Twitter survivor (arguable). Director, Franchise/Story, Lucasfilm. Author of things, advisor of lore, sketcher of robots, subject of flimsy rumors. Not really here to argue.
Next up in the '84 re-reads, "Ellie," Star Wars #80. Love this cover. Especially like that the enclosed space in the A (the 'counter', I think it's called in typography) looks like an old WWI Pickelhaube spike atop Vader's helmet. Art by Ron Frenz and Tom Palmer.
In my 1984 re-read, onto Star Wars #79, "The Big Con," written by Jo Duffy with art by Ron Frenz and Tom Palmer. Notable for having Lando cosplay as Space Pirate Captain Harlock while disguising himself in the search for Han. Fun stuff.
This issue has a disgruntled pirate named Koruu who pulls a gun on Lando. The design appears to be a riff on Ron Cobb's concept art of the High Tundra alien, which would eventually be named the Gotal in a few years, except without the horns. This issue shows signs of more concept art availability.
This issue also features the debut of the Dancing Goddess, a precious jade statue that I was able to get into the background of Solo: A Star Wars Story in Dryden Vos' yacht (the filmmakers asked me for a shortlist of potential trophies, and the Dancing Goddess made the cut).
Continuing my 1984 Star Wars re-read with “The Final Trap!” the last of the newspaper strips. While I am grateful for Dark Horse reformatting the series to make it more widely available in the 90s (below, right), there’s nothing quite like seeing the wild newsprint colors of the originals (left).
Started my 1984 Star Wars re-read with the "Showdown" newspaper strip that ran from Dec. 26 '83 to Feb. 5 '84. It has the distinction of repeatedly calling Dengar "Zuckass," which is very funny.
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
