EPISODE XXXXIII
VADER: Don't be too proud of this offbeat ezine you've constructed. The ability to corrupt minds is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Editorial
Mid-Week RebelPilot?
It was all ready to go but an extended weekend up in the Blue Mountains kept me away from the computer.
Next Monday we'll be back to our regular dosage of wit and good old fashioned Star Wars news, trivia and facts.
This week I deliver everything I promised. The featured highlight being the interview with Michael A Stackpole.
And remember, when viewing RebelPilot as a document, set the font format as a fixed width font such as Courier (I recommend and use Courier New 10 point).
Now off you go and have a good time.
It was all ready to go but an extended weekend up in the Blue Mountains kept me away from the computer.
Next Monday we'll be back to our regular dosage of wit and good old fashioned Star Wars news, trivia and facts.
This week I deliver everything I promised. The featured highlight being the interview with Michael A Stackpole.
And remember, when viewing RebelPilot as a document, set the font format as a fixed width font such as Courier (I recommend and use Courier New 10 point).
Now off you go and have a good time.
Exceptional Art
If I don't mention sweeet.com in any given issue then it's a good chance I'll bring up the name Joe Corroney.
In case you're new to RebelPilot or haven't checked out any one of the sites that feature his work then you should do your good taste a favour and feast your eyes on some damn fine line art illustration and comic book drawings that not only do Wedge Antilles and his Rogue cohorts justice but it just SCREAMS to be published by Dark Horse.
Check out these three to start with:
http://www.theforce.net/museum/jcorroney/
http://www.rebelpilots.com/
http://downtime.echostation.com/fanart/jcorroney.html
In an upcoming RebelPilot issue we'll be crawling into the mind of Joe Corroney and find out what goes into creating an illustrated masterpiece and whether his mother still sticks his best drawings on the refrigerator door.
In case you're new to RebelPilot or haven't checked out any one of the sites that feature his work then you should do your good taste a favour and feast your eyes on some damn fine line art illustration and comic book drawings that not only do Wedge Antilles and his Rogue cohorts justice but it just SCREAMS to be published by Dark Horse.
Check out these three to start with:
http://www.theforce.net/museum/jcorroney/
http://www.rebelpilots.com/
http://downtime.echostation.com/fanart/jcorroney.html
In an upcoming RebelPilot issue we'll be crawling into the mind of Joe Corroney and find out what goes into creating an illustrated masterpiece and whether his mother still sticks his best drawings on the refrigerator door.
Exclusive Interview
Michael A. Stackpole Interview
RebelPilot: Your full name?
Michael: Michael A. Stackpole
RebelPilot: What jobs have you done other than being a writer?
Michael: Camp Counselor, pot and pan washer, game designer, editor, store clerk and manager, medical history indexer. Can't think of any others.
RebelPilot: When did you start writing? How old were you when you had your first published piece?
Michael: I started writing in grade school, but my first published piece wasn't until 1977. It was an article on world design in a gaming magazine called Supernova.
RebelPilot: What's your favourite word processor program?
Michael: I use MS Word.
RebelPilot: How many computers do you have in your house?
Michael: Well, working we have four, and five others which are hopelessly out of date and gathering dust. Just bought an iBook and a G4. (Very Apple family here.)
RebelPilot: Is the computer strictly a tool for writing or do you have time for games?
Michael: Don't really have time for games. I do play X-wing and Tie Fighter from time to time, but don't log the hours now that I did when writing the X-wing books.
RebelPilot: Do you write your drafts first by hand or straight to the computer via keyboard?
Michael: Since the tracks of a chicken walking through ink and then strolling across paper looks better than my handwriting, I go to the keyboard for everything.
RebelPilot: If you were an actor what part in the Star Wars would you have liked to have played?
Michael: You know, I would settle for being a Jedi extra in Ep 2. Other than that, just someone in the background, in costume, even someone in Captain Panaka's squad, or a bountyhunter. It would just be cool to be a part of things and to see a film being made. (Down side would be having to have pictures to send folks who request them.)
