Welcome to the Daily Photo, a new feature for 2017. I will do my best to post a new image every day that reflects the life and times of Generation X. If you would like to submit a special photo for possible publication, please email me, jenx1967 [at] gmail [dot] com. Please click here to subscribe […]
C-3P0 Star Wars Halloween Costume by Ben Cooper
Today’s Gen X Halloween photo is from the late 1970s or early 1980s. It’s C-3P0, “a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, built by the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and a constant companion to astromech R2-D2.” I don’t come across this character very often. The more popular Star Wars characters are Yoda and Darth Vader, […]
Vintage Star Wars Costumes – Daily Halloween Photo
Today’s photo is another Ben Cooper, flame retardant favorite: Star Wars! May the force be with you and that little clown, too. The daily Halloween photo during the month of October will also be posted to Facebook. I invite you to follow along and join the page if you haven’t already done so. I try […]
Wookiees, By God, Wookiees, Are Our Thing
Wookiees Are Our Thing Jen Chaney of the Washington Post has written a commentary on Disney’s plans to purchase Lucasfilm and make three new “Star Wars” movies. “We so-called Xers…the ‘Star Wars’ generation…We don’t claim the Beatles as our own, nor do we boast enough people power to alter workplace politics. But Wookiees, by God, […]