Honestly in terms of sets? Very little of the Prequels were CGI. Lucas actively attempted to cultivate the idea that he used CGI for everything because he wanted to be perceived as cutting edge. Mustufar? That’s an actual miniature set. The poured jello over the top of neon lights to make the lava. Naboo? Also used miniatures; they used salt instead of water to make the water falls look right at that scale.
Okay, are we all just gonna ignore that set designers had to painstakingly cut, paint, and arrange 500,000 q-tips?!?
The models for the clone facilities on Kamino are some of my faves from the PT, seen here being worked on by Adam Savage!
“Rebel” Acrylic and gouache on Rives BFK mounted on wood panel 9″ x 12″
Here’s my piece inspired by Princess Leia for Gallery 1988’s Star Wars: Art Awakens gallery show and charity auction, a collaboration between Gallery 1988, Disney, LucasFilm, and Bad Robot. Pieces in the show will be auctioned off for charity on eBay on Friday, November 13th. If you’re in Los Angeles, you can see the artwork in person on Saturday and Sunday (November 14th and 15th) from 11am–10pm at Gallery 1988 (West). Find out more info here and support a good cause!
Almost everything in this piece is a reference from the original Star Wars trilogy: the symbols of the Rebel Alliance and the Empire, band patches for Max Rebo Band and the Mos Eisley Cantina band, “Rebel scum,” tattoos of Alderaan and Leia’s blaster, modified X-wing pilot gloves, the vest Leia wore on Hoth, her pants from Endor, the chain she used to strangle Jabba, and of course her hair from A New Hope. If you couldn’t tell, I had a lot of fun with this!
There were a lot of Baby-8′s around here when the movie was first released.
This family are spot on, though! Can anyone ID the cosplayers?
Victor Sine and his then-fiancee, Julianne Payne. They originally did their cosplay at a Salt Lake Comic-con event, and decided to use the photos for their engagement later. The pics went viral, and they used the HUGE positive reaction to their photoset to promote a go-fund-me account to help pay the costs of Victor officially adopting Julianne’s daughter Addie.
This photo isn’t up there, and it’s super-cute, so:
(I hate Kylo Emo Ren with the fire of a billion suns so fair warning.)
The thing is that the Force shimmers around her like starlight but she’s not…quite a Jedi.
Her brother despises her and pretends she doesn’t exist because she is a living reminder of that “weakness” in him. He wants to claim his powerful legendary Skywalker bloodline.
Pfft. She thinks he’s full of bantha poodoo.
Now Uncle Luke really just sat her down one day and had a lovely long talk with her and he finally had this Eureka Moment™ due to Certain Observations that he has had about his buddy Han a long time ago.
Uncle Luke laughed his ass off for days.
She’s a crack shot and she’s got her father’s luck. She flies ships like nobody’s business but she gets that from both sides of the family tree so Dad and Ghost Grandad can be both proud.
(Yeah, she sees Grandpa Garbage Can skulking around. He’s more fun than one would think)
She picks up a name for herself because that’s what Dad did so she’s Billie Rogue to the galaxy. She’s a pirate. She can outfly, outshoot, outwit and outfox anybody. Slavers are a favorite target. She hates what they do to sentient beings with every fiber of her being.
The Force whispers to her and she listens with her heart and her soul and her gut and that is how she can walk out of any scrape.
In fact, the Force has whispered to Han all the days of his life. It kept him alive and got him out of impossible situations no one else could survive. It’s a gift that has passed on this daughter.
(His son ignores this willfully. It will be his doom and downfall in the end.)
Her best friend and co pilot is an Ewok. Mind you, people who underestimate the Ewok soon find out that Cute can be literally deadly.
Billie Rogue’s adventures are just beginning. In fact, there’s a little matter of finding herself a new ship to fly.
(The Falcon has too many painful memories now that Dad is gone. She wishes Rey the best with it.)
And there is going to be a Day of Reckoning with her foolish brother.
