I had a moment of clarity in thinking of what to paint on the back of this canvas...

     So I painted this...

     I think it turned out pretty good.

     I was actually really lazy, and didn't want to paint something too complicated that would take away from the painting on the front.
     I needed something simple, and just painting the logo from memory seemed appropriate.
     I was even too lazy to look through my drawings to find a collaged copy of the logo and properly copy it, haha.
     Sometimes laziness produces good results.

     By the way, it is a well-known fact that Imperials don't like art, so if you don't like art, you might be an Imp.  Sorry, but it is true.

     Princess Leia studied art as a teen in order to rebel.  It says so on the Leia wookieepedia entry.  You look it up, I'm not your 'research slave'.

     Anyway, here is how my 'Return of The Jedi' era painting of Leia is coming along.  She looks a little bit disturbed in this photo, haha.
     So,eone mentioned that Carrie Fisher is bi-polar, so maybe I am not too far from the mark...

     The painting on the right is of an old friend, so that is another story.

     Thanks for reading.  :P

     In reading about The Galactic Empire yesterday on Wookieepedia, it said The Empire employed Wookiees to help build The Death Star, preferring organic forms for building instead of droids.
     This is why Wookiees have no love for The Empire, as they were enslaved by them.
     Meanwhile, someone jokingly said on youtube that the destruction of Death Star 1 was an 'inside job'.
     So, I put two and two together, and with Wookies rigging a chain reaction device through the exhaust port that Luke shoots photon torpedoes into, thus we have a more reasonable explanation of how the first Death Star blew up.
     As Empire slave-masters would not be likely to learn the subtleties of the Wookiee language, the Wookiees could therefore secretly construct a way for the Death Star to be blown up.
     The article also mentioned that Wookiees were a 'force-sensitive' species.  To back this up, in 'Clone Wars' a a young Wookiee began training to be a jedi.
     So there you have it.

     I also learned that George Lucas kind of based The Emperor off of Richard Nixon, but that is a different story for another day.

     Also, one more thing,...if you ever thought the Ewok battle of Endor was similar or suggested The Vietnam War, you were right.  George Lucas admitted that, too, in addition to using some Russian army pictures as reference in Return of The Jedi when The Emperor arrives.

     So, Star Wars exists kind of in a mirror universe of our own, as opposed to a galaxy far, far away.  That line is a lie.  Just a method of storytelling.  Because how in hell could it be in a galaxy far awy, when the events in Star Wars mirrors our own?  See?  Geez.

     Okay, get me outta here, I'm done.

A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away

    Well, how long ago?  100 years?  1000 years?

     All galaxies are so far away from us, that we can't get to them.  Hell, we've only sent one thing out of our solar system.

     So, it is a far away galaxy.  Okay.  Got it.

     One has to consider the age of The Universe.  Last time I checked, it is over 13 billion years old.

     So, our Earth is 4 and a half billion years old, or 5, and in that time, we relatively just made it to The Moon.

     We are no where near achieving hyperspace, unless it is in a video game.

     So, considering the age of The Universe, is that enough time for a Galactic Empire to form controlling a million planets with life forms on it?   Hmmmm, that's a thinker.  It could happen, I guess.

     So, let's consider that all the events of Star Wars have already happened in a galaxy far, far away, and then somehow the information traveled to our Earth somehow, and got into George Lucas' head.

     Hmmm, it is either that, or Star Wars is happening now in an Alternate Universe.

     There are no sound effects in space, though, that is just there for dramatic effect.

     Also, ships have to have thrusters on the side if they want to be making sharper turns.

     If the physics of Star Wars aren't possible, like a worm living inside an asteroid in the vacuum of space, then Star Wars just becomes a fantasy, and not real at all.

     Many things in Star Wars have happened in Earth's history.  Let's face it, The Empire is 'Nazis in Space' basically.
     They are absolute, and tyrannical.

     Could Sith exist?  Sure why not?  There is always a balance of good and evil no matter what.

     Anyway, I've been thinking that 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away' is just a story-telling technique, and that everything in Star Wars is in an actual alternative universe, where the laws of physics could be slightly different than our own.

     Every science fiction depicts the day and age in which it was made.  Star Wars is no exception.

