The opening scene from The Empire Strikes Back pans down from the disappearing text scroll to find a Star Destroyer slowly plying its way through space and seeding a solar system with Probe Droid pods. I can hear the haunting orchestral piece in my head as I type this. Composed by the genius that is John Williams, the man knew how to capture the mood and magic of a scene and was probably instrumental (pun intended) in opening my ears to orchestral music. We will be back on either Friday this week or Monday next week (depending on whether we hear enough chanting to warrant an encore) with the first Hoth strip. πŸ™‚

Today’s strip, as some of you may have guessed, is inspired by Eddie Izzard’s stand up about Vader’s misadventures in the Death Star Canteen. Hey, that gives me an idea… oh wait… The Death Star’s already gone supernova. Hmmm… Super Star Destroyer Canteen perhaps? Or should we just hold off until RoTJ and the Death Star II? Anyway, here’s the YouTube clip of Izzard’s stand up, brought to life in Lego animation. Possible NSFW language. I can’t remember, but I do know Izzard does not censor himself.

T. Gatto has been busy making more work for me. Thankfully all the extra work getting his excellent milk cartons on the site is totally worth it! T. even managed to create a paper sombrero for Breedo! Clearly there is nothing that can not be made out of paper if you’ve got the Masters Degree under your cap. I have finally caught up with all the cartons T. has sent me. They’ve been reorganized into the categories of Rebel, Imperial, Fringe and Other, just check the Downloads page to find them. Previews of assembled cartons can be seen below. Also, check out T. Gatto’s latest strips for Milk Carton Theater.

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