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Published: 2010-11-23 03:21:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 6765; Favourites: 241; Downloads: 0
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Won 2nd place in the Comic Strips Contest on #comicUnderground ! Thanks!It's kind of a special challenge to parody Star Wars. It's not so much because I'm a fan of the series (although I am) as it is because Star Wars has been parodied so much already. How do you find a joke that's funny and that someone hasn't already done? Anyway I hope this one measures up.
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Yeah, in retrospect I'm kind of wishing I had made his expression in the 2nd panel more surprised looking.
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Maybe even a little hurt looking and surprised. He looks too immediately defensive, and while it makes sense in doing that it's too soon in the comic, I think.
Overall though I liked it.
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Thanks man. Yeah, now I'm kind of torn between leaving it like this and tweaking the expression in that 2nd frame.
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I say change it, but only that one. The others should be fine left alone.
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Done! Thanks for the nudge.
(I did actually make a couple other tweaks, but not to any of the other facial expressions.)
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I like it. It's definitely more subtle and that works.
And happy to help.
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I will have to say I agree with the artist on the difficulty it is to parody a series that has been parodied many times. However, smolderingremains has come up with a originality that is different. Especially more so with this particular scene that has been parodied so many times, that it is now ingrained in our pop culture. The combined idea of this comic page and the artist's style has greatly impacted on how funny this was when first reading it. And still have a chuckle after rereading it.
Smolderingremains, for the reasons stated, is able to have a vision that expresses itself in each panel. For example, there is a subtle change in Darth Vader's expression on the mask that represents the emotion that comes with what he said to Luke.
In addition to that particular change in emotion, Luke's expressions are also very expressive and really communicates the idea behind the text used. I really like the use of different color bubbles for each speaker as well as a good choice of font that allows for easy reading without being distracted from the words themselves and focus more on images.
Personally, I think the choice of hair color for Luke's is an odd one, even though he is technically a dirty blond. Even so, it still communicates your style as well as symbolizes that Luke is the light and Vadar is the dark, which adds a very nice contrast to this comic. Very well done, smolderingremains!
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Hey Tiff! Thanks a lot for the kind words!
And welcome to deviantArt.
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Haha, no problem! And I'm not exactly new, just starting over. =] Been here since 05!
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Ah, well you've been here longer than I have then.
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OMG this is awesome very well done I love the facial expressions
Luke: What nooooo!
Darth: Now don't make me come over there!
Luke:NO!
(Darth grab's Luke's ear and pull him off the set)
Luke
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Lol aww thanks no Luke has to take the long walk of shame lol!
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Vader: "GO TO YOUR ROOM!"
Luke: "Aw, but--"
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If only I could continue...
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Haha. I have to show this to my boyfriend. He's a big Star Wars fan!
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Cool! Thanks! 
Yeah, I had the idea for this and then it wasn't until after I'd already drawn it that I saw somebody did an animation that was kind of similar for some TV show. D'oh! Was still a fun skit for the show tho.
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I'm sure they were stealing work. How dare they!
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Heh... I think their production schedule was a tad longer than mine.
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I'm sure they were taking extra time to cover up their plagiarism. ^.^
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Thanks, Therese!
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Your welcome, Samuel
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---AK
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You're welcome.
---AK
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Awesome, on a side note have you seen HISHEβs take on it?
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Yeah, I liked the HISHE video.
Thanks Kris!
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Ahem and now on with the critique: First I will have to say about the expressions on their faces, even though they are humourus and they are still proffessional drawn, they kinda remind me of Cartoon Network; only (much) better. You did a very subtle work on the 5th panel.
The whole scene has been parodied so many times, but this one is different, here I see you put up punchlines that are unusuall. Here I see Darth Vader acting like Luke is allready actepting he is Lukes father: ) The only negative comment I have is the background, but then again I'm not any better in such format. I guess you did that background in such state on purpose, since it's a comic.
sorry for my bad english :S
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Thanks Ani!
Your English is quite good. 
And yes the background was supposed to look like that. I used some photos from the movie and painted the lights and grooves over that. But I didn't worry too much about crooked lines because of the genre.
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Geez, people will NEVER run out of material when it comes to this scene. Also Darth Vadar's facial expressions made me LOL.
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