#hoojib

[cantsayidont]

January 1982. Among the many unfairly maligned bits of the original STAR WARS comic are the hoojibs, a race of sentient telepathic creatures who look like little pink bunnies, and who feed on electrical energy. First seen in STAR WARS #55, by David Michelinie, Walt Simonson, and Tom Palmer, the hoojibs are native to an arboreal world call Arbra, where the Rebels set up a temporary base in the wake of their escape from Hoth — in a rare case of the comics creators (who were not privy to the story direction of the movies until it came time to prepare a film adaptation) successfully anticipating the next movie, which also featured the Rebels meeting cute furry creatures on a forest world.

Plif, pictured above with Chewbacca, was the hoojib "spokesmind," a very polite and thoroughly civilized fellow who accompanied Luke and Leia on a number of adventures through the rest of the series. He was a useful traveling companion: Because few people were familiar with hoojibs, he could usually be passed off as a pet, but not only was he a telepath, he could also drain the power packs of blasters and other portable equipment if he got close enough without being noticed.

There were of course also definite advantages for the hoojibs in befriending some relatively kindly bipeds:

Many STAR WARS fans still roll their eyes at any mention of hoojibs, but I have a soft spot for them. For one, they were characters, not just cute animal mascots, and in the lexicon of weird or silly STAR WARS aliens, they're really 80th percentile at most. For another, if you have any fondness at all for little furry animals, the idea of having a cute little creature you can talk to telepathically and who can occasionally do useful parlor tricks holds a definite appeal. A hoojib would make a good companion for a SW video game, and I think they'd be fun TTRPG player characters for the open-minded.

Incidentally, the issue that first introduced Plif and the hoojibs became one of a number of STAR WARS comics adapted as book-and-record sets by Buena Vista Records in 1983:

[hollyevolving]

Fucking Chewbacca in Planet of the Hoojibs throwing the Slivilith

[robbybirdy]

Domingo's Journal Page 4: Adventure

Oh where is my lost treasure?

“ It seems I, Inji Ameen, have misplaced the treasure I lawfully plundered from a nearby tomb. Preposterous! I’m in need of a good lad or lass with a strong back and desire for adventure to enter the tomb and recover the Unlucky Relic of King Hooji. I will pay Simoleions and Ancient Coins for your efforts. 

“What? Ah, it seems you’ve found The Unlucky Relic of King Hoojib for me. I do say it’s quite right, quite right indeed of you to bring this along like a good sport. I will keep you in mind in case this occurs again!

[osmanthusoolong]

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Some unpopular opinions, some of which you already know:

- People who interact with any older media like it’s intrinsically camp and unselfaware are both annoying and missing a great deal of cool stuff. Meeting older media where it’s at and engaging from there is very fruitful

- Alfred Hitchcock’s skill is almost always outweighed and overshadowed by his fundamental meanness as well as misogyny, it’s offputting

- While I understand why everyone would WANT to do The Prisoner, you actually can’t do it

- Star Wars would be vastly better with Hoojibs still in it

-related to the previous, I simply don’t trust people who knee-jerk dislike small creatures, yes this extremely includes chihuahuas

-monogamous people who immediately respond to anyone who mentions that they’re not monogamous (which is an okay thing to bring up!) with like a “oh, but I could never do that!” are extremely annoying, like the other person probably wasn’t asking you to be!

I feel like I had more, but I’m tired and my tummy hurts:c

[annieandro]

The World Of Barbie

Barbie and The Sleepover

Barbie: I Got So Mad

Yogi Bear and His Jellystone Friends

Popples: The Piano That's Wouldn't Play

Popples: The Magic Shoe

Star Wars: Adventures In ABC

Star Wars: Droid World Star Wars: Planet Of The Hoojibs

Raggedy Ann and Andy's Alphabet

Raggedy Ann Birthday

Pink Panther: Numbers Caper

Strawberry Shortcake's Sweet Songbook

Care Bears 12 Days Of Christmas

Rainbow Brite: Rainbow Brite and The Color Mix Up

Rainbow Brite: Happy Birthday Buddy Blue

The Care Bears Garden

Transformers: Storm Of Destruction

[fanthatracks]

Making Tracks Episode 149: Never let death get in the way of a good story

Episode 149 of Making Tracks - soft as a hoojib, hard as a rockwort.

The first studio episode of Making Tracks for a month is here as the Marks take a look at last weekend’s magnificent Return of the Jedi in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, applaud the honorary knighthoods for John Williams and Bob Iger, look at the future for the voice of Darth Vader and its originator James Earl Jones and Tony Gilroy on the future of Star Wars: Andor. All this, a chat with an…

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Hoojibs were a rodentlike species native to Arbra, in the Outer Rim. Although their diminuituve size and resemblance to other animals confused many into thinking otherwise, Hoojibs were sentient beings. They possessed telepathic abilities and fed on energy produced by crystals.

Source: Alien Anthology (2001)

First Appearance: Star Wars 55 (1981)

Read more on Wookieepedia.

[smashpages]

Out this week: Star Wars Adventures Annual 2021 (IDW, $7.99)

Hey, Jaxxon is back! Cavan Scott and Arianna Florean reintroduce the hoojib into the Star Wars universe in this year’s Star Wars Adventures annual, and it looks like everyone’s favorite green rabbit is along for the ride. This annual also features a story starring Lando by Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo, the award-winning team behind Afterlift.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop and on digital this week.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: Planet of the Hoojibs - Interior Illustration by Greg Winters

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: Planet of the Hoojibs - Interior Illustration by Greg Winters

[godfatherofsol]

Star Wars - Planet of the Hoojibs (1983) Illustrated By Greg Winters

[fandom-menace]

True Believers

Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years #107

Out April 24, 2019

[cavanscott]

Update 22nd November - Sherlock Holmes, Life Day, Hoojibs, win a voyage onboard the Star Cruiser, plus my favourite villains of all time

Check out this week's update on my blog - Sherlock Holmes, Life Day, Hoojibs, win a voyage onboard the Star Cruiser, plus my favourite villains of all time

Hello there! Happy Monday, my friends. Let’s dive headfirst into my news as if falling into a giant bucket of pure joy… Oh, and don’t forget that you can have these updates pop straight into your inbox by subscribing to my newsletter! MY WEEK I’m a firm believer in being as honest as possible when it comes to work. Sometimes words come easy. Sometimes words come hard. Last week definitely…

[tompalmerillustration]

Star Wars 67, page 4. Marvel Comics, 1983. Layouts by Ron Frenz. Finishes by Tom Palmer.

[halleyjevelandart]

PORGS PORGS PORGS PORGS PORGS … and an Ewok and a Hoojib, because all the “marketed to be cute” star wars aliens deserve each other.

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Fuffle was a Hoojib from the Outer Rim world Arbra. He accompanied Rebel heroes C-3PO and Chewbacca when the pair confronted the Darker, a beast holding the Hoojib people in a telepathic grip. Fuffle helped Chewbacca kill the Darker by charging it with his compatriots.

Source: Star Wars 67 - The Darker (1982)