Happy (?) Clone Wars Friday! (Why do I say happy? It never is!)
The three Star Wars trilogies parallel in each other in interesting and not-so-interesting ways. One of the less obvious parallels is that a never-before-seen but beloved minor character dies at the beginning of each “dark middle chapter.” Padme’s decoy Corde dies at the beginning of Attack of the Clones; Luke’s gunner Dak dies at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back; and Rose’s sister Paige dies at the beginning of The Last Jedi. These deaths accomplish two things: they set a grim tone after the victorious finale of the previous film, and they establish a main character’s emotional investment in the war.
Both Dak and Paige die in battle, but Corde is assassinated just outside the Senate. Though The Clone Wars have not been declared, this act of aggression was certainly meant to provoke them. I would argue that Corde is technically the first casualty of The Clone Wars – the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Star Wars.
Little Golden Book: Attack of the Clones. July 28, 2015. Writer: Geof Smith. Illustrator: Ethan Beavers.
This moment, when Maul hangs up on Palpatine, is in my opinion the most empowered Maul ever gets to be. In fact, I think it might even be going too far! I’m not sure Maul, as I think of him, would ever have the confidence to actually do this. But this moment ultimately doesn’t last very long, and Maul is certainly humbled by the end of this comic. :(
“Darth Maul – Son of Dathomir.” This comic was published by both Dark Horse and Marvel, and is therefore both canonical and non-canonical. Matt Martin says it isn’t, and Sam Witwer says it is. Dark Horse publishing date: October 1, 2014. Marvel publishing date: November 28, 2017. Writer: Jeremy Barlow. Penciller: Juan Frigeri. Inker: Mauro Vargas. Colorist: Wes Dzioba.
You may be wondering (though you probably aren’t) why today’s panel is so late. Well, it’s because there is a wifi outage in my neighborhood! It’s actually been going on for days, but I had the last few panels scheduled beforehand.
I’ve finally gone to the public library to use their wifi. Thank God for libraries! So I’ll be posting our beloved Jedi librarian Jocasta Nu today and every day until my household wifi is back.
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“English-Japanese Dictionary for Jedi Knights,” entry for “Individual.” 2015. Illustrators: Chifuyu Sasaki and Naoko Kawano, aka Gurihiru.
So what didthe clones get up to when the Clone Wars ended? While the clones that the cartoons focus on, such as Rex and Hunter, turned into proto-Rebels, most clones apparently continued to serve the government’s military, even under its scary new name.
This comic’s propagandistic broadcast shows how the public was supposed to perceive of the new Empire. I wonder how different it felt to the ordinary person?
“Dark Times 6: Fire Carrier,” Issue 1. Dark Horse. February 6, 2013. Writer: Randy Stradley. Penciller: Gabriel Guzman. Colorist: Garry Henderson.
You can’t tell me that Master Yoda didn’t loved to be sassy. Like he speaked Basic for about 800 years and ABSOLUTELY KNOWS how to use it with the correct grammar but he refuses to talk right because he just doesn’t fucking want to. Does he also write like that? Probably. Did people correct him and he thanked them and repeated the same sentence with the exact same wrong grammar? Absolutely. Unique, he is.
Hi guys! I just wanted to let you all know that my best friend Cadi (@majestic-scotsman) and I have teamed up to make a new SW blog together! New content will be posted over at @master-skywalker, so please do check it out!
“You can’t please everybody. God knows, I thought they were way too critical of the prequels and a lot of it was because it wasn’t what they wanted. And people become very possessive of it. It’s their story so God forbid you do something that doesn’t fit the preconceived notion of what they want.”
—Mark Hamill on fans who hated the prequels, SciFiNow Magazine
