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Denis Medri is an artist on DeviantArt who gained praise for his innovative reworkings of pop culture classics

These are the first work of his I found;

( Rockabilly Batman )

But just today, I found these and they are AWESOME. In light of Disney buying LucasFilm, we may not want to let them know these exist, but just imagine...

( What if Star Wars was a 80's High School flick? )

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Released by Marvel Comics in April 1983, just a month before Return of the Jedi's release. Written by Mary Jo Duffy, drawn by Kerry Gammill and Tom Palmer.

The Star Wars Marvel series began with the comic adaption of the original film, and continued as a regular monthly, relating adventures of the gang in between the films, finally grinding to a halt a couple years after Jedi's release. Sales were down, and everyone pretty much felt like the Star Wars phenomenon was over (ho ho ho). It's now become one of the relics of the SW Expanded Universe, with a lot of its continuity largely ignored or forgotten, with a few major exceptions. This isn't surprising, as some of the early issues, under the auspices of old Roy Thomas, not only had some ridiculous ideas (the deluded would-be Jedi Don-Wan Kihotay and the legendary rabbit warrior Jaxxon) but were badly hurt by later changes in continuity (Luke/Leia romance was hinted at, and Jabba the Hutt was depicted as a bipedal, rodent-looking thing). But particularly after Empire, the stories, largely under Duffy's writing, took a much less "wacky" tone, concentrating on characterization and tight plotting, with arcs spread over several issues that tied the comics to the films.

( I know you're to blame for this, Solo! And someday, somewhere, I'm gonna get you for it! )

Current Music: The Clash, "Lovers Rock"

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The part you've been waiting for. Lots of double-page spreads and spoilers for 30 year old movie behind the cut.

( They told me they fixed it! It's not my fault! )

21 pages + cover from an 80+ page volume.

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First of all, because this deserves to not get lost in comments:
What if ESB had been made 60 years ago, not 30?

And now, on with our show.

( Lando's not a system, he's a man. )

20 pages + cover out of an 80+ page volume.

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Going to be gone for most of the day, so I'm making this post early.

( Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses. )

16 pages + cover from an 80+ page volume.

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Thirty years ago today, the much-anticipated sequel to one of the most famous space fantasy movies of all time hit theaters. And just over ten years ago, mostly to promote the Special Edition re-release of those movies and the then-upcoming first prequel, Dark Horse Comics and Lucas Books published a set of manga adaptions of the original trilogy.

In 2007, I posted selections from Episode IV, A New Hope, on the original scans_daily. One of these days, maybe soon, I'll go back and try to recreate those lost posts (a Special Edition of my own? :) ... but for now, enjoy these.

( It is a dark time for the Rebellion. )

14 pages + cover from an 80+ page volume; not my scans, although I do own the originals.

Adam Warren drew the covers, but I don't know if that's enough for a tag.

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Sorry for more delay. Now comes the conclusion. I will take this last opportunity to say: Read the books! They are awesome! This is but a pale imitation!

Cel: "You sound as if you admired him, sir."
Wedge: "Admired him? Sure I did. He was a different sort of enemy."
Cel: "Different from the Yuuzhan Vong, you mean, sir?"
Wedge: "Different from the Vong, the Emperor, any other Grand Admiral--from anyone," Wedge replied.
Cel: "What do you suppose Thrawn would make of the Yuuzhan Vong, sir?"
Wedge: "Ground Vong, probably--if he had a few examples of their art." - NJO: The Final Prophecy

( Hang on a minute. I'll come with you. )
So that's done. Does anyone have Dark Empire? Takes place a year after this. It's supposed to be not very good, but I've never seen it, and I want to see Darkside!Luke. And if anyone wants to post from Union, if you don't do it I will. Eventually.

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Just reposting this. It was on my Livejournal; I'd linked to it on IJ s_d, but the images were all too big there. I'll have half of The Last Command up momentarily.

"I have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own."

―Thrawn

Here's the other half of Dark Force Rising. First part was here. You can probably tell that this time I have the book in hand.
( Will you hear me? Or will you choose death? )

I just love this book.

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"I have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own."
―Thrawn

Here's the other half of Dark Force Rising. First part was here. You can probably tell that this time I have the book in hand.

When I uploaded these, I forgot to shrink them, and I am not going to delete them and reupload smaller versions. So the contents of this post are on my Livejournal.

Well? What is your choice?

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" This one is constantly thinking, analyzing, strategizing. He showed no fear, but was curious, studying me in turn."
―Emperor Palpatine

Much better art now.

( Are you willing to stake your life on it? )

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Two tales requested from this particular issue of Star Wars Tales, "The Lost Lightsaber" and "Into the Great Unknown".

( Deju Vu will follow. )

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Five years after Endor and the death of the Emperor, the Empire was in bad shape. There had been successors who had ruled the Empire, or tried to. Pestage, the Tribune, Ysanne Isard. Under them it splintered, warlords like Teradoc and Zsinj splitting off on their own to fight them and the New Republic. The Empire just kept losing people and worlds, rarely if ever winning any important battles. And then the last of the Grand Admirals came back from the Unknown Regions. Alien. Analytical. Awesome.

"I am Grand Admiral Thrawn. I have been away, but now I have returned. I know some of what has occurred. You will fill in the details of the rest when I come aboard. Rejoice, Captain, for the Empire will rise again." - A Grand Admiral Returns

( We haven't been defeated, merely slowed down a bit. )

Next up is Dark Force Rising.

Why is the tag "Heir of the Empire"? And why have a tag for it at all? Only two posts will ever use it.

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"It was just after four o'clock on November 6, 1989, and I was three days into writing my first novel for my new publisher, Bantam Books, when the phone rang. It was my agent. "Tim," he said after the usual pleasantries, "we have a very interesting offer here."" - Zahn

This is the honorary Episodes Seven, Eight, and Nine. This is what kickstarted the Star Wars Expanded Universe as we know it. Marvel Star Wars was there first, true, and so were Han Solo's and Lando Calrissian's short trilogies, and Splinter in the Mind's Eye, and assorted minor comics and kidlit. They didn't usually stray far from the movies, though, and they weren't epic. Not like this. Well, actually, this is just the comic book adaptation of that trilogy. And it's not as good, but I can't find too much fault with that. I love the Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn's writing, and his characters. I really do.

( Even compressed, Zahn is awesome. )

The art for Heir to the Empire really isn't all that good. Stick around, though. Other books get better. I think two posts per book, meaning three issues per post, should do. There are twenty eight pages in the first issue, twenty six in the second, and twenty four in the third.

Current Mood: pleased

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#4-6 of the Shadows of the Empire Mini. With bonus awesome the Brothers Hildebrant art from the card series.

Dial Uppers Beware!!

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Shadows of the Empire #1-3 by John Wagner and Kilian Pluckett though using Steve Perry's story but adding they're own to it.

Dial Uppers Beware!

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