UPDATE : somehow the Lobot stickers did not sell at auction, so here is the listing for those who want to buy them directly and without bidding.
just one of them sort of public service advisory posts, look you see, as well as a chance to give you a look at the Star Wars "concept art" calendar many of you have been following on this blog. exactly why you would do that i know not.
anyway, the public service advisory thing. i have been alerted to the fact that, right now, there is the chance to own some smart Lobot stickers. a chance like this does not present itself often, and so you should do your best to secure these with a winning bid.
here is the link to the auction on that ebay thing. it seems, alas, to be UK only. this is a shame, as there is a massive, worldwide following for Lobot.
and as above that auction is no more, so here's the link to buy.
according to the fairly lavish and very generous product description on the auction, for which the link is here again, Lobot is regarded as "the 2nd best character in Star Wars". i would agree with this, really. far too much focus is usually given on the fake orphan farm boy or the illegal people smuggler. nowhere near enough celebration happens for humble administrators like Lobot, who work in an efficient and process driven way to make sure the galaxy ticks over.
many suggest that The Empire Strikes Back is the best of all Star Wars films. it can not be accidental or mere co-incidence that this is the only film to feature Lobot. well, at least so far. perhaps he will pop up in The Last Jedi, or this Han Solo film, imaginatively titled Solo as it is.
it would be fair to say, i think, that a lot of the frustration, disappointment and anger fans had with Revenge, no make that Return, of the Jedi was that Lobot did not feature in the film in some capacity. which brings us to the November date on my Star Wars concept art calendar thing.
yes, we have got to the opening part of Return of the Jedi, which in terms of the laws of diminishing returns is the 3rd or 6th best Star Wars film, depending what order you watch them in.
these concept art images depict when they all go off to fight that absolutely massive slug what is some how a crime ganglord. for some reason he is depicted as the bad guy in all of this, when all he was trying to do was get the money owed to him by that illegal people smuggler, Han something. Jabba, i believe the slug is called, is just a businessman. far be it from me to question the Jedi way, but might it not have been an idea to approach him with a plan to pay him the money he is rightly owed, rather than jumping straight on elaborate plans to bust the criminal out and kill the slug for good measure? the whole Star Wars universe is a little blurry on who is good and who is bad.
indeed, that is them stickers what are up for auction. i am sure the person running the auction will have no objection to me sharing this image here, in particular if it helps them sell them. very surprised to see that anyone owning these would let them go, but there we are.
right, well, that's that for this calendar update!
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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