Sunday, 5 May 2024

Star Wars in the MC2

 

This might be a little late (it’s already the 5th of May here) but I did want to put out something to celebrate Star Wars Day while, as always, trying to tie it back to the MC2. So here is a smattering of references to Star Wars in the MC2.

 




First for today, and probably the most well-known and oft-cited reference to Star Wars in the MC2 comes in the pages of J2 #12 where Doc Magus mentions he has tickets to ‘the new Star Wars movie.’ Given the issue was released in July 1999, it’s presumed this is a reference to Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace which was released mere months before. However, if we apply the Marvel sliding timescale rule, this could refer to a more recent film, perhaps even an upcoming future film.

 


Next up, on the cover for Spider-Girl #33 which features our heroine May  ‘Mayday’ Parker in a battle with the mysterious new Spider-Man accompanied by hyperbolic cover copy ‘Spider-Girl VS. Spider-Man!?! (That’s not true, that’s impossible!)’ This is an obvious reference to the iconic scene in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back where Darth Vader reveals himself as Luke Skywalker’s father, with Luke responding ‘No. No. That’s not true. That’s impossible!

 



The last few for today are sneaky ones slipped into the background of Spider-Girl #92 while the Avengers are being briefed about the apparent return of Magneto. I’ll present the original pages first and you can try and spot the references.

 


Here, I’ve adjusted the colour saturation to help. While I was not able to identify all of the shots hidden in on the viewscreens, the image seen center-left is taken from Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones depicting the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett’s patrol and attack craft called the ‘Slave I’ on the planet Kamino.

 



Next to it we have another image lifted directly from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones this time depicting a shot of the Senate Apartment Complex on the planet Coruscant.

 


If anyone wants to try and work out where the rest of the images are lifted from, please let me know!  Other than those mentioned above, it should go without saying that the brilliant Ron Frenz worked on the Marvel Star Wars comics during their original run. I’m sure there are more references to Star Wars in the MC2, but I’ll save them for a future date.

 




Until I work out the how in ‘somehow Palpatine returned’, I remain

 

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