     Meanwhile, I'm starting to figure out that with a million worlds and billions of living things and creatures in the Star Wars universe, that there are many more stories to tell.
     There are still millions of species in The Star Wars Universe that have never been shown before.

     In just thinking about the numbers, The Rebellion in Episodes IV, V, and VI was really small.  They hardly had anybody.
     A large high school has more people in it than what The Rebellion had.  How could they ever stand up to The Empire?  I don't know.
     Seems like a lost cause.

     And how could so many jedi be tricked into being slaughtered in a coliseum in Episode II?  Again, another mystery.  I thought jedi used the force.

     There are many loopholes in Star Wars, so my job is to help point them out, haha.

     It also seems that a regular bullet from a gun can pierce stormtrooper armor easier than a laser.  Hmmm, maybe each stormtrooper has a magnetic invisible shield around them, who knows?

     Also, The Empire itself would have to be tremendous if they finally got to the point where they even needed a Death Star in order to keep control.

     Another question is..."Can The Death Star travel through hyperspace?"  It would have to, otherwise it would take millions of years to travel across the galaxy in order to exert its power and create fear.

     Yet another question is that military men have to get laid once in a while, or else they go crazy.  Where do Stormtroopers go for Rest and Relaxation?  This is never mentioned, so I thought I would bring it up.
     There are female stormtroopers, that much is known, but not enough to go around.

     Maybe there are 'pleasure worlds' that people go to.  Maybe there are 'pleasure androids'...who knows?
     I think these things would be mentioned if 'Star Wars' was more for adults.

     'Right Now in a Galaxy Right Here' describes what is actually happening.

    
    

  Here she is, Princess Leia Slave Girl.

       There is a lot of material on youtube concerning this.  I was surprised to discover so much.  It is a cult hit.

     Granted, the costume is pretty sexy, because it shows the side of the buttocks, all the way down the thigh.

     The question is whether or not Leia had to perform any unnatural intra-species acts.  There is debate about this.

     Human history is filled with examples of slave girls.  It's in The Bible if you don't believe me.

     There is human trafficking going on today, which is quite alarming, and should be to any civilized person.
     Even recently, girls were taken from their school in Africa.  It is atrocious.

     Being chained up, I wonder what Leia does when she has to use the restroom.  Maybe they just give her a bucket, and she has to go right in front of everyone.

     Every film director wants to get their female lead into a bikini or less.  Why else be a film director if not for that?

     So, if you type into youtube 'Star Wars Episode IV Radio Drama', you will find a six hour program.  It is really great.
     Here is the link, if it works...
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=audiobook

     Hmmm.  Been having trouble posting the link, but the audiobook link will get you in the ball park.

     Anyway, I've been thinking that with the billion and more galaxies in the universe, that one of them could support a 'Star Wars-Styled Galaxy'.  It is certainly possible, I have decided, as many planets that could support life have been discovered by The Hubble telescope.  ( Thank god we have that thing. ) 

     The thing I have a problem with Star Wars, though, is "Could it really be feasible that it is in the past? "
     Could it really be possible that standard humans could develop that look like us? 

     In 'Dune', all people come from The Earth, and they call it 'Terra'.
     That kind of makes more sense.
     'Dune' is set 100,000 years into the future, I think, if I am not mistaken.

     Also, 'The Old Republic' is set in a time 30,000 years before Episode 1, and they had Imperials, Sith, Separatists, droids, and all that, just like in Star Wars.
     Hmmm.  Hard to wrap my head around it.

     Meanwhile, it is hard for me to accept 'The Star Trek Universe' as being feasible.  I think it will take humans a lot longer before they achieve the ability to travel to other worlds.

     Also, nothing can travel faster than light, so that is a problem for adventures on other worlds.

     Stargates like in 'Babylon 5' as 'short-cuts through space' seem like a good way to travel through space, as does the 'folding of space' in 'Dune', or even 'making jumps' like in 'Battlestar Galactica'.

     'Hyperspace Travel'....hmmm...maybe if the ship entered another dimension, and then came out at an appropriate spot....hmmmm.   Maybe.  I don't know how time would be affected.  Maybe time doesn't exist in hyperspace, which would be convenient.

