General Nadine
General Madine makes his, or her debut in today’s strip. The idea started when I noticed Madine is wearing lipstick in all of his scenes during Return of the Jedi. Suddenly, I pictured Eddie Izzard in the role of the defected Rebel General. It doesn’t help that his name sounds a lot like Nadine. And that’s really all there is to this one. He’s a conservative transvestite in the BMS universe.
Here’s a little bit about Nadine… er, Madine. He originally played a larger part in the Battle over Endor. Many of Ackbar’s scenes commanding the Home One battlecruiser were originally shot with Madine in the captain’s seat, including some of Ackbar’s best remembered lines. For some reason, Madine got the shaft and Ackbar was the beneficiary (bene-fishery?). Some of these deleted scenes on the Star Wars blu-ray discs include Madine’s brief alternate universe stint as pseudo admiral. I like to look at it as Madine being the commander of one of the other Mon Calamari cruisers… perhaps even the one the Death Star destroyed, if you ignore EU canon, which Disney likes to do anyway. 😉
The other thing about Madine, from the EU at least, is that he was an Imperial officer who defected to the Rebel cause, as addressed in this strip. I don’t remember what it was exactly that caused his defection, but in the BMS universe at least, you have the reason. Or it could just be that the Rebels are more tolerant and open-minded?
There’s just something about him. Leanne thinks he looks like a serial killer. Personally, I just think it’s the lipstick and that sad look in his eyes… like he’s seen it all. Perhaps Madine has experienced the American Health Care system? The punchline actually ties into my recent experiences…
For me, that horrible hairdo kept me from noticing any other details about her/m.
The Reason why they shot all Ackbar Scenes with him was, that the Production Team was not sure if they’ll be able to finish the Mask for Ackbar in Time. So they got him as a backup.
Still mad that he got his own action figure, and Tarkin didn’t…
Freedom to express yourself however you like is worth rebelling for, as well as the non-blowing-up of pet gundarks!
bene-fishery?
I sense the farce is strong with this one…
One of the EU details I liked is that Solo was in the Imperial Navy. This is from the great and mighty wiki…
“… Solo joins the Imperial Navy. Solo loses his commission and is cashiered when he refuses an order to skin Chewbacca for commandeering a ship carrying Wookiee children destined for slavery; Chewbacca, in turn, swears a “life-debt” to Solo.”
Hello? Backstory? WOW!
Please tell me we get some Madine’s Beard jokes in. Maybe the Beard is running the B-Wing squad!
“What is it Lieutenant Sebastian?”
“It’s just the Rebels, sir. They’re here.”
“My God man! Do they want tea?”
“No, I think they’re after something more than that, sir. I don’t know what it is, but they’ve brought a flag.”
“Damn! That’s dash cunning of them.”
I feel compelled to say: I have added yet another trope to the BMS TV Tropes page.