Star Wars: The Very Beginning

[pen_and_umbra]

The other day, I re-read Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster, the mother of all Lucas-shafted Star Wars Expanded Universe books (the overt Luke/Leia! Darth Vader who totters!). Amused, I figured I'd read the Lucas's original novelisation of A New Hope, too

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[asdv]

I have few similar articles of that era and i'm very happy who lived back then all this hoopla (along with disco-haha).Thank you for the good memories :)

[pen_and_umbra]

Glad 'twas good memories (disco notwithstanding ;)! And yes, it's a true blast from the past. So very awesome.

[pen_and_umbra]

I have friends who send me Wheat Thins from the US but the problem is, I can go through an entire family-sized box in one evening (addicted, moi?). But yes, there's good money to be made in these things, I guess -- the store was packed with people ready to pay $15 for a package of Twizzlers. Boggle.

[bell_witch]

Are you kidding me? $15 for Twizzlers? They have them for $.99 at the Hy-Vee (local/Midwestern grocery chain.)

I've got your address. Now I know what I can get you for Christmas. Cost more to send the stuff than to buy it. At least Wheat Thins are not heavy, and so could be sent more easily than Twizzlers.

I have never heard of cookie dough pop tarts. Then again, I don't buy those. Always the brand name, I guess you don't get the generic ones.

I refuse to pay $4.99 for a pack of digestive biscuits that I could find at the European grocery. Maybe cost 79p in London. I won't pay it! Won'twon'twon't.

[pen_and_umbra]

Yesh, $15 for Twizzlers. Granted, it's a big bag o' Twizzlers, but it's still highway robbery. :P

I refuse to pay $4.99 for a pack of digestive biscuits that I could find at the European grocery. Maybe cost 79p in London. I won't pay it! Won'twon'twon't.

See, that's what I said about the Wheat Thins. My resolve crumbled in about three seconds, though. Alas. ;)

[tammylee]

I remember reading 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' when I was quite wee and liking it. Of course, I was very much in love with Darth Vader and he was on the cover and well... I might have liked the story for the cover. XD I do seem to recall Leia and Luke having to wear disguises and they were rather drab mmm miner clothes?

[pen_and_umbra]

I read it for the Vader, too, way back in the 1980s, and it's a funky Vader: babbly, totally sadistic, and he can throw little white balls of Force energy. Kick ass! ;D

Yes, miner clothes. Leia's was of course a bit tight and Luke kept eyeing her curves (that were, apparently, in all the right places). Leia's also prone to screaming fits and in general, they act like teenagers blundering their way through trouble on sheer good luck. So now the book's entertaining for very different reasons.

[tammylee]

So now the book's entertaining for very different reasons.
Truly it is!

Funky Vader... Now I have him in an afro in my miiiiiind!

[pen_and_umbra]

Mwah, afro!Vader. XD But he really is funky. Quoth the book:

"Casually [Vader] drew his own lightsaber, began swinging the activated energy blade loosely back and forth, chopping playfully at bits of stone and carving."

Vader. Playfully. *stares*

[pen_and_umbra]

Bree is as perfect as her muffins. *nods*

[pen_and_umbra]

I wasn't going to buy any Pop-Tarts (terrible junk food, and I'm in training season), but the cookie dough sold me. They are really very good. I had three. *hides*

I'm sure at some point I'll get used to peanut butter as well -- maybe I ought to try a PBJ. I had my doubts over BLTs but when I had my first one couple of years ago, I was instantly hooked (darnit).

Out of curiousity, what country do you live in?

Finland! So not the bright, Pop-Tarted centre of the universe by any reckoning. ;)

[pen_and_umbra]

I don't think I could eat an entire box of Pop-Tarts. I'd be nauseated at the end, and that's never good. (Except when it comes to chocolate. No limits there.)

I think the peanut butter thing is that it's just not a staple food here, so I never had it as a kid. It exists, but I don't know any Finns who have it on a regular basis. So it's just about getting used to a new food, as bacon-in-sandwich, the concept of cookie dough flavoured products, American cheese, etc. were for me. Conversely, I seem to evermore gross out Americans by having my mac&cheese with ketchup -- a most natural combo for me.

As for Finland, I'm always happy to blather on about my native land. :) So ask anything. The Internet has some good info as well, e.g. the ever-intriguing Virtual Finland.