Wookiee Noogie by Margaret Hogg.
I could almost believe it was real
Fantastically bizarre celebrity art blogger 14 graces us today with George Lucas’s Hair Unfurls to Reveal A Secret Interdimensional Vortex Allowing Him To Communicate Telepathically With An Ancient Diety From A Galaxy Far, Far Away. Quite flattering, all things considered.
Actually, it reminds me of this totally bizarre conversation I had with some chick on the long-dead Fanfix.com boards – she claimed that George Lucas had gotten hold of the Star Wars story through arcane means (i.e., not a pastiche of Kurosawa, Campbell, Buck Rodgers and other such etcetera) and that he also had gotten it all wrong. (Her fanfiction, of course, was right.) She was a known nutcase and probably a troll, but I remain amused.
Fan Art: Kyp Durron
Jedi Master Kyp Durron by Falconfan. Poor Kyp has never been a CJ favorite, but it’s still rather unfair that much of the canon artwork draws him as looking a bit like a wet rat. So, for the Kyp fangirls (Yes Jaders: they do exist,) here’s something more palatable.
The making of Chewbacca
Building a Wookiee is step-by-step tutorial by artist Chris Wahl of his Chewbacca that debuted at NYCC.
Fan Art: Steampunk Star Wars continued
Eric Poulton has moved on from characters to the Death Star; or rather, the “Massive Solar-Orbiting Electro-Mechanical Analytic Engine, Mark 6,” an “immense analytic engine.”
Fan Art: Palpatine vs. Yoda
The Fate of a Galaxy by forgottenpurpose. I love the color highlighting on this one.
Star Wars Newsbits
– Obi-Wan’s Jedi robe goes on sale
– George heads back for another round at the annual Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race.
– Star Wars illustrator Dave Dorman gives up appearances in exchange for being there for his family
– One collector loses his collection to thieves
Fan Art: Steampunk Star Wars
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These three pieces by artist Eric Poulton are taking the internet by storm this week, and with good reason. Nifty, huh? Click the thumbs to see them in their full glory.
Fan Art: Ben Skywalker
Ben Skywalker by SMH-REDELK. A bit of EU, since we have Aaron’s book coming out this week and all. I could do without the extraneous photoshopping (the lens flares, text) but overall the portrait is an interesting composite for a character whose canon appearance is still fairly nonspecific.
Fan Art: Leia
Leia by Jackie Sullivan, who won the Darth Artsy contest a few weeks ago with another Leia pic…