RebelPilot: Do plot lines or story ideas ever wake you in the night? (Do you wait until morning or write them down straight away?)
Michael: Sure, I'll crawl out of bed occasionally to write down an insight. Usually get these flashes of brilliance when out riding my bike or in the shower, which makes it even MORE inconvenient to write them down. Isn't the subconscious mind wonderful?
RebelPilot: What's the weirdest request ever asked by a fan?
Michael: Problem with answering a question like this is pretty basic: someone will feel it incumbent upon themselves to go one better. I did once have a woman ask me to sign her breast... but she was a friend, I was talking to two other authors at the time, and the stunned looks on their faces was a wonderful payoff for the joke. In all seriousness, folks have been very nice to me, so I've not really had any outrageous requests.
RebelPilot: With all the writing you do, do you ever get to read much?
Michael: Actually, at my website I have a listing of what books I've been reading since November, 1998, since a lot of folks ask. (www.stormwolf.com) I also read the newspaper, and various magazines. Brill's Content is high on my list, as well as Time.
RebelPilot: Your advice to a young aspiring writer who wants to write a licensed Star Wars novel?
Michael: Write your own novels first. The publishers and Lucasfilm are not taking novels by first timers. The novelists are chosen on the basis of their previous work. Moreover, you should not write your first novel in someone else's universe. By doing that you don't learn all the things you need to know to write a novel. I know that's not the news folks want to hear, but better they go in with their eyes open, then to lavish time on a book they can never sell.
RebelPilot: What electrical appliance has made the occupation of writer a more enjoyable task.
Michael: Microwave oven for reheating coffee. (logically it would have to be the phone, without which things would move along at a much slower pace.)
RebelPilot: What starfighter would you most like sitting in your garage.
Michael: Is there anything aside from an X-wing that is truly worthy of the name starfighter? Nope. Make mine green, black trim, and the custom nerf-hide command couch, and I'm there.
RebelPilot: Does George Lucas read any of the Star Wars novels that you, Anderson, Allston et al, write?
Michael: I have no clue.
RebelPilot: Have you ever considered sending him a copy signed; "Mike Stackpole, thanks George for the opportunity of playing in your imagination"?
Michael: Nope. It would be presumptuous.
RebelPilot: How do you feel about Aaron Allston's rather jocular interpretation of your characters?
Michael: Aaron and I have been buddies for years and I was overjoyed when Bantam told me Aaron was going to pinchhit for me on the X-wing series. I loved his books.
RebelPilot: Your plot from I, JEDI weaves in and around Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy. Was that hard to do? How many times did you have to read Dark Apprentice and Champions Of The Force?
Michael: Because I wanted to do a Fredrick Forsythe to Kevin's books, I indexed them. I read them when they came out, then went back, skimmed and did the index. Then, as I was writing IJ, I reread specific scenes and incorporated Corran into them.
RebelPilot: All the Star Wars novels have been from a Rebel/New Republic/good guys point of view. Do you ever think there could be an Imperial view point in a novel?
Michael: My guess would be no. I did the Imp point of view in the X-wing comics, introducing Baron Fel. As I have said before, the only truly interesting story for an Imperial character (one that grows the character) is the one where he confronts the injustice of the government he's working for and how he deals with the conflict. Otherwise you're really just writing stories about camp guards at Auschwitz. If I wanted to do that, I'd sign on with the Pat Buchanan campaign and write puff pieces about him.
RebelPilot: How old were you when Star Wars episode IV came out?
Michael: 19 years old. A friend and I took off from work and went to the 11 AM show in Burlington, Vermont. I was hooked.
RebelPilot: If YOU were to write Episodes II and III what twists would you introduce keeping in context with the episodes already made?
Michael: There's a presumption there that tying everything up neatly and closing all the loops in the universe is good. I don't buy that, since the universe is very big. To be honest, though, Eps 2 & 3 are projects where I've not even thought about what I'd like to see. I'm not driving the bus, I'm just along for the ride with everyone else, and that's fine with me.
RebelPilot: What new novels are in the works?
