Wednesday, 06/18/2008 - 11:00 am
by Chris Williams
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I was a 14 year old with Jedi artist skills
From the I can’t believe its not fanfic dept., Dave Lowe created his own Star Wars comic book when he was 14 years old. The story: Revenge of a Jedi! This was his idea of what the final episode would be like after seeing Empire Strike Back. The 1980’s teenage fanboy makes used advanced story panels with felt tip pens and inks. Then George Lucas sued his adolescent trademark infringing butt.
He’s been publishing the found treasure on his blog. Very cool, considering when I was his age, I never finished what I started.
Fan-Made Revenge Comic from 1980:
Back in 1980, if you were a kid leaving the theater after just witnessing The Empire Strikes Back’s multitude of unanswered questions – is Vader really Luke’s father? Will Han escape from the carbonite? Did the ice-cream-maker guy escape Cloud City? — then you may have been inspired like artist/illustrator Dave Lowe, who at 14 years old drafted up his own comic version of the saga’s final chapter three years before its release.
It’s not the Revenge, er, Return of the Jedi we know, but it is surprisingly competent – both artistically and narratively – for a 9th grade Star Wars fan in 1980.
Head on over to Dave’s blog for a list of the chapters — don’t scroll down below the list, though, or you’ll spoil the ending!