tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3331745141478478577..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Force in Focus: Star Wars #107Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-10716439744557006592019-11-06T20:51:01.340-06:002019-11-06T20:51:01.340-06:00Thanks!
Will there be more "Force in Focus&...Thanks! <br /><br /><i>Will there be more "Force in Focus" in the future</i><br /><br />Definitely! Next week's post will basically be a "business" post that speaks to both the immediate and long-term future of the column (spoiler alert: I have a firm idea of what I'm doing next in the immediate future; the long term stuff is more up in the air). <br /><br /><i>It's weird to remember what a non-thing STAR WARS was from the mid-80s to mid-90s. I mean, there were the short-lived DROIDS and EWOKS cartoons, but that was about it.</i><br /><br />And even both of those finished airing right around the same time this issue was on sale. '86-'91 is definitely the weirdest, leanest era of Star Wars. Even after Episode III, when it seemed like the movies were done, there was still a Star Wars presence, books and toys and comics and cartoons, even if it seemed like there wouldn't be any new movies. But this late 80s period, it's like Star Wars is just...gone. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-29071514096689232552019-11-06T20:45:18.380-06:002019-11-06T20:45:18.380-06:00@Licinio: Thanks!
It’s quite possible that at th...@Licinio: Thanks! <br /><br /><i>It’s quite possible that at this point George Lucas may have considered the possibility of creating a sequel trilogy.</i><br /><br />Yeah, it sounds like part of Duffy's problem is that Lucas wasn't sure what, if anything, he wanted to do with Star Wars next. If he was going to skip a sequel trilogy, then Duffy could have done more. If was working on a sequel trilogy, then she could (theoretically) help set it up. But because Lucas couldn't decide what to do, she was left unable to do anything so as not to risk stepping on Lucas' (potential) toes. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-2982674532704697322019-11-06T11:21:18.049-06:002019-11-06T11:21:18.049-06:00I obviously stopped commenting on these posts beca...I obviously stopped commenting on these posts because I fell off of reading along with you somewhere around Archie Goodwin's final issue, but I wanted to drop in and congratulate you as well on finishing the series!<br /><br />Will there be more "Force in Focus" in the future (I assume at least there will be one for RISE OF SKYWALKER... maybe for THE MANDALORIAN as well?) If you haven't looked into them, the newspaper strips are a lot of fun, and the I believe the "repackaged" versions (formatted like comic books) are on Marvel Unlimited under their original Dark Horse reprint title of CLASSIC STAR WARS.<br /><br />Duffy's comments about how difficult LucasFilm was to work with at this point seem to fit with what John Byrne said about his short-lived term as writer/artist of THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES. Per Byrne, Lucas licensing understood nothing about how comics were made. They approved plots, then later asked for story changes after the art had been drawn; stuff like that.<br /><br />It's weird to remember what a non-thing STAR WARS was from the mid-80s to mid-90s. I mean, there were the short-lived DROIDS and EWOKS cartoons, but that was about it. It's hard to imagine nowadays living in a world where there's no new STAR WARS content being churned out on a regular bases (for better or worse)!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-30293632857685599112019-11-05T21:55:21.341-06:002019-11-05T21:55:21.341-06:00The cover was done by the regular series artist, C...The cover was done by the regular series artist, Cynthia Martin.Mike-ELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840254150021796923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26060354962301790852019-11-05T14:56:15.271-06:002019-11-05T14:56:15.271-06:00First of all: congratulations, Austin, for reviewi...First of all: congratulations, Austin, for reviewing the entire comics. And no fill-ins! You should be giving presentations at Marvel!<br /><br />The cover of the last issue of Star Wars is terrible. Wanting or not, it was this comic rage saved Marvel in the late 80s. In 1986, I cannot believe they couldn’t get a decent penciller.<br /><br />I feel sorry for Duff. It must have been very hard to work on stories when everything you did was vetoed. If she was forbidden of showing the aftermath of the galaxy after the Empire’s defeat, what else could she do? I have no idea. It’s quite possible that at this point George Lucas may have considered the possibility of creating a sequel trilogy.Licínio Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545823888354348526noreply@blogger.com