yes, yes. yes, look you see. here we are, then. this is the end of days, to be sure. well, no. it's now December, and for those what have stuck with it, yes, this is the last look at that Star Wars 'concept art' calendar what i picked up at the start of the year.
a start which seems so near and yet so far. it has, on the whole, been a curious year. one that i am not particularly sure i shall lament the passing of, but still all the same be ever aware of the passing of time.
but first, some stamps then. yes, Star Wars stamps. some like what i bought a few years ago off of Royal Mail, around the time that whole Star Wars Episode VII - Mission To Moscow came out. these, then, celebrate the coming of Star Wars Episode VIII - There Is No Police Academy 8; Yet.
they are, as you in your infinite wisdom will no doubt have ascertained, nowhere near as interesting as the ones what came out a couple of years ago. hang on, bear with me, i will search for a link to them. and here it is - the ones what i bought in October 2015, no less. different times.
should you click, or indeed clock, on the link in red and look at them then look at these above, it's quite difficult to see these new ones as anything other than boring. but of course there are reasons for this. one in particular. none of the human, or if you like humanoid, characters feature. well, yes, i suppose the new, presumed "big baddie", Professor Snape or whatever, and here what runs the bar what is based on Carla out of Cheers look a touch human.
why so? maximising revenue, dear reader. Lucasfilm, or if you like now Disney, own the rights to the images of all the non-human designs. except Stormtroopers. so, the less human characters they use in marketing, the less money they have to pay out in terms of royalties an image rights, and the maximum level of profit is achieved. it's a trifle rough on fans, but then this is all a business.
and there we have it, then. the final month of the year brings with it the final look at some concept art images from the first three Star Wars films, if you exclude the class Holiday Special thing. yes, it's a couple of provisional designs for that whole "the siege of Endor" thing, where the humble Ewoks (although i am not certain they were named as such in the actual film) help the illegal people smuggler, his muscle / bodyguard and the fake princess break down the defences of the Empire. out of the end of Return Of The Jedi, since i did not mention.
is it just me, arguably not paying attention, or is there something of a lack of fuss and fanfare about the imminent release of a new Star Wars film? they would appear not to have gone OTT this time. last time, well the time before last allowing for Rogue One or more rightly Renegade Ten, they went ape with advertising. from what i recall Tesco bought in to this branding, shoving stickers of the likes of Rey, Finn et all on every single product they sold. well, except cigarettes, booze and tampons.
anyway, more pictures of the stamps, as you are possibly more interested in that than you are the words i have to write.
perhaps it is that this new Star Wars film, if you like Episode VIII, is supposed to be "a bit darker" than the rest. a shame if it is, really. whilst i appreciate the infamous "fanboy" brigade take it all more seriously than most, we should not pander to them. at heart, Star Wars is meant to be escapist adventures, suitable for the entire family but aimed mostly at the kids of the world.
oh, he is not called Professor Snape, it looks like his name is meant to be Supreme Leader Snoke. how can he be supreme leader if he is not leader of all? looking at the penguin thing next to him, then, i guess there is still some of the whole concept which is designed to sell toys to the kids.
to their credit, i guess, Royal Mail did an amazing job trying to persuade me to buy these new, quite dull stamps. i think 2, maybe 3, postcards landed advertising it, and there was a stage where i was getting an email a day off of them about them. but no, thank you.
for those interested, let me save you the trouble of a google. here's the link to their Star Wars stamp shop section of their general shop. i see you can still buy some of the older, more interesting ones.
anyway, that will do. yes, of course, at some stage we will make our way to the cinema to see this new Star Wars film. or maybe we will just wait for the disc to be released. i am not sure i like the idea of having to take one of them toy lightsabers along to wave about in the cinema.
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