     Also, would laser beams work in space?  Don't know. 

     In addition, when Han Solo flies into that space worm on an asteroid in 'Empire Strikes Back', I don't know how that worm would survive there.  What does it eat?  How did it get there?  Nothing organic can live in the vacuum of space.  Except for the creature from 'Alien', but even he would eventually die. 

     I read a recent thing that said, 'The Roman Empire Never Died'.  It merely switched its power from military to religious.
     So, a Galactic Empire could certainly exist for a long time. 

     Also, just because The Death Star is destroyed twice, with both the Emporer dying, followed by Darth Vader...well, is that enough to take down a Galactic Empire?  They have enough military to rule over a million worlds.  Surely, The Empire has other leaders that can step in. 
     Sure they lost a lot of ships over Endor, but I think The Empire would survive, as it has survived at least 30,000 years.
     I will have to research all of this on the Star Wars wiki, aptly named 'wookiepedia'.

     Research takes time, you know, but it is the key to good writing.

     Anyhow.....I have been pleased with how 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' online is more for adults.  I was first tired of Star Wars, as a lot of people were, when Ewoks were introduced.
     They do have strippers in this online game, but no nudity.  Also, I have not found the 'profanity' filter, and I don't know if there is one, like in other games.

     Cool, someone told me where the profanity filter was, so I was able to turn it off, thank ducking god.  I hate profanity filters, or any editing that involves chat.

     The other thing in 'Star Wars' is that sex isn't addressed much.  How do you think the galaxy got populated?  It is because people bonk each other, and are sexually attracted to each other, just like in real life.

     So, yeah, Star Wars is for kids, or it was for a while, but the adults need to reclaim it, and make it theirs.

     Just so you know, there are a couple of videos on redtube where you can type in 'Princess Leia' and find a couple of videos.  There is nothing better than a girl dressed in any kind of Princess Leia outfit.  It is every decent man's fantasy.

     Who knew that Carrie Fisher would be such a long-lasting sex symbol?  It just goes to show what not wearing a bra in space and lip gloss will do.  Also, the buns, hehe.

     Meanwhile, I don't have a problem with the basic events that occur during Episodes I, II, and III...it is just that they were told badly.
     It is like you write a paper for class, and your teacher hands it back, and tells you to work on it some more, because you are onto something.

     Darth Maul is a wonderful character, and as good as he is, Jar Jar goes in the other direction.  What happened?
     For Greedo, all you needed was a woman with a green mask on, and you get a great alien.  With this cgi Jar Jar, all you get is a bunch of bantha crap, and it sucks.

     'Star Wars' was originally marketed as 'The Adventures of Luke Skywalker', and that was acceptable to everyone, even though it kind of became more about Han Solo.
     The story of Annakin Skywalker...let's face it, you just need one movie for that.
     Episode I could have been about the origin of the Universe, and of the 'Star Wars Galaxy', and it could have explained a lot of things, like how 'The Force' began, how millions of worlds became populated, and how 'The Empire' was formed....let's try this, to see how it sounds...STAR WARS:  THE BIRTH OF THE EMPIRE.....wow, now you have a movie.

     For Episode II:   STAR WARS:  THE OLD REPUBLIC

     Episode III:  REVENGE OF THE SITH is good.  All the stuff about 'The Clone Wars' could be mentioned, and no one would ever have to deal with that crappy, fake romance between Amidala and Annakin ever again...which sucks for all who watch it, because it is as phony as cgi.

     'Star Wars' is, by the way, ultimately about WAR, and that is not a pretty subject.  People get killed, legally, just like in real life.
     In Episode IV, when Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru get killed, presumably by a stormtrooper with a flame thrower when you think about it...what else would give charred skeletal remains? ...uh...you knew it was war, and you knew it was serious, and that The Empire was evil, and meant business.  Killing people was just standard practice.

     A hard thing to suffer through in Episode I is Annakin's period of time as a slave...ooh, he worked in a shop with a flying blue Middle Eastern guy, and he got to play with other kids.  What a punishment.  It didn't look like he had it that tough.  Also, he was done with it by age 11.