Michael: Onslaught and Ruin, NJO books 2 and 3. I also have The Dark Glory War which comes out in March. That's the first of four fantasy novels. More BattleTech as well, and of course, Star Wars: Union, which is midway through the series even now.
RebelPilot: Who was it that said: "Everyone wants to be a writer but no one wants to actually write"?
Michael: I don't know, but I don't buy it. I love writing.
RebelPilot: Thank you Michael for your time.
Michael: My pleasure.
Michael A. Stackpole's website can be found at: www.stormwolf.com Have yourself a visit to find out all of his other literary pursuits.
RebelPilot: Your full name?
Michael: Michael A. Stackpole
RebelPilot: What jobs have you done other than being a writer?
Michael: Camp Counselor, pot and pan washer, game designer, editor, store clerk and manager, medical history indexer. Can't think of any others.
RebelPilot: When did you start writing? How old were you when you had your first published piece?
Michael: I started writing in grade school, but my first published piece wasn't until 1977. It was an article on world design in a gaming magazine called Supernova.
RebelPilot: What's your favourite word processor program?
Michael: I use MS Word.
RebelPilot: How many computers do you have in your house?
Michael: Well, working we have four, and five others which are hopelessly out of date and gathering dust. Just bought an iBook and a G4. (Very Apple family here.)
RebelPilot: Is the computer strictly a tool for writing or do you have time for games?
Michael: Don't really have time for games. I do play X-wing and Tie Fighter from time to time, but don't log the hours now that I did when writing the X-wing books.
RebelPilot: Do you write your drafts first by hand or straight to the computer via keyboard?
Michael: Since the tracks of a chicken walking through ink and then strolling across paper looks better than my handwriting, I go to the keyboard for everything.
RebelPilot: If you were an actor what part in the Star Wars would you have liked to have played?
Michael: You know, I would settle for being a Jedi extra in Ep 2. Other than that, just someone in the background, in costume, even someone in Captain Panaka's squad, or a bountyhunter. It would just be cool to be a part of things and to see a film being made. (Down side would be having to have pictures to send folks who request them.)
RebelPilot: Do plot lines or story ideas ever wake you in the night? (Do you wait until morning or write them down straight away?)
Michael: Sure, I'll crawl out of bed occasionally to write down an insight. Usually get these flashes of brilliance when out riding my bike or in the shower, which makes it even MORE inconvenient to write them down. Isn't the subconscious mind wonderful?
RebelPilot: What's the weirdest request ever asked by a fan?
Michael: Problem with answering a question like this is pretty basic: someone will feel it incumbent upon themselves to go one better. I did once have a woman ask me to sign her breast... but she was a friend, I was talking to two other authors at the time, and the stunned looks on their faces was a wonderful payoff for the joke. In all seriousness, folks have been very nice to me, so I've not really had any outrageous requests.
RebelPilot: With all the writing you do, do you ever get to read much?
Michael: Actually, at my website I have a listing of what books I've been reading since November, 1998, since a lot of folks ask. (www.stormwolf.com) I also read the newspaper, and various magazines. Brill's Content is high on my list, as well as Time.
RebelPilot: Your advice to a young aspiring writer who wants to write a licensed Star Wars novel?
Michael: Write your own novels first. The publishers and Lucasfilm are not taking novels by first timers. The novelists are chosen on the basis of their previous work. Moreover, you should not write your first novel in someone else's universe. By doing that you don't learn all the things you need to know to write a novel. I know that's not the news folks want to hear, but better they go in with their eyes open, then to lavish time on a book they can never sell.
RebelPilot: What electrical appliance has made the occupation of writer a more enjoyable task.
Michael: Microwave oven for reheating coffee. (logically it would have to be the phone, without which things would move along at a much slower pace.)
RebelPilot: What starfighter would you most like sitting in your garage.
Michael: Is there anything aside from an X-wing that is truly worthy of the name starfighter? Nope. Make mine green, black trim, and the custom nerf-hide command couch, and I'm there.
RebelPilot: Does George Lucas read any of the Star Wars novels that you, Anderson, Allston et al, write?
Michael: I have no clue.
RebelPilot: Have you ever considered sending him a copy signed; "Mike Stackpole, thanks George for the opportunity of playing in your imagination"?
Michael: Nope. It would be presumptuous.
RebelPilot: How do you feel about Aaron Allston's rather jocular interpretation of your characters?
Michael: Aaron and I have been buddies for years and I was overjoyed when Bantam told me Aaron was going to pinchhit for me on the X-wing series. I loved his books.
RebelPilot: Your plot from I, JEDI weaves in and around Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy. Was that hard to do? How many times did you have to read Dark Apprentice and Champions Of The Force?
Michael: Because I wanted to do a Fredrick Forsythe to Kevin's books, I indexed them. I read them when they came out, then went back, skimmed and did the index. Then, as I was writing IJ, I reread specific scenes and incorporated Corran into them.
RebelPilot: All the Star Wars novels have been from a Rebel/New Republic/good guys point of view. Do you ever think there could be an Imperial view point in a novel?
Michael: My guess would be no. I did the Imp point of view in the X-wing comics, introducing Baron Fel. As I have said before, the only truly interesting story for an Imperial character (one that grows the character) is the one where he confronts the injustice of the government he's working for and how he deals with the conflict. Otherwise you're really just writing stories about camp guards at Auschwitz. If I wanted to do that, I'd sign on with the Pat Buchanan campaign and write puff pieces about him.
RebelPilot: How old were you when Star Wars episode IV came out?
Michael: 19 years old. A friend and I took off from work and went to the 11 AM show in Burlington, Vermont. I was hooked.
RebelPilot: If YOU were to write Episodes II and III what twists would you introduce keeping in context with the episodes already made?
Michael: There's a presumption there that tying everything up neatly and closing all the loops in the universe is good. I don't buy that, since the universe is very big. To be honest, though, Eps 2 & 3 are projects where I've not even thought about what I'd like to see. I'm not driving the bus, I'm just along for the ride with everyone else, and that's fine with me.
RebelPilot: What new novels are in the works?
Michael: Onslaught and Ruin, NJO books 2 and 3. I also have The Dark Glory War which comes out in March. That's the first of four fantasy novels. More BattleTech as well, and of course, Star Wars: Union, which is midway through the series even now.
RebelPilot: Who was it that said: "Everyone wants to be a writer but no one wants to actually write"?
Michael: I don't know, but I don't buy it. I love writing.
RebelPilot: Thank you Michael for your time.
Michael: My pleasure.
Michael A. Stackpole's website can be found at: www.stormwolf.com Have yourself a visit to find out all of his other literary pursuits.
Rogue Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 1)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 01/03/2010) 
I, Jedi (Star Wars)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 01/03/2010)
Dark Tide I: Onslaught (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 2)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 01/03/2010)
Evil Has An Ezine
IMPERIAL COMMANDO: When I left you, I was but the reader; now I am the editor.
REBELPILOT: Only of an ezine of evil, Jonah.
A dedicated RebelPilot reader (but agent of the Empire) has been doing a weekly ezine with an Imperial flavour. It's structured as an ongoing saga of Palpatine, Vader and a whole host of disgruntled Imperial employees.
Join editor Jonah Newman (aka Imperial Commando) as The Empire Tries To Strike Back. [the-empire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com]
REBELPILOT: Only of an ezine of evil, Jonah.
A dedicated RebelPilot reader (but agent of the Empire) has been doing a weekly ezine with an Imperial flavour. It's structured as an ongoing saga of Palpatine, Vader and a whole host of disgruntled Imperial employees.
Join editor Jonah Newman (aka Imperial Commando) as The Empire Tries To Strike Back. [the-empire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com]
Web Walkabout
Have you ever thoroughly exhausted a search engine for links to Star Wars sites and then typed in a url to do with something or someone from the Star Wars universe?
www.fett.com, www.empire.com or www.hansolo.com?
Well I have and it's quite funny what some of the sites have to offer. Absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars.
But that didn't stop me from asking the web owner a question or two.
Stay tuned. I'm yet to get a reply but that won't stop me from relating the details of the message I sent them.
www.fett.com, www.empire.com or www.hansolo.com?
