Stormtrooper: Have some fire, Scarecrow

Forget the "roger roger" droids -- stormtroopers are the best.  They are usually out in force at the Con -- many of them members of the 501st legion -- and are the subject of countless drawings, clothing, debates, films, video games and comic books chronicling their lives and the different versions of soldiers that exist.

One of the splashiest fan films put on the Internet in the last 10 years or so was the Troops short that parodied the stormtroopers as "Cops" officers. Now another amalgam has come about, mixing the Empire's foot soldiers with the fast-talking Quentin Tarantino creation "Reservoir Dogs." It's not a film, but fan art by Ryca.

"Reservoir Troopers" may not be in the artists' gallery at Comic-Con (who knows), but you can buy it here. The artist is part of the Scrawl Collective, a British group that sprouted from the publication of "Scrawl: Dirty Graphics and Strange Characters" -- a book grown out of the '80s graffiti scene, combined with the cultural influence of "Star Wars," comic books and Japanese anime.

-- Jevon Phillips

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[Michael Stoler]

Yes, but have they seen "Reservoir Jedi", the world's only LIVE ACTION Tarantino/Lucas mashup? (http://members.aol.com/mxstoler/previous.html#resjedi)