Death Star is Born

McC · Post by **McC** » 2005-04-14 12:17pm

Am I bad person for feeling like the comic was funny up until they said the DS was 120km in diameter? Also "mid-hemispherical equitorial trench" is utterly, utterly wrong. It was one of the small, northern polar trenches, not the enormous equitorial one with the docking bays.

Overall, it was good, but my burning desire to have WEG stupidity ripped off the face of the galaxy clouded my enjoyment.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-04-14 12:19pm

McC wrote:Am I bad person for feeling like the comic was funny up until they said the DS was 120km in diameter? Also "mid-hemispherical equitorial trench" is utterly, utterly wrong. It was one of the small, northern polar trenches, not the enormous equitorial one with the docking bays.

It is infinities-labeled, y'know.

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2005-04-14 12:43pm

Pure GENIUS!

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-04-14 12:54pm

Vympel wrote:I loved the part about the bottomless shaft

Yeah, that had me almost rolling on the floor withr laughter. This whole thing was f-ing genius.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2005-04-14 12:56pm

Stofsk wrote:It is infinities-labeled, y'know.

Yeah, but it still serves to keep these idiotic WEG precedents alive, and that makes the baby Jesus cry (or just makes me cry).

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2005-04-14 01:05pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:Do we know exactly who did this? whats his name? Website? And if, dear god, he has MORE like htis? (hopes)

They're scanned pages from an Infinities comic. I don't know that there were more by this artist, but there's a shitload of humor under the Infinities name... look up some of the TPBs sometime in your local big bookstore, you'll be richly rewarded

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-14 01:05pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:Do we know exactly who did this? whats his name? Website? And if, dear god, he has MORE like htis? (hopes)

It was written by Kevin Rubio with art by Lucas Marangon. It was part of Dark Horse Comics' Infinities-label Star Wars Tales Issue 4, from July 2000.

Me, I thought it was alright.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-14 05:33pm

Thanks, would love to find more of his work, I LOVE Silly Spoofs like this

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-04-14 05:37pm

wautd wrote:Wow that was so

*crosses fingers*

Please be canon. Please be canon

It has a Connie in it, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it isn't canon.

Hellfire · Post by **Hellfire** » 2005-04-14 05:39pm

LOL very funny comic.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-04-15 04:13pm

Ah yes. I remember this. A really funny read.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2005-04-15 06:02pm

"I want a name straight and to the point."
"The Planet Killer!"
"Not that straight and to the point"

I found this comic in a bookshop, made a nice change from the ones around it in the book. Brilliant stuff

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-15 08:45pm

Despite it being an Infinites story, there were several elements of this story that is part of the EU lore.

1. Ackbar being Tarkin's slave (All over the place, including the Farlander Papers)

2. Bevel Lemelisk being the head engineer (Galaxy Guide 6)

3. Tol Sivron being one of the scientists involved (Jedi Academy Trilogy)

and surprisingly:

4. Tarkin having a daughter, Rivoche, whom by the time of Dark Empire is the wife of the Alliance / NR archivist Voren Na'al (Dark Empire Sourcebook)

Of course the whole thing has been upset by the fact that the Death Star was conceived at the top level, i.e. Palpatine, Dooku & the CIS leaders, and not something that Tarkin conceived and requested from Palpatine.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-15 08:51pm

I still can't get over anyone actually, talking, to the Emperor like that!

I mean this guys is Sidious THE Evil nasty Lord of Evil and Ickyness AND Ruler of the known Galaxy. How does anyone have what amounts to a formal business meeting with the guy? For that matter, is there any documented evidence ((EU Books)) of the guy, you know, just chatting it up with someone?

Cabwi Desco · Post by **Cabwi Desco** » 2005-04-15 09:07pm

I think it would've been funnier if vader had kept the one with the yogi bear cartoon and started snickering to himself as he watched it.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2005-04-15 09:52pm

Cal Wright wrote:That's awesome. Seems to catch plenty of spoofing, and seems resonable. Pretty damn good. The only thing, is the last panel with Vader. I know he would have handed the one with Yogi in it to Bevel, but what's with him keeping the DS one? Just to have something cool to look at?

