Continuing on from the « previous 3 strips: Jack’s finds his day and his world is quite different after seeing Star Wars for the first time in 1977!

Star Wars, Star Wars, everywhere…

Its amazing the stuff that I kept – like my own home-made Star Wars Comic Adaptation – from over 3 and a half decades ago. Have a look at the image above and you’ll see that like Jack, I was seeing Star Wars in… everything! 9 year old John S and I were playing in the woods surrounding the Hydro-Electric Dam across the road from my house and I found this stone. I immediately saw an Imperial Stormtrooper‘s head in its outline. Naturally, I brought it home and painted it with my Rowney poster paints. The little cut-out in the ‘chin’ was probably the bit that sparked instant recognition – and my power of imagination.

Selling Star Wars

Funnily enough, it wouldn’t be long after we imagined Star Wars in everything, that we actually saw it stamped on everything – in reality.

Stationery, lunchboxes, clothing and even paper party cups, plates and napkins. The legendary marketing man, Charles Lippincott was probably the main reason why we bought all of this stuff. These days, Charles is more likely to question the methods and effects of modern advertising, marketing, consumerism and capitalism in our world. And guess what? You can now ‘Befriend’ him on Facebook and follow his brand new Blog articles. The material and memories he’s sharing with fans of Star Wars, Alien, Judge Dredd, Flash Gordon and more – from his vast archives – is absolutely fascinating. He writes eloquently, and in great depth about his time with LucasFilm, exploding many myths along the way. If you like comics – and I assume you might, because you’re here – you’ll love his many illuminating articles about the production of the Marvel Star Wars adaptation.

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** Stay Groovy, all you 1970s kids! **

– John White