helmet. I'm surprised! I like to think it was cast from Chewie's big strong arm.
In the large bottom panel, Chewie leaps and lands a kick on the Stormtrooper's back, while his friend recklessly opens fire! So more Martial Arts moves from the Wookie eh? And, see the effect that's been drawn in behind him? The speed-lines following him in a arc are pretty standard; but there's also a funny pop or starburst graphic element, with radiating lines to show where he was before he jumped. Is this derived from the likes of Beano, Whoopee and Whizzer & Chips comics? Very sort of Minnie the Minx!
The dead stormtrooper hand sticking up in the foreground is a curious one too. I could credit myself with it but I think Warlord comic used to place that sort of thing in the foreground of their Battle-field scenes. A dead SS Soldier's hand amongst barbed-wire with burnt out tanks in the background: Tobruk or whatever. I also seem to recall a '70s Leon Uris novel cover that went one better. It featured the skeleton hand of a dead SS soldier sticking up - with rotted bits hanging off! It made a big impression on me whenever I saw it in bookshops and newsagents.
Weird.
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Comments
It looks like you let my 3-year old color another page for you, with all the guts and gore.
With such a violent childhood outlook, it's no wonder you turned out a bit [omitted], from a certain perspective that is.
George! (I tap my foot irritably) How on earth could you be so MYOPIC as to miss out on such a great - and classy - character attribute?
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