Steven Solo
Thanks to one of our regular readers, Jay for emailing us with the suggestion we do something with the bizarre caricature of Harrison Ford as seen in the Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon segment. Jay suggested that this depiction of Han Solo looked uncannily like Steven Tyler. We think he’s right! This is one of the rare occasions where we’ve been handed a punchline by a reader and worked it into the storyline. We certainly won’t turn down reader suggestions, though we ask you do as Jay did and email us privately so as not to spoil anything for the readers.
Oh and Kraygar, if you’re reading this, your earlier comment about the Little Alderaan character is being held for now as it is the punchline of one of our as yet unpublished Interquel strips.
This strip also offers a lame and unconvincing explanation for why Han Solo looks so messed up in the adventure. Its some weird side-effect of the talisman! There you go! BMS is contributing to the geeky desire of all fans to add to the bloated Star Wars expanded universe by reconciling every last anomaly.
Don’t forget there is a new incentive strip added just last week. I don’t often comment on our rank, but at the time of typing we’re sitting at number 31 which is the highest we’ve ever been. Voting daily can be tedious and we thank those that continue to support us in this way. The exposure that it gives us means a lot. 🙂
Also, just a forewarning, I’m not sure we’re going to be able to manage 5 strips this week. We may finally break down and miss the odd day. We will continue to do our best to keep you entertained as frequently as possible.
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Watch the Star Wars Holiday Special animated short below, courtesy of YouTube.
I knew I recognized him from somewhere !
How long do you two think you can keep up doing 4 or 5 a week , thats a brutal amount?
Dose this mean we might get some more Biggs and Wedge ?!
No more Wedge and Biggs. But I do have a couple more swashbuckling Biggs strips in my head for the distant future. I also have Smoking Jawa plans. There’s a chance the two of them might even become a team.
That combination might just explode the site .
If not Steven Tyler than John Travolta from his Welcome Back Kotter days! Imagine Han as Vinnie from the Sweathogs……..
Heh. He does bear a strong resemblance to Steven Tyler, at that!
Don’t sweat missing a day; there are comics out there that are remarkably proliferate if they update once a week! You do well, and we will do what we can to support you.
(Personally, I can’t support you financially – not poor, just broke – so I vote every day.)
Hahahaha, xD laughed my pants off when i saw the 2 last panels!
Also, I just don’t feel that incentive strip to be complete without a crying “UTINII!”. Thinking how noisy Jawas always are
Heroin f**ks you up.
I Like Talking Chewbacca a-lot, as it is better than just typing in growels and grunts and letting us guess what he is trying to say.
It’s also better than when the comic books do things like that it’s in brackets with an * to say “Translated from Wookie” at the bottom. I hope most of us can figure that out for ourselves.
Or is he speeking normally all the time, and no one ever listens?
I haven’t set that in stone yet. Originally the intention was (still is) for him to talk with Peter Mayhew’s softly spoken English voice, which is hilarious coming from that fearsome costume.
What, Peter Mayhew saying “Growl, growl, grunt, grumble”?
Now that makes it even better.
I got to meet Peter Mayhew once, that dude is HUGE!! He was sitting down and about as tall as me! But he was really nice too..
Not a problem. I have to say that I don’t remember what I posted. I couldn’t sleep and I was going through your archives somewhere between 12:00 am and 3:00 am. Goodness (God/ the Force) only knows what I posted. : )
And ten minutes later, the penny drops. I remember now. Well, I have to say that great minds think alike! hee!
HAHAHA! That’s awesome, guys!
Jay, here. I’m glad that this worked so ridiculously well! I’m also REALLY glad that I could contribute to my favorite Comic strip! I’ve saved this strip to my computer, too. Also, I must ask…
Will Han stay this way, or will he revert back to his usual self? Just out of curiosity.
This has probably been one of my favorite punchlines so far. I enjoy a good Steven Tyler joke.