     In Episode VI, in Jabba's palace with that dancing blue girl, there is actually one frame where you can see her aeriola, how do you spell that? Her nipple, basically.
     'Star Wars' could use some more nudity as far as I am concercened.  What is villainous scum without nudity around?  It goes hand in hand.  Sex is why most evil people go into the biz, duh.  Just look at the dudes who are in and operate the porn business.  They look like villainous scum to me.
     'The Sarlaac Pit' if you haven't figured it out by now, is a 'vagina monster with teeth'.  It makes you think about Episode VI a little differently.
     Jabba's head looks like a dick head for Christ's sake if you look.
     George has been critiqued in the past for making many aliens look like women's private parts...haha.

     Let's see, anything else I want to mention about 'Star Wars' right now, besides they don't show any blood or injuries hardly?  Hmmm....

     In the Star Wars radio drama I mentioned, it actually says that Luke was interested in joining The Empire as a pilot, like Biggs did, who later found The Rebellion, and joined that.  This is the thing that prompts Luke to join The Rebellion.  Only when his aunt and uncle get killed does he truly hate The Empire.  That makes sense, because then it was personal.
     Luke was kept naive all the time growing up.  He never learned too much about what was going on in the galaxy, being busy working the moisture farm.  His information seemed to come from his friends.
    
     Playing 'Star Wars Galaxies', I learned that the city of Bestine was the Imperial Capitol on that world.  Now that I play 'The Old Republic' that game left a lot to be desired.
     I remember going to Kyssshhkk for the first time, The wookiee home world, and it was 'quite disappointing'.
     'The Old Republic seems to be 100 times better than SWG.  It is free to play, by the way.  I hope to get a subscription to it some day.

     What is nice about TOR is that the missions are catered to the class you play.  It makes more sense than in SWG, where everybody just does the same missions.

     One other thing about Star Wars is this 'Rule of Two' business with the Sith.  It seems ridiculous.

     Another thing is this 'medichlorins' crap that Annakin supposedly has more of...I don't know.  You would think that instead of not permitting Jedi to marry that you would instead have an intense breeding program to mate jedi with with female jedi to produce a lot of jedi to take over The Empire.

     I guess that is enough for now.

    

    

     I got onto 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' online recently, and it is fantastic.  I am having the time of my life.
     What I got to do is increase my income so I can become a subscriber, haha.

     Anyway, I'm playing as my Sith Inquisitor 'Bunnybear'.  She's a good lass.  She has an English accent.
     I'm sure she knows her way around the bedroom.

     She is a Sith, so one would expect her to be sexually active.  She is not naive.

     'Star Wars' as a rule of thumb doesn't hardly ever mention sex stuff of any kind, but you have to think, "Well, how in hell did the galaxy get populated?  It is because everybody is bonking."

     One thing I am curious about is with stormtroopers.  Certainly, they must have recreation and release at some point when they are on R & R.
     That is just standard with soldiers.

     In online games, things like going to the bathroom and changing your underwear are assumed.
     That means that these things happen in 'game time' but are not part of the game.
     In 'Sims', your character uses the toilet.
     Someday, in these online games, they will have to put in a 'super mature' setting, haha, because I would really like to see my female Sith take a shower.

     Anyways...on my 'Magic The Gathering Chronicles' blog, some kid sent me all these scriptures in some kind of crazy post.
     People are whacked out of their minds.

     I forgive them, because they don't know any better.

     Besides, all I am trying to do is to be a Sith, and I don't have time for this s***.

     You know what?  It is an insult to try and be a writer, and not be able to swear on these blogs.  Wtf?  I should be able to write anything I want.  What is this, church?  If people don't want to read it, they won't.  I mean, people don't read my crap anyway, so why does it even matter if I use profanity?  People are busy playing online games, not reading my blogs, for Christ's sake.

     When writing programs get really advanced, it will not only show misspelled words, but syntax and grammar errors.

     I'm thinking maybe it should be standard that the chat in all online games...that the first word of every sentence should be capitalized.  It's supposed to be that way anyhow, so they should make it standard.

     I'm fatigued with the entire online gaming community thinking they are e.e. cummings.

     Anyhow, my lunch was good, but I'm still hungry.  Or maybe I just want a nap.