Well I have and it's quite funny what some of the sites have to offer. Absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars.
But that didn't stop me from asking the web owner a question or two.
Stay tuned. I'm yet to get a reply but that won't stop me from relating the details of the message I sent them.
What'll They Think Of Next?
Yves Saint Laurent has launched a special make-up collection in honour of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
It sees the traditional gold YSL packaging turned into flaming red, the colour of force and love, in honour of Queen Amidala from Planet Naboo... in the collection is loads of shine- Shimmering Powder, Body and Face Sheen, eye shadows in Gold Petal and Angel Dust, and Amidala's own intense red lipstick.
I've got a bad feeling about this but I think we'll see our fair share of Queen Amidalas at the next Sydney Gay Mardi Gras.
It sees the traditional gold YSL packaging turned into flaming red, the colour of force and love, in honour of Queen Amidala from Planet Naboo... in the collection is loads of shine- Shimmering Powder, Body and Face Sheen, eye shadows in Gold Petal and Angel Dust, and Amidala's own intense red lipstick.
I've got a bad feeling about this but I think we'll see our fair share of Queen Amidalas at the next Sydney Gay Mardi Gras.
Did You Know
Unlike most movie stars, Harrison Ford pays his own way to watch films in the company of a real audience, but he still goes only to the cheaper matinees.
Do you have a Did You Know fact? Submit it here.
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Top Tip Off
There's some choose own adventure stuff on the Internet. It's geared towards kids and it's at www.theforce.net/kids
This weeks tipster: snoovakuk
This weeks tipster: snoovakuk
ASCII Art Feature
From the talented fingers of Matt Lake.
Matt has submitted some brilliant ascii. He's created a new one so I thought I'd feature all 3.
He's got a style all his own, in the tradition of Lego. For inspiration he's either used one of Lego's new Star Wars minifigs OR he's imagined what one would look like Lego style and then typed it from memory.
The results are fantastic. Makes you want to break out the Lego. Or attempt a grandiose ascii creation of your own.
RebelPilot word of the week: GRANDIOSE.
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Matt has submitted some brilliant ascii. He's created a new one so I thought I'd feature all 3.
He's got a style all his own, in the tradition of Lego. For inspiration he's either used one of Lego's new Star Wars minifigs OR he's imagined what one would look like Lego style and then typed it from memory.
The results are fantastic. Makes you want to break out the Lego. Or attempt a grandiose ascii creation of your own.
RebelPilot word of the week: GRANDIOSE.
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Ask A Rogue
Ask A Rogue... with Wes and Hobbie.
Dennis Jordan asks: What's the go with those R2 units? Why not just have an onboard computer?
Wes says: The astromech droids are more than just a astro navigation peripheral device. They become a pilots best friend. They've helped out more than one pilot in a spot of bother and are useful for picking locks to food storage supplies, and opening bottles of beer. They're pretty much like a swiss army knife. But just don't try and hang one off your belt.
Big Bad Gav asks: What species of alien has the worst flatulence?
Hobbie says: Forget for a moment Hutts, Gamorreans or even Wes, by far the worst has been sharing a room with Wedge. Yes that's right, Wedge Mr-Hero-of-the-Rebellion Antilles. Why? It's all those spicy Corellian foods he favours. But it doesn't matter much now. Being a General means he doesn't have to slum it with us other low-lifes.
Got a probing question? Wes and Hobbie are available to answer your queries as well as the occasional appearance of Tycho Celchu if the question warrants an intelligent answer. Send your questions to wedgeantilles@presidency.com and hopefully they'll get it before the boss deletes it to the trash bin.
Dennis Jordan asks: What's the go with those R2 units? Why not just have an onboard computer?
Wes says: The astromech droids are more than just a astro navigation peripheral device. They become a pilots best friend. They've helped out more than one pilot in a spot of bother and are useful for picking locks to food storage supplies, and opening bottles of beer. They're pretty much like a swiss army knife. But just don't try and hang one off your belt.
Big Bad Gav asks: What species of alien has the worst flatulence?
