Wookies First Flight???

by Todd Pollock

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Silly Week 2006

 

Little Is known about the Wokkies first contact with the human race here on Earth. Evidence has been uncovered that in 1937 they landed here on Earth with plans to thwart the coming Nazi storm. Their hatred of toatalitarian regimes being well documented in the Galactic Civil War or Galactic Patriotic War as the Wokkies call it.

Their plan consisted of a small force of Wookies landing in Spain with plans to destroy all of the Condor legions Bf109's. Once this was done they were to head to the Messershmitt Factory and destroy all evidence of the plane very existence. Plans were to be destroyed and key personal "abducted by aliens". Thus depriving the Germans of there best air weapon. The JEDI Masters saw that without German control of the air any country in Europe could halt the wicked Germans advance. Thus avoiding one of histories darkest chapters.

But there was an unforseen problem with the plan. And it came in the form of a Wokkies named Flynnbacca. His job was to lead the strike force of 6 wookies. At first all was going according to plan. But then something unexpected happened. Flynnbacca could not destroy the planes. You see upon seeing the 109's beautiful shape and obvious power he fell in love immediately. It's hard to explain how one bonds with an aircraft so quickly. But none the less Flynnbacca did. His comrades begged him to relent and do his duty. But he could not. Finally pressed with being mutinied by his crew he made a pack with them. "Just let me have one short flight in my "precious" and then they can all be destroyed." Little did the crew know that once one goes to the "dark side" one never can return.

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So early in the morning and after some modification to fit a Wookie into the cockpit Flnnbacca took off. But once aloft the love affair with the 109 grew to outright infatuation. Flnnbacca knew he could never destroy such a perfect thing. So instead of the short flight he flew of to neutral Switzerland where he crashed upon landing. Wrecking his beloved 109. Now his crew back on the ground were furious. Upon hearing their howls of rage the German forces in the area set upon the wookie force. Forcing them to abandon the plan and head for Kyyshyk their home world.

Thus ended histories best chance to save mankind from the terrible onslaught that was to come. But what ever happened to the wookie Flnnbacca ?? Totally ashamed of his inability to do his duty and the destruction of his most beloved 109. He moved to North America. Where he lived in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. Occasionally being spotted by the locals and dubbed Big Foot. After the ensuing hysteria he was forced to move up to the Great White north, Alaska. Where his mass of hair and guttural speech allowed him to fit right in. He lives there happily now but his infatuation with the 109 has never diminished. He is still known to drive hundreds of miles just for a glimpse of a 109. He scourers the internet looking for images of his lost love. And he collects and builds dozens of small scale replicas of his "Precious" 109.

So you see beware the dark side. "Once you start down that path forever will it dominate your destiny."

Model was built using the Hobbycraft 1/48th scale kit and Aeromaster decals.  The wookie figures come from a Collectable figure game called Star Wars miniatures made by Wizards of the coast.  I made this plane for my friend Tony Flynn who goes by the online name of Wookie.  He has a real life love of the 109.  And is know to be seen drooling over pictures of them.  Below is a picture of "Wookie" holding his beloved 109.

Todd

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Photos by Tony "the wookie" Flynn and text © by Todd Pollock