I think the previous panel would be quite a dead giveaway...

"You can't just leave these things lying around. I'd hate to have them fall into the wrong hands and have you look bad in front of our Emperor, Grand Moff."

It's fairly obvious from the previous pages that these two don't like each other.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2005-04-16 02:05am

A better parody from SW Tales is the one where MAce Windu and Yoda are eating in the diner ala-Pulp Fiction.

While were on this subject has anyone else read the SW Tales comic that Looks like it was drawn by the guy who draws PVP? "The Rebel Club"?

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » 2005-04-16 04:24am

Darth Fanboy wrote:A better parody from SW Tales is the one where MAce Windu and Yoda are eating in the diner ala-Pulp Fiction.

"When Banthas fly."
*CRASH*

Also liked the cameos (such as Buzz Lightyear).

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-04-16 04:49am

Old Plympto wrote:Despite it being an Infinites story, there were several elements of this story that is part of the EU lore.

1. Ackbar being Tarkin's slave (All over the place, including the Farlander Papers)

All of which ignored the SW comic strip which was written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Al Williamson, which depicted the Mon Calamari waging a separate guerilla war with the Empire, lead by ADM Ackbar, without all this bullshit about ol Fish-head being a slave who learnt tactics by observing Tarkin (a guy who was so overconfident that he didn't take a simple precaution of momentary evacuation - he had nothing to lose, and he would have erred on the side of caution he had been right)

, who moonlights as a starfighter designer when he should be busy planning strategy for the Fleet. Meanwhile these comic strips showed Ackbar to be an experienced and veteran fighter and leader, who the Rebel Alliance was desperately hoping to court in order to help in their fight against the Empire.

Sorry, this is a personal pet peeve of mine. The first ever experience of the SW EU I had was with those comics, and they told me Ackbar was a legend BEFORE he worked for the Alliance. Then I learnt later that the official history had him as a slave to the Empire who learnt tactics by looking over a bureaucrat's shoulders. (I suppose you could say Tarkin was a military governor... but a Fleet Admiral?) And when is he gonna get the time to work with the Verpine on Project Shantipole when he should be busy planning strikes and raids against Imperial forces?

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-04-16 04:54am

McC wrote:
Stofsk wrote:It is infinities-labeled, y'know.
Yeah, but it still serves to keep these idiotic WEG precedents alive, and that makes the baby Jesus cry (or just makes me cry).

Well with my rant out of the way, I guess I can more than sympathise with your perspective.

Thankfully, it is STILL infinities labeled.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-04-16 06:25am

Haha! They actually had that one in the Swedish Star Wars comic (which, sadly, doesn't exist anymore) once, so I have it on paper!

"No cream"
Gish!

McC · Post by **McC** » 2005-04-16 10:50am

Stofsk -- is there no way to integrate the two? Perhaps he was a legendary guerilla fighter and then captured and specifically learned military tactics from the inside from Tarkin. That way, we can preserve both storylines and make Ackbar even more badass.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-04-16 11:20am

McC wrote:Stofsk -- is there no way to integrate the two? Perhaps he was a legendary guerilla fighter and then captured and specifically learned military tactics from the inside from Tarkin. That way, we can preserve both storylines and make Ackbar even more badass.

*mumbles*

I 'spose.

*sulks*

Kazuaki Shimazaki · Post by **Kazuaki Shimazaki** » 2005-04-16 12:27pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:I mean this guys is Sidious THE Evil nasty Lord of Evil and Ickyness AND Ruler of the known Galaxy. How does anyone have what amounts to a formal business meeting with the guy? For that matter, is there any documented evidence ((EU Books)) of the guy, you know, just chatting it up with someone?

Actually, I think this is quite realistic. It gives a depth to Palpy other than constantly meditating in his room on the Dark Side or saying shit like "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" or terrorizing his subordinates with lines like "Do you know what I do to subordinates who show too much initiative? I crush them."

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2005-04-16 01:12pm

Lollerific