Hobbie says: Forget for a moment Hutts, Gamorreans or even Wes, by far the worst has been sharing a room with Wedge. Yes that's right, Wedge Mr-Hero-of-the-Rebellion Antilles. Why? It's all those spicy Corellian foods he favours. But it doesn't matter much now. Being a General means he doesn't have to slum it with us other low-lifes.
Got a probing question? Wes and Hobbie are available to answer your queries as well as the occasional appearance of Tycho Celchu if the question warrants an intelligent answer. Send your questions to wedgeantilles@presidency.com and hopefully they'll get it before the boss deletes it to the trash bin.
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A Blink-And-You'll-Miss-It Moment
from: ESB
Bryn Halliwell swears blind that Chewie sings a line from Staying Alive (ah ah ah ah staying alive) and Han then gives him an odd look.
It's after the bit where Luke gets a kiss from Leia. (Which is after the bit where Luke has a bacta bath because of the facial from the Wampa)
Is Bryn affected by a Jedi mind trick or is Chewie a closet Bee Gees fan?
I checked this out myself, prepared to hear nothing but Wookiee grunts and moans but YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT!!!
It's there!
Bryn hasn't been taking glitterstim or any other premium export from the spice mines of Kessel.
Check it out for yourself and be the envy of all your fellow Star Wars fan friends when you tell them this unique 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment'. And while you're at it tell them to sign up for RebelPilot.
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Humour
Everyone knows about the Pepsi/Lucasfilm deal. So here is a little top ten list of things that should have happened...
10. Pizza Hut menus now in Huttese.
9. Taco Bell starts offering Big Beefy Rancor meat tacos.
8. 1 million Pepsi points will get you a Landspeeder.
7. Illegal Sabacc games taking place in the backs of KFC restaurants all over the country.
6. When eating at Pizza Hut, Sand People steal your water when you go to the bathroom.
5. Pizza Hut announces their new name: Pizza the Hutt; waitresses now wear "slave girl outfits."
4. After watching Letterman one too many times, you go to your favorite Taco Bell in NY and instead of finding Dave, you are greeted by a little green man...."Judge me by my size? As well you should not...for mild sauce is my ally."
3. Only repulsor vehicles are allowed to use the drive through at KFC.
2. Every time you enter Taco Bell with your girlfriend, a black man in a cape tries to pick her up. "Hello beautiful... you truly belong here with us among the tacos."
1. Two Words: Ewok Burritos
Sent in by XwingAlta
10. Pizza Hut menus now in Huttese.
9. Taco Bell starts offering Big Beefy Rancor meat tacos.
8. 1 million Pepsi points will get you a Landspeeder.
7. Illegal Sabacc games taking place in the backs of KFC restaurants all over the country.
6. When eating at Pizza Hut, Sand People steal your water when you go to the bathroom.
5. Pizza Hut announces their new name: Pizza the Hutt; waitresses now wear "slave girl outfits."
4. After watching Letterman one too many times, you go to your favorite Taco Bell in NY and instead of finding Dave, you are greeted by a little green man...."Judge me by my size? As well you should not...for mild sauce is my ally."
3. Only repulsor vehicles are allowed to use the drive through at KFC.
2. Every time you enter Taco Bell with your girlfriend, a black man in a cape tries to pick her up. "Hello beautiful... you truly belong here with us among the tacos."
1. Two Words: Ewok Burritos
Sent in by XwingAlta
Song Parody
I have a core group of 'Lyric Butchers' who find it quite sporting to take perfectly legitimate and entertaining song words and twist and contort them into Star Wars anthems.
Matt Francis has joined the ranks of the 'song surgeons' and has taken to the Smash Mouth song 'All Star' with his Star Wars scalpel.
"All Star"
originally by Smash Mouth.
Verse 1
Darth Vader once told me the Death Star's gonna blow me
If I'm on Alderaan
He was looking kind of dumb with his finger and his thumb
in the shape of a choking hand
Well, the TIEs start coming and they don't stop coming
Try to kill them all but their engines keep humming
Didn't make sense to go on alone
so I called Rogue Squadron on the holo-phone
so much to kill, so much to vape, so what's wrong with wearing a blue cape?
