I remember being excited to see the Muppet Show episode where Mark Hamill and characters from Star Wars appeared. Chewbacca appeared without his ammunition strap so he looked kind of naked to me. Still, it's one of the best Muppets episodes - the Pigs in Space sequence in this one is a masterpiece.
My guess it would be medical thing - something to cure a plague or fix another problem. That he is able to throw around members of LSH when Superboy, Ultra Boy, Cham, Saturn Girl and Element lab should be able to beat him one-on-one and Brainiac 5 and Phantom Girl should be able to stop him by use of his or her abilities.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Chewie was exposed to X-Kryptonite--the isotope of Green K which gave Streaky, an Earth cat, Kryptonian super-powers?
DeleteI'd forgotten that Silver Age trope! Good memory, Kid. You're probably right, too.
DeleteI remember that episode! the guest was supposed to Gregarian Galstaff, whose expertise was gargling Gershwin, and Mark Hammil joined him, doing Summertime.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes! The legendary Argyle Gargoyle.
DeleteThere should be a sequel in which Chewbacca meets Timber Wolf's 'Fuzzball' version (from the 'Five Years Later' series)
ReplyDeleteMaybe you and Me are both right. Maybe Timber Wolf who's been made to _resemble_ a Wookiee by a Dathomirian witch! Making Chewie a victim of mistaken identity. Then, again, if Saturn Girl and Phantom Girl wanted me to follow them, for that reason, I'd go along with the mistake.
DeleteOld time Legion fan. Love it.
ReplyDeleteCham & Irma should be able to get Chewy to calm down if the translator is working. Maybe medical but maybe something different?? Ross does good twists!
ReplyDeleteActually, I believe her real name's pronounced "Imra".
DeleteWas that the one where the Muppets and Star Wars characters all sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" together?
ReplyDeleteOh, and you know I must… LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!!!!!
And one more thing... Who's your tailor? I LOVE that outfit!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Duo Damsel have those boots for awhile and not Phantom Girl? It looks like you posted the wrong Legion member to me.
ReplyDeleteThe date for this post should be May 10. The May 9th one is for issue #4779 with Batman and the Thing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Kang, Chronos, or one of those other time-traveling meddlers is at it, again.
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