tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post8882909620686804576..comments2024-03-16T14:43:09.430-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Force in Focus: Star Wars #7Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26846147175663749202015-08-21T16:58:42.857-05:002015-08-21T16:58:42.857-05:00"As Han departs the rebel base on Yavin 4, Lu..."<b>As Han departs the rebel base on Yavin 4, Luke mentions the need to find a new base, a popular post-<i>Star Wars</i> plot for expanded universe fiction</b>..."<br /><br />This was the entire overarching plot of Archie Goodwin's time on the newspaper strip as well, following the Rebels from Yavin to Hoth over the course of three (real life) years. (Though Goodwin's time on the strip began after EMPIRE, so it was all retroactive, unlike here.)<br /><br />"<b>The three men who proposition Han at the end of the issue are pretty stereotypical Asian/samurai types.</b>"<br /><br />And then suddenly next issue they aren't, despite Chaykin still penciling.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-60290954410643128522015-06-15T11:35:36.952-05:002015-06-15T11:35:36.952-05:00@Blam: I have ten space-credits on his sidekick Jo...@Blam: <i>I have ten space-credits on his sidekick Jolli’s last name being Roger.</i><br /><br />Oh man, I have no idea either way, but I hope you're right!<br /><br /><i> I read this and realized that — unless their top sub-hyperspace speed is very, very near the speed of light itself, which is belied by their interaction with Crimson Jack’s fleet — it’s gonna be a dang long while before they can even make that jump.</i><br /><br />That's another very good point - you're right that even within the context of the Star War Universe, sub-light travel is not relatively fast - ships are still flying through space, so fast, but yeah, traveling several light years outside of hyperspace would take a long time. <br /><br /><i>How do we even get the names Wookiee, Chewbacca, and Kashyyk from the Wookiee language?</i><br /><br />I would guess (and maybe Wookiepedia can confirm) it's a case of those words being the Basic words for the species, person and planet, not so much approximations (since, as you say, none of them sound like anything a Wookiee would actually say in their own language) but just arbitrarily-assigned-at-some-point-in-history words for those things. But that's just a guess. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73110725159393992982015-06-13T21:08:48.674-05:002015-06-13T21:08:48.674-05:00// The Millennium Falcon is attacked and boarded b...<br><i>// The Millennium Falcon is attacked and boarded by pirates led by Crimson Jack //</i><br /><br />I have ten space-credits on his sidekick Jolli’s last name being Roger.<br /><br /><i>// Han references his "space-spurs", refers to himself as a "space-mercenary" who battles "space-pirates" //</i><br /><br />As you mention, Han also uses English words and phrases (translated for readers) as colloquial as “Sunday school”. Why then does the usage of “father” and “son” in a religious, priest/parishioner sort of context call for some made-up words in High Galactic?<br /><br /><i>// En route to Tatooine, Han notes the Falcon has a few light years to go before it can jump to Hyperspace //</i><br /><br />Your valid in-universe correction entirely aside, I read this and realized that — unless their top sub-hyperspace speed is very, very near the speed of light itself, which is belied by their interaction with Crimson Jack’s fleet — it’s gonna be a dang long while before they can even make that jump. <br /><br /><i>// The Wookiee homeworld is described as being a place of great and terrible violence, when in fact Kashyyk is quite peaceful //</i><br /><br />How do we even get the names Wookiee, Chewbacca, and Kashyyk from the Wookiee language? Obviously the language has astounding, intricate subtleties to communicate what it apparently does in just a short guttural honk-roar, but none of the above are even close to transliterations of anything we hear Chewbacca say.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com