Lando Calrissian knows, the bruise on his forehead shows
Chorus
Hey now, you're a Jedi
Go cut Vader's, head off
Hey now, you're a pilot
kill the Death Star, show off
and Jabba's really fat, on a little platform, is where he sat
Verse 2
It's a cool place, and they say it gets colder
you're on Hoth now, wait 'till you get older
'cause you'll be a Jedi knight
fighting Darth Vader with your saber of the light
And then you'll find, that he's your dad
and at first it will make you real mad
but then you'll see the good in him
his career as a bad guy is looking real dim
Chorus
Verse 3
Kenobi once asked if I'd go to Alderaan
to help him find this girl called princess Leia
I said yep, and by the way, can we leave now whadda ya say
'cause I don't wanna work on this moisture farm all day
well, the ties start coming and they don't stop coming
try to kill them all, but their engines keep humming
didn't make sense to go on alone,
so i called Rogue Squadron on the holo-phone
so much to kill, so much to vape, so what's wrong with wearing a blue cape?
Lando Calrissian knows, the bruise on his forehead shows
Chorus
And Jabba's really fat, on a little platform, is where he sat
©1999 Matthew Francis aka GENESIS
Matt Francis has joined the ranks of the 'song surgeons' and has taken to the Smash Mouth song 'All Star' with his Star Wars scalpel.
"All Star"
originally by Smash Mouth.
Verse 1
Darth Vader once told me the Death Star's gonna blow me
If I'm on Alderaan
He was looking kind of dumb with his finger and his thumb
in the shape of a choking hand
Well, the TIEs start coming and they don't stop coming
Try to kill them all but their engines keep humming
Didn't make sense to go on alone
so I called Rogue Squadron on the holo-phone
so much to kill, so much to vape, so what's wrong with wearing a blue cape?
Lando Calrissian knows, the bruise on his forehead shows
Chorus
Hey now, you're a Jedi
Go cut Vader's, head off
Hey now, you're a pilot
kill the Death Star, show off
and Jabba's really fat, on a little platform, is where he sat
Verse 2
It's a cool place, and they say it gets colder
you're on Hoth now, wait 'till you get older
'cause you'll be a Jedi knight
fighting Darth Vader with your saber of the light
And then you'll find, that he's your dad
and at first it will make you real mad
but then you'll see the good in him
his career as a bad guy is looking real dim
Chorus
Verse 3
Kenobi once asked if I'd go to Alderaan
to help him find this girl called princess Leia
I said yep, and by the way, can we leave now whadda ya say
'cause I don't wanna work on this moisture farm all day
well, the ties start coming and they don't stop coming
try to kill them all, but their engines keep humming
didn't make sense to go on alone,
so i called Rogue Squadron on the holo-phone
so much to kill, so much to vape, so what's wrong with wearing a blue cape?
Lando Calrissian knows, the bruise on his forehead shows
Chorus
And Jabba's really fat, on a little platform, is where he sat
©1999 Matthew Francis aka GENESIS
LEGO Review
Site: Lego Purists
What's there?: The Millenium Falcon and an Imperial Shuttle.
Is it worth a visit?: Well let's see... there's a fully retractable landing gear, opening loading ramp, folding wings, hidden drop down blasters, detachable cockpit and opening cockpit window, removable body panels for interior viewing and maintenance. And that's just the Imperial Shuttle!
There's also a step by step plan on how to make your own! ;)
Where's it at?: http://www.robotcity.com/lp/Models/models.html
What's there?: The Millenium Falcon and an Imperial Shuttle.
Is it worth a visit?: Well let's see... there's a fully retractable landing gear, opening loading ramp, folding wings, hidden drop down blasters, detachable cockpit and opening cockpit window, removable body panels for interior viewing and maintenance. And that's just the Imperial Shuttle!
There's also a step by step plan on how to make your own! ;)
Where's it at?: http://www.robotcity.com/lp/Models/models.html
That's All Folks!
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