A Little Cooked (08)
Last Updated (Thursday, 03 November 2011 09:06) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
BONUS CONTENT See the extra panels on the back!
Gnat vs Elephant
Pretty awesome page from around 1982 or '83 even if I do say so myself. Look, the stickers are peeling off Luke's X-Wing!
"Hey! My stickers! Somebody get on the phone to KALKITOS!"
"So, Luke: did you rub the transfers on with a suitable implement - or did you just use your fingernail?
"Well... I, uh..."
"Ok, I get it: you were on the bus, coming home from school, and you just couldn't wait.
"Well..."
"You see? It wasn't worth it - was it?"
"I guess I was - kinda - impatient. Impulsive"
"And the other kids made fun of you."
Those were the days...
Art Notes
Thanks to Damien Slattery for mentioning those transfer packs over on Facebook, and Phil Heeks for the link.
Yep, Luke's impulsive. In the film, he dashes in and starts blasting at the behemoth Death Star with his teeny little guns - "I'm going to get there first - hey everyone, watch this!" - and almost destroys himself. In SWa9 his impulsiveness is delayed for a few minutes. For some reason. Perhaps the point was lost on me. Very likely.
Panel 2 of this page owes a lot to Howard Chaykin's version of SWa9, with Luke's cockpit ablaze with fiery colours. And the "Terrors of Hell" bit is from Roy Thomas' terrific Marvel script.
Hell?
Have any of you SW Expanded Universe experts out there ever seen a reference to Hell - or an equivalent in Star Wars? I mean, what happens after a bad person - or even a bad Jedi/Sith Lord dies? It seems like something that could add a lot to Star Wars. Human beings certainly seem to respond to questions concerning the afterlife; and the possibility that you might suffer for your actions in this life.
Is evil Darth Maul now just part of an energy field or is he prodding bad people with a 3 pronged lightsaber for eternity in Jedi-Hell?
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Comments
Good page BTW.
George made Mustafar look the way it did for a reason :)
It always felt odd to me. the line itself - and the way Harrison Ford delivered it. "See you in Hell" with a contemptuous look on his face. Almost as if he were somehow making a judgement on himself AND the poor unfortunate Rebel.
"You'll see me in Hell? But, I thought I was one of the goodies."
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