The All-Seeing
Make way for the Emperor! Oh, and introducing “Shep” the Royal Guard. He’s the one responsible for the ramp accident in the previous strip. Look for more of Shep in BMS soon. He’s based on a 501st Legion friend of ours, Allen Shepherd who just happens to be a Royal Guard. Check out this awesome photo of Shep with “muggy”.
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I was hoping he didn’t see, shoot!!!
This is by no means criticism towards the comic, it’s still as awesome as it’s always been, but I can never distinguish whether that protrusion above Palp’s face is meant to be his brow, forehead or something else, whenever you’ve made him appear? And in the first panel, is that meant to be steam, obscuring the trooper? Sorry if it sounds like complaining, I’m merely a bit nearsighted and sometimes I don’t trust myself to guess what is or isn’t ^_^;
It’s his brow. And it’s steam.
Ah, thx ^_^
You’re welcome.
Here. Look at his brow. http://heavyarmor.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/emperor.jpg
I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if a few of my minions tumbled headlong down a ramp.
I hope you are feeling well enough that I will run into you two as spectators for Baltimore Comicon this year!
Welcome Shep! Watch your step on that Death Star — the Empire loves chasms and pits but not so much handrails.
If I was TK-8008 – I’d probably try to stand as close as possible to Shep, at all times.
LOL. Yeah, I guess the Emperor is forgiving when it comes to his Royal Guards, and something tells me TK-8008 wants to become one. *BMS spoilers* shhhhh!
But does TK-8008 know what becomes of the Imperial Guard?
They kinda just vanish without a trace in ROTJ.
Maybe Vader was startled by a spider and sorta killed it by throwing an IG or twenty at it?
*Mental image, huge red pile of agony, spider walks away unharmed. A little “I luv U” heart over its head*
Well, it’s a bit like George Bush having Dan Quayle as Vice President – to make him look good.
Robin Williams also pointed out that Quayle was a good deterrent to Presidential Assasination 🙂
That is who I would want protecting me, if I were an Evil Dictator… 🙂
Imperial Guards…
Helmets designed to make it impossible to see anyone, weapons less threatening than a poll cue with tazers duct taped to it.
And how does anyone in the detail know who is with them?
For all they know, some space stripper harlot could be standing right there mocking them in their buddies uniform for kicks and they wouldn’t know!
And they don’t seem to be very effective in the long run anyway.
Maybe they’re the Emperor’s Pool Sharks instead of guards?
“We will play a set of three cushion billiards against ALL of you troopers for ALL of your pay!”
*crickets*
“Steve, I’m scared!”
Projecting a HUD onto the interior of the helmet with a 360-degree virtual representation of the view outside the helmet is pretty close to being within RL technology on earth, so it should be child’s play for an ancient futuristical advanced technology. HUD probably shows an ID/name of who’s in which uniform. Now, if the guy lost the manual and skipped the training and doesn’t know how to turn the HUD on, that’s not the helmet’s fault.
I dunno.
“Emperor’s Elite” getting beat up by dyspeptic teddy bears, doesn’t seem technocompetent to me.
(Especially since those teddy bear are the Endor version of forest fast food takeout.)