”About a year ago Snowhorse and I tried to think what birds different Star Wars characters would be. And there were so many characters!” //
”And now I drew some of them for you!” //
”We did have reasoning for why each character was that specific bird, but I’m not going to explain them here. You can ask in the comments if you’re interested.” //
”Some of these characters are of course bad guys bad no bird is evil. The birds we chose are based more in concepts and coloration, for instance.” //
”Anyways, here are Star Wars characters as birds.”

Luke = sparrow
Leia = swift
Chewbacca = emu
Lando = great crested grebe
Han = magpie
C-3PO = pheasant
R2-D2 = (a smart as heck) little penguin

Obi-Wan = red kite
Anakin = peregrin falcon
Ahsoka = red-footed falcon
Yoda = kiwi
Windu = great black woodpecker
Qui-Gon = Ural owl

Rex = great black-backed gull
Cody = golden eagle
Fives = raven
Hardcase = fieldfare
Jesse = hooded crow
Kix = Siberian jay
99 = kakapo

Hunter = osprey
Omega = robin
Echo = common gull
Crosshair = secretary bird
Tech = jackdaw (to be precise, the jackdaw I once saved from a trash bin)
Wrecker = greylag goose

Palpatine = black swan
Dooku = great cormorant
Grievous = vulture
Pong Krell = frogmouth
Ventress = great grey shrike
Maul = black grouse
Savage = western capercaillie

Kanan = spotted nutcracker
Hera = barnacle goose
Ezra = jay
Sabine = wren
Zeb = great bustard
Chopper = pygmy owl

Padmé = Starling
Satine = crane
Jar Jar Binks = flamingo
Dexter Jettster = pelican
Jabba the Hutt = over-bred fat turkey

Darth Vader = Tyrannosaurus rex
Kylo Ren = two-headed eagle ”This way!” ”No, that way!”
Rey = phoenix
Ewoks = those stuffed toy birds with bird-song voice boxes
Clankers = rubber chicken

”So there, that was most of the birds Snowhorse and I had chosen.” //
If I were to add one, I’d say that Grand Admiral Thrawn would be a crested cassowary. Both are blue and scary as heck! //
”What were your favorites? Or do you disagree with something? Or did we miss someone on our list?” //
”Happy May the Fourth everyone!”

No joo okei, vielä Rex merilokkina:
Well okay, one Rex as a great black-backed gull:

Star Wars created by George Lucas

A MAP OF SAND VILLAGE

Piirsin kartan kavereideni kanssa pelaamani roolipelin yhdestä tärkeimmistä tapahtumapaikoista. Nerokkaasti nimetty Hiekkakylä on yksi Punaisen autiomaan pohjoisimmista ja pienimmistä kylistä – ja sankareidemme nykyinen asuinpaikka! Suurin osa Hiekkakylän asukkaista on aavikkohaltioita, mutta asuu kylässä ihmisiä ja keijukin. Siellä, kuten muuallakin pelimaailmassamme, on Möttösen vuokratalli – Möttösten suku tuntuu pyörittävän koko maailman hevosbisnestä. Ja kyllä, kylässä on myös sauna, talvet kun ovat autiomaassa kylmiä. Igor-sepän paja ei enää näytä ihan samalta kuin tässä, se nimittäin räjähti.
I drew a map of one of the most important places in an role playing game I play with my friends. The ingeniously named Sand Village is one of the smallest and northernmost villages of the Red Desert – and the current home of our heroes! Most of Sand Village’s inhabitants are desert elves, but there are some humans, too, and even a fairy. In Sand Village, just like everywhere else in our game world, is a Möttönen Livery Stable – the Möttönen family seems to run the whole horse business in this world. And yes, there’s also a sauna in the village as desert winters are harsh. The blacksmith Igor’s forge doesn’t look exactly as it does here anymore as it was blown up.

Osalle lukijoistani kylä saattaa näyttää tutulta: Sankariakatemian pelaajat nimittäin kävivät täällä Kyynelten laakso -pelissä, ja jopa juttelivat Igor-sepän ja majatalon emännän Ersan kanssa.
Some of my readers may know this place: the Hero Academy players visited the village in The Valley of Tears adventure, and even had a chat with Igor the blacksmith and the tavern’s keeper Ersa.

PS. Oli hieno pelinjohtajahetki, kun leväytin kartan pelaajieni eteen.
PS. It was a great game master moment when I opened this map in front of my players.