These minimalist Star Wars Vehicle Posters by Robert Greaux & Julie Parker-Garza have just the right amount of retro, with a great use of colors. You can get them for just $18 each.
You can keep your Picasso and your Rembrandt. This is the kind of art that makes me happy. Just give me some cool ships from a far away galaxy and my imagination. I’m good. That’s all I need.
Artist Tony Larson recreates amazingly beautiful Star Wars scenes in terrarium form. All of your favorites are here: Yoda, R2-D2, Luke on his Tauntaun, and Ewoks. These tiny scenes are alive and you can’t help but feel that you are looking through a window into a galaxy far, far away.
The Yoda and Ewok scenes especially feel authentic. I don’t know how much time he puts into each piece, but he has a fantastic eye for detail. The good news for all of us is that you can buy them from his Etsy Store, starting at around $95.
This guys gets the coolest dad ever prize. Grant Davis decided to Photoshop his daughter Winter into his favorite movies. You can see Winter co-starring in such movies as X-Men (as baby Magneto), Space Jam, Harry Potter, Die Hard, and more. Winter is going to have these images for her whole life, reminding her what a cool dad she has.
I’m sure that he will be adding even more soon. The question is, which movie will Winter show up in next? We will have to wait and see. One thing is for sure. Winter is coming!
You can check out the full gallery at Imgur.
Joe Johnston recently revealed this behind-the-scenes video detailing the making of one of the shots from Empire Strikes Back featuring the AT-ATs. I have nothing but respect for these old school stop motion guys. It is slow work and about as low-tech as it gets, but it can produce amazing shots that rival today’s special effects.
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Original Trilogy fans…here’s the digitized super 8mm clip of Phil Tippett, Jon Berg and Doug Bestwick stop-motion animating a snow walker shot from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. As I watch this for the first time in thirty-five years I am truly amazed at the amount of work that went into the creation of just one shot in this iconic sequence. I love stop motion with all it’s archaic flaws and charm. This is a great example of what will hopefully not become a lost art form.
I remember changing the frame rate a couple of times before switching to live action. In the later settings it’s easier to see the walkers’ progress. The VistaVision camera recording the shot is the large black shape at bottom center, which gives you a hint as to which shot in the sequence the guys are animating. Watch the cut sequence…it’s pretty obvious which shot this is. The video camera on the stand to the left of it is for the animators’ reference monitor.
I had forgotten that there’s a short snippet of Mike Pangrazio painting one of his incredible panoramic landscapes that formed the backgrounds for the majority of the stop-motion shots. There’s even a brief shot of a very focused Nilo Rodis at the end. This was a blast from the past for me and I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for watching!
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Check out this vintage photo from the set of The Empire Strikes Back via @mccrabb_will. The caption reads “Good times on Hoth.” Just look at those smiles. These three must know that they are making film history. In the process, they are obviously having a good time.
Carrie Fisher has her hair down and is all smiles. Who doesn’t like seeing old set photos from the old Star Wars films? This picture is proof that it was a magical time behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera.
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Korean graphic designer and paper toy artist Jang Suk-Woo created this fun and silly set of illustrations, showing some of the Star Wars characters that we know and love as babies. Hey, you have to start somewhere right? These characters may be cool all grown up, but in the beginning, they needed their diaper changed like everyone else.
For everyone who has ever complained about the prequels, let this be a reminder that it could have been much, much worse. We could have been given three movies of Star Wars Babies. I for one, do not want to see Luke and Darth Vader having a lightsaber duel in a crib.
This awesome Spocktrooper action figure from Junk Fed is the first figure from the “Space Madness” line and is the perfect mash-up between Star Trek and Star Wars. The Imperial Spocktrooper is priced at $45 per carded figure. Each figure is individually hand cast, assembled, painted, and finished. The end result is impressive and only logical.
His accessories include a removable helmet and blaster. The card back gives a hint as to what else may be coming in this series. It looks like a two-headed E.T., an R2 unit of some sort and two others that I can’t make out. Consider this figure as coming from a mirror universe that is also from “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.”
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