Notes from the sketch book

"You can't win, Vader. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." The new limited series dropped on Disney + today and I have just seen the first episode. The Jedi Master contends with the consequences of his greatest defeat -- the downfall and corruption of his one-time friend and apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. It's great to see Mcgregor back as Obi Wan and the first episode provided a 5 minute reintroduction of the prequels which actually made them look quite good. However...

"There's no normal life Wyatt. It's just life. Get on with it."   Yee-haw, it's not Star Wars!I'm raiding the vault for this week's Throwback Thursday and going to the old west to do it.So I sketched this during the Pandemic and was drawn this week in 2020, I was in the middle of a Western movie marathon, revisiting some of the classics from the genre. Such films as the Unforgiven, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone and even Bone Tomahawk. Wow, Bone tomahawk is an interesting one, I err enjoyed it? Be forewarned you need a strong stomach to watch, it doesn't...

"The Sith took everything from me. Ripped me from my mother's arms, murdered my brother, used me as a weapon and then cast me aside. Abandoned me. Once, I had power, now I have nothing. Nothing." Darth Maul first appeared in 1999 The Phantom Menace, a powerful student of the dark side. Although he only appeared in one film of the Star Wars prequels his popularity ensured he would be making a comeback. Maul later made appearances in The Clone Wars, Rebels and in the feature film spin-off Solo. Despite his limited presence in The Phantom Menace, Maul has become...

"They're the most heavily armoured ground vehicles in the Imperial Army."AT-AT (All Terrain Armoured Transport) are just fantastic, I remember watching Empire as a kid and seeing these huge dinosaur looking creatures appearing in the distance during the battle of Hoth scene and thinking wow that is awesome.Like most of the vehicles in Star Wars it became merch and toys, alas I could never afford any of the vehicles from the movies but a neighbour had both this and the Falcon so he became my friend! Fast forward to today and knowing I was revisiting a sketch I did a...

 “But Master Yoda said I should be mindful of the future.” “Not at the expense of the moment.”  On this day in 1999 "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson, is released in cinemas. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon...