"Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous" & "Lord of War" by Abel & Joe (SWI #86)

So, apparently the Kaleesh look like Falleen but with tusks......

I admit of all the things that could've been inside their masks, a Falleen face was the last thing I imagined.

 

Ok, in the last day I learned 2 distrubing things about Xizor:

1) His new voice for Empire at War sounds like a combo of Nute and Grievous

2) He apparently looks like Grievous


All I need now is to hear that GG exudes pheremones and I can say he smells like Grievous too. Ah, I can see a whole new conspiracy theory on the horizon...

 

Sounds promising

 

Indeed.

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Last thing I was hoping for...

 

LOL!

 

I just had to use google to find out what in heck a Falleen looks like! Meh...boring. They look like Star Trek aliens. I hope the Kaleesh were at least allowed to retain the leg conformation envisioned by Warren Fu, or did that get made over into something more human-like too...?

On the plus side, if Grievous was once a conventionally handsome dude, all the more reason for slavering fans to drool over him because HAWT guys are never truly evil, they're just misguided and misunderstood, don'tcha know. He'll become the Gul Dukat of the Star Wars universe, yay! And can a flood of fannish half-breed Kaleesh/whatever love-children be far behind?

 

They better be Dooku's test tube babies >_>



Bleh, I'll totally ignore the essential guide and keep my receding featherline vultures

 

Egads!

 

Xizor's depiction in the SOTE comic looks different than any other Fallen pic I've seen since. He had spikes coming out of his spine and everything.

 

Eh, the way I portray the Kaleesh inside my head, they start to resemble Yuuzhan Vong (my Kaleesh cut off non-regenating male plumage upon reaching the rank of warlord....)


Your thoughts?

 

I envisioned the Kaleesh to be more dinosaur-like. Probably the way Velociraptors were shown in Jurrasic Park. The way Grievous moved as a cybord left that impression with me.

 

didnt someone make a Shoni pic?

 

Yeah, I did a concept of one. I wish there were others!

It's on the second page in my gallery. Called a 'sharkoni'.

 

Rumor has it there's a Qymaen jai Sheelal action figure coming out this year, I hope it's true.

 

Really? I hope it's true too!

Wonder which 'look' they'd go for if a figure ever did get made...the long-skirted costume as illoed in the Star Wars Insider zine or the vaguely Ancient Egyptian outfit the Kaleesh dude in that SW aliens guide is wearing? It'd probably be easier to model a figure wearing a long skirt, but the dirty old broad side of me wants to see a Qymaen in that form-fitting Egypto thing, heh. What we really need is a 12" Qymaen figure that's like a Ken doll. His deluxe playset could come complete with several changes of outfit and all kinds of nifty accessories and maybe even a neat critter for him to ride. I bet any Qymaen figures that ever do get released wind up with their masks permanently molded to their faces, though, just to preserve that 'mystery' and all...darn!

 

He's on a French Hasbro 2007 Catalog List, so I guess we're getting him!

 

Wow! You're right! I just checked a German figurine site (4-inches) and he's listed as a probable for the 2007 Basic Figure Wave 5 line. Here's the full listing for that wave, in case casual fans are interested...

'Wave 5
Hermi Odle
C-3PO
Momaw Nadon [Roron Corobb?]
Yoda [with Kybuck]
Mace Windu
Anakin [with Tatoos]
Darth Raven (KOTOR)
Darth Malak (KOTOR)
Pre-Cyborg Grievous [Qymaen jai Sheelal]
McQuarrie Series - Luke Skywalker [Jedi?]'

Some photos of figures confirmed for Wave 4 were already up (they include a Boba Fett as seen in the Star Wars Holiday Special, by the way, which is a little shocking considering how much the Lucas gang usually squirms whenever that infamous TV special is even mentioned), so hopefully we'll soon see how our boy is dressed!

 

I'm so excited now Qymaen is on the list. But I still want a Ken doll (but I would say Barbie just to be annoying). And maybe some new box art.

 

Hasbro confirmed him in a Q&A.

From, http://www.thejawa.com/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2295

1) What kind of articulation will the Pre-Cyborg General Grievous figure have being released later this year

HASBRO - He has a ball joint neck, ball and socket shoulders, bicep, knees, hip and waist. There are some other nice surpises, but you'll have to wait until we reveal him fully.

 

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AWESOME. But that mask needs work, because I like what's underneath a lot more XD