Seriously. I may be nuts.

I swear as a kid I remember being in a CVS store in Woodbridge Mall (in Woodbridge, NJ for you non-NJ-ers) and while my mom was doing something in the aisle, I noticed either a Mad, Cracked, or Crazy magazine on the magazine rack. Now it must’ve been 1980/81 (making me 8 or 9 years old) because I swear in it was a spoof of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in which the Peanuts characters were cast as the Star Wars cast.

Now, since the dawn of the internet (man’s greatest invention EVER!) I’ve been able to find everything I remember about my childhood mentioned online. Everything, that is, except this Peanuts/Star Wars mash-up.

Nothing. Not a peep. Not a mention. I’ve even posted myself on my favorite geek sites if anyone remembers it, and…NADA! Nothing! Zip! Zero! Zilch! No one knows what the hell I’m talking about.

Did I dream it? If so, I want to know…because it was clever and I would be impressed I could be that clever at 8 years old. Plus, I’d like to do it if it wasn’t already done.

Here is what I may or may not remember (and if this isn’t already published…mine! Mine! MINE!):

• Linus was Luke. Now this was before we knew Leia was his sister, so Lucy may have either been Leia or Vader (who we did know was his father at that point). He used his blanket to escape Vader after his hand was cut off.
• Charlie Brown was Han Solo.
• Snoopy was Chewbacca and kicked Charlie Brown into the carbonite chamber when he took too long to say good-bye.
• Franklin was Lando. No surprise there, but…
• Surprise! Schroeder was Lobot (Lando’s right hand man). And the thing he had wrapped around his ears had musical notes coming from it, as if he were listening to Beethoven over them. I thought this was a good gag, and was what I would be impressed with if I came up with at 8 years old.

And, that’s all I remember.

Now, does ANYONE out there remember this or have proof it existed? Anyone?

If not…I have a free/for fun webcomic to publish.

Best,
-Ed (the writer)