Tag Archives: luke skywalker

Why Don’t You Get Things Started?

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Nathan

We finished watching what’s available on Disney Plus of The Muppet Show, which means all of them except for the Brooke Shields and Chris Langham episodes, the former because of music rights issues (mostly for “Off to See the Wizard,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Celebrities, Humor, Monsters, Muppets, Music, Poetry, Prejudice, Sesame Street, Star Wars, Television | Tagged bobby benson, c-3po, chewbacca, cookie monster, count von count, debbie harry, fozzie bear, glenda jackson, jerry nelson, kermit the frog, koozebane, link hogthrob, lips, liza minelli, luke skywalker, mark hamill, marty feldman, miss piggy, pigs, pirates, r2-d2, racism, rats, rizzo the rat, robert frost, robots, roosevelt franklin, sam the eagle, shirley bassey, Statler and Waldorf, steve whitmire, the great gonzo, the muppet movie, the muppet show, the muppets, they shoot horses don't they | 2 Comments

Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

Fett Life

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Nathan

The Book of Boba Fett – Hey, this isn’t a book at all, but a TV show! You really don’t see books much in the Star Wars franchise, do you? There were the ancient Jedi texts in The Last Jedi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Drugs, Prejudice, Star Wars, Television | Tagged a new hope, amy sedaris, anakin skywalker, attack of the clones, boba fett, c-3po, david pasquesi, dune, grogu, jabba the hutt, jango fett, luke skywalker, obi-wan kenobi, padme amidala, return of the jedi, solo a star wars story, spice, tatooine, the book of boba fett, the last jedi, the mandalorian, twi'lek, wookiees | 3 Comments

I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Nathan

I went to the movies twice in the past two days, both times to see movies that have been out for a while. So here are my thoughts, with SPOILERS for both: Solo: A Star Wars Story – Beth didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Monsters, Mythology, Star Wars, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ari aster, chewbacca, demons, dictionairre infernal, dryden vos, han solo, hereditary, l3-37, lando calrissian, lesser key of solomon, luke skywalker, millennium falcon, paimon, qi'ra, rio durant, robots, solo a star wars story, the last jedi, tobias beckett, val beckett, wookiees | 2 Comments

Luke, Be a Jedi Tonight

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Nathan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Yeah, I finally saw this last night. It was a 3D showing, something I usually avoid due to the extra cost with little return, but I would have had to wait another hour otherwise. … Continue reading →

Posted in Star Wars, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amilyn holdo, bb-8, benicio del toro, captain phasma, carrie fisher, darth vader, emperor palpatine, finn, first order, han solo, jedi, kylo ren, laura dern, lily cole, luke skywalker, maz kanata, poe dameron, princess leia, r2-d2, rey, rose tico, supreme leader snoke, the force awakens, the last jedi, yoda | 4 Comments

Comic Confusion

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Nathan

My general formula for deciding what comics to read consists of seeing what looks interesting on the shelves at the library. The problem is that a lot of what I see there is a follow-up to something else, and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Christianity, Comics, Gnosticism, Humor, Mythology, Religion, Semitic, Star Wars | Tagged angels, batman, bible, bt-1, darth vader, dc comics, delilah dirk, demons, dr. aphra, elohim, gardner fox, gwen stacy, holy bibble, justice league of america, luke skywalker, marvel comics, miles morales, robots, silver age, snapper carr, spider-gwen, spider-man, spider-verse, superman, tony cliff, triple-zero, yahweh | 3 Comments

I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Nathan

One topic that comes up fairly enough is that of quotations that everyone knows, but are wrong in some way. They might be misattributed, or they might be somewhat off. The other day, Beth was reading a Cracked article recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Celebrities, Futurama, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Politics, Star Trek, Star Wars, Television, The Simpsons, William Shakespeare | Tagged al gore, blazing saddles, bugs bunny, casablanca, cracked, dan quayle, darth vader, democracy and things like that, dragnet, edward g. robinson, i love lucy, jerry seinfeld, looney tunes, luke skywalker, marx brothers, of mice and men, president george w. bush, quotations, sarah palin, sarah vowell, saturday night live, stan freberg, the empire strikes back, the ten commandments, the treasure of the sierra madre, tina fey | 4 Comments

Aren’t You a Little Leonine for a Winkie Guard?

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Nathan

Okay, here’s a question about the MGM Wizard of Oz that I actually haven’t seen discussed before. When the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion are trying to infiltrate the Wicked Witch of the West’s castle to rescue Dorothy, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Star Wars, Video Games | Tagged a new hope, captain phasma, celes chere, cowardly lion, darth vader, dorothy gale, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, gwendoline christie, homer, iliad, locke cole, luke skywalker, princess leia, red xiii, scarecrow, shinra, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, toto, tv tropes, wicked witch of the west, winkies | Leave a comment

The Language of the Stars

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Nathan

Ultimate Star Wars, by Patricia Barr, Adam Bray, Daniel Wallace, and Ryder Windham – I saw this fully illustrated guide to the series mentioned online, and decided to check it out at the library. It’s divided into sections on characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Etymology, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars | Tagged adam bray, admiral ackbar, barsoom, daniel wallace, dantooine, darth vader, edgar rice burroughs, endor, gregory maguire, han solo, james rolfe, lando calrissian, luke skywalker, mike matei, millennium falcon, mon calamari, naboo, nabu, patricia barr, princess leia, r2-d2, ryder windham, socorro, tatooine, the force awakens, the hobbit, the silmarillion, ultimate star wars | 7 Comments

Working Undercover for the Fans

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Nathan

Here’s an interesting article I came across about fan theories, particularly with Star Wars. It basically states that, when Darth Vader revealed he was Luke Skywalker’s father in The Empire Strikes Back, it wasn’t presented as the solution to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Chrono Trigger, Star Trek, Star Wars, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a new hope, attack of the clones, banthas, chrono cross, clone wars, darth vader, e.t., fan theories, guile, j.j. abrams, kessel, khan noonien singh, link, luke skywalker, magus, maz kanata, obi-wan kenobi, ocarina of time, princess leia, rey, schala, star trek: into darkness, star wars holiday special, tatooine, the empire strikes back, the force awakens, the phantom menace, yoda | 2 Comments

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Coping with Immortality

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Luke, Be a Jedi Tonight

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I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

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