Star Wars is in the air. I won’t dare spoil The Mandalorian, but this season has been wonderful. I loved it. Merry Christmas to me!

Because Star Wars is in the air, I read a Star Wars book this month. Thrawn, by Timothy Zahn. It was fun. Not high-literature, but fun. Lots of spaceships and shoot-em-ups.  I don’t really know much about the character Thrawn, but I still enjoyed it.

The last Star Wars book I read was Heir to the Empire, also by Timothy Zahn. I was twelve. It was a big deal.

In the late 80s, Star Wars was not in the air. It was at its lowest point — something barely floating around the pop culture landscape. Like He-Man is today. (Place your bets, folks. He-Man will make a Star Wars-esque comeback in the coming years! It will be bigger than Pokemon! Bigger than Marvel! Bigger than Mank! INVEST NOW!)

We still loved Star Wars in 1989, but all we had were three  movies. That’s it. There were no new movies, no cartoons, and certainly not a dozen new, big-budget TV shows on the horizon.

You could watch the three movies, and then watch them again, and then dream about what would happened next. And then we all got bored with our own brains and played Mario Kart.

Star Wars warmed up again in the 90s with news of a Star Wars sequel. It was a book, but it was still a sequel. Heir to the Empire was exciting! It was new! It was real! Finally we could learn what happened to Han, Luke and Leia!

I was pumped. I got the book that summer and remember reading it at the local pool. I read about half of it and got bored and played Tetris or whatever. All I remember about the book is that there was a Wookiee who spoke English. I’m sure the book is good — Star Wars fans seem to dig it — but since Disney torpedoed that whole library of Expanded Universe stories,  and because I’ve had 20 years to finish the book but didn’t, I doubt I’ll ever finish it.

I also can’t find my copy. I may have sold it at a yard sale for 50-cents. Don’t tell Mr. Zahn. Or Admiral Thrawn. Hey, their names rhyme!!!!

Lucas, Luke.

Zahn, Thrawn.

That’s something!

Today’s Lego item is…

Pineapple Woman!

I don’t understand this and I love it.

Why does she have a pineapple? And a helmet? And why can’t I stop smiling?

The other character accessories made some sense. Giles has dynamite because he’s a troublemaker. Reese has handcuffs because she’s spicy. But a pineapple?

This is the curveball of the calendar, the Naked Shower Santa of 2020. It’s not as godly as Naked Shower Santa, but Pineapple Woman is charming nonetheless.

I’ll name her Tyra.

Maybe Tyra isn’t a woman at all. Maybe she is a human pineapple who carries around the severed head of her enemy. The Lego Pineapple is just a Lego Head without a face.

A severed head is a strange way to celebrate Christmas. But it’s been that kind of year.

She teamed up with Reese and Giles to plan a heist, but she doesn’t have eyes or a mouth so she wandered off.

I’m  sure she’ll figure it out. Don’t help her. She must find her own lifepath. This is the way.

This is the best item so far. (Beside Christmas Boat.) And the helmet comes in handy.

Day 19 Rating: 4.8 out of 5 (Points added because this might be the calendar’s peak.)

See you tomorrow!

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