Chewie’s Medal
Just a quick mini-strip to comment on Chewie’s somewhat conspicuous (after multiple viewings) absence of an award. This was rectified (as with so many other things) by Ady Wan in his A New Hope Revisited fan edit.
In case you feel short-changed by such a brief strip, we’ve also uploaded a flashback to a moment much earlier in the film. The scene was cut from the original and later used for the Star Wars Holiday Special only to have the dialog re-dubbed to fit the different plot.
You may have noticed a certain bounty hunter in the site logo. That’s right, we have a new recurring guest character debuting very soon. We’ll have more about this on Monday so stay tuned or whatever…
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FIRST!? I think… anyways, I can’t wait for boba Fett!
ya know, for a Loooong time, I thought Lando Calrissian was Boba Fett, cause he sold Luke and Han (and Leia!) out to vader. now I know they’re two separate people, ha ha.
btw, why is your Boba so colorful? He’s a lot more blue in the movies.
Technically, Boba Fett’s first appearance was in the cartoon segment from the Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978. In that special his color scheme was a variant of the eventual look he sported in The Empire Strikes Back. There have been a couple of maquettes made of him in both his regular and cartoon colors. In part, we’ve gone with the cartoon because we will be parodying the Holiday Special and other spin off material BEFORE we start The Empire Strikes Back, but we also like this color scheme and it fits well with the cartoon feel of the Blue Milk Special comic strip. We actually tried his regular color scheme and it just didn’t have the impact this one did. I’ll do a post comparing the two schemes and you can decide for yourself. Right now my intention is to stick with this scheme even during TESB.
So *that’s* how Chewbacca got his nickname Chewie! It all makes sense now! X D
Boba Fett?!?!? Where?!?!?!
I know that line is from ROTJ, but i think it’s fitting here 😉
Boba Fett will appear next week as an exclusive voting incentive strip. However, he will begin regular appearances in the strip by the end of April.
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I absolutely LOVE BMS!!!! I just discovered it earlier this week and read all the archive! Looking forward to the Holiday Special toons! Thanks and keep up the GREAT work!
Thanks, man! Feedback like this is what we live for. It’s great being able to share our silly world with others and know they want more. 🙂
LOL true dat! I’ve always wondered why Chewie never got an award. Not cool.
From what I understand, the paperback book version of the movie (yes, it’s canon) states something to the effect that Chewy is too tall for Leia to give him a medal right there on the spot. He DID get the medal anyway…Just not right then & there.
Yes, Lucas himself used to say the only true canon was the films, the novelizations and the radio dramas.
I’m sure I remember Boba Fett as green, like you show him, not blue: I thought blue was what they changed the clothes and ship to for Jango Fett in the prequels.