tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2302304398966357968..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Force in Focus: Star Wars #9Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-70090876775768898982015-07-07T07:54:02.353-05:002015-07-07T07:54:02.353-05:00@Blam: It might not be made explicit but my presum...@Blam: <i>It might not be made explicit but my presumption is that his time with Luke, Leia, and the Rebel forces at large have awoken him to the satisfaction of acting on behalf of a worthy cause or otherwise grown his conscience.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I'm sure that's what Thomas is going for, but given that's still a journey he's on when <i>Empire Strikes Back</i> begins (in that as the movie opens, it seems pretty clear he's just hanging around with the Rebels still mainly because Luke is his buddy and he's hot for Leia, even while he's gradually warming up to the idea of being a good guy), I feel like his relative altruism in this story puts him a bit too far down the path of shedding his mercenary ways and discovering the good guy inside a bit too soon. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-35906552192120762202015-06-29T10:37:57.562-05:002015-06-29T10:37:57.562-05:00// a group of scavenging High-Hounds //
Who, acco...<br><i>// a group of scavenging High-Hounds //</i><br /><br />Who, according to Jimm, are somehow “not birds” despite being feathered, having wings, and flying — as if birds can't be scavengers or otherwise dangerous.<br /><br /><i>// Han refers to the Star Hoppers as "scruffy" //</i><br /><br />Only “basically-scruffy” though. I’m not sure about the usage of that modifier and the hyphen is weird.<br /><br /><i>// Luna weed is apparently some kind of narcotic //</i><br /><br />Perhaps meant to invoke and combine “lunatic” with “loco weed”.<br /><br /><i>// Han's atypical behavior in this story //</i><br /><br />It might not be made explicit but my presumption is that his time with Luke, Leia, and the Rebel forces at large have awoken him to the satisfaction of acting on behalf of a worthy cause or otherwise grown his conscience.<br /><br /><i>// General Dodonna //</i><br /><br />That’s one of my all-time favorite Space Beatles songs.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com