I had a classmate who had this opinion on Star Wars back in the 1980s ( Read more... )

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Like many of my generation, I saw it live in 1977, and in the early 1990s, I was one of the people on Usenet purporting it did really happen at one time, no it wasn't our imagination. Not many of us could recall much except for the Wookie family, a Boba Fett cartoon, and some musical acts. There was one certainty I could remember ( Read more... )

But they are fictional characters... so...

( Owen Lars and Aunt Beru action figures )

While looking for Grand Moff Tarkin images (don't ask), I came across this little gem:

http://www.sillof.com

This guy does custom figurines in various styles, mostly steampunk, but a few creative twists are here and there. My favorite so far is the 1942 Han Solo.

Watch it while it's still up, guys. It's 10 minutes of the Season Premiere of Family Guy, it makes fun of Star Wars, and is fucking funny as hell.

"Hold your fire? What, we paying by the laser now?"

BWAH!