The Star Wars of Penzance, Scene 6

[jana_ch]

 A Space Operetta by Jana C. Hollingsworth
with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan (especially Gilbert)
copyright 1977-78
(Enter Vader, with his light saber activated.)

Vader: You may be knowledgeable, Obi-wan, but you were never much good in an actual fight.

(Obi-wan activates his light saber. He and Vader duel. The Stormtroopers leave the

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In the Home Stretch...

[jana_ch]

Instead of dumping Han Solo, couldn't I have have given him the Sergeant's role rather than promoting Luke's boyhood pal from supernumerary to soloist? Actually, it never occurred to me until right now, but it wouldn't have worked because it didn't fit the structure of the opera. G&S buffs may have noticed that the songs in my pastiche follow the same order as in Pirates. Gilbert knew how to structure a play; I don't. I was quite the Star Wars fanatic, but I was even more fanatical about Gilbert and Sullivan. Star Wars fanaticism wore off; G&S fanaticism didn't.

Skylab is another 1970s reference.

Jana C.H.
Seattle
Saith JcH: Those who can't write poetry write prose; those who can't write prose, write free verse; those who can't write free verse use emoticons.

[mr_sadhead]

Mention of PSST and Kit Canterbury brought a flood of memory and nostalgic joy from K, who remembers those days well. She was afilliated with Outpost 3, if I have that right, and remembers Canterbury well: a short gal with bells and buttons on her ornate jacket, stomping out cigarettes with her bare feet, driving everywhere in a station wagon filled with ST memorabilia and crap.
Any idea where Kit wound up? A Google search turns up naught.