"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" poster

We have a poster since 2 or 3 days, courtesy of Star Wars Celebration Europe :)
Can´t wait to see those battles on the tropical beaches...

PIC(K) OF THE WEEK #1

As I do in my comics blog for a long, long time, I´ll bring to the Academy the topic "Pick of The Week". Usually I don´t write about it, just post a cool pic with the artist´s credits, but as its the 1st POTW I´ll make an exception.

Today will be with a touch of vintage, from the Master Ralph McQuarrie.

He made tons of early sketches before the characters and concepts were "finished", so a lot of his depictions seem Star Wars but from another era.

I will post more of McQuarrie in the future, but 1 pic is 1 pic. Enjoy!

Ralph McQuarrie: Tie fighter pilot with Millennium Falcon and Death Star

Star Wars goes "Calvin & Hobbes"

Artist Brian Kesinger has recently posted several "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" works on his Instagram.
One of the most interesting revamps is the Calvin & Hobbes approach, with amazing results.

Here are some of them, please visit Kesinger´s Instagram to check his amazing contribution to the Star Wars universe.

May the Force be with you, Brian!

Star Wars: The Epic Battles Poster

Jeff Carlisle pays tribute to artists Ralph McQuarrie and Moebius, with these amazing posters artwork.

"Star Wars:The Epic Battles is a seek-and-find game that changes every couple of weeks. When you find the five items that are listed along the side, you have the option to replay and find MORE items or to get a certificate that you completed the game, which you can take to a local Toys R Us and get a HERO’S MEDAL for completing the game."

Follow the link at StarWars.com to discover several hidden points of interest on each poster.

The Biggest Star Wars Moments of 2014

Let´s look back at a historic year for a Galaxy far, far away.

Among many other things, StarWars.com highlights the new Episode VII trailer, the return of Star Wars comics to Marvel, Luceno´s last novel "Tarkin", the new series "Star Wars Rebels", and many, many more. Check it out, here are the "BIGGEST STAR WARS MOMENTS OF 2014"!!!

Poster found in the FB page of Star Wars Celebration.

Happy 2015 everyone!

Han and Chewie final concept art revealed

As time approaches, more and more things are revealed about "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens". Some days ago we got to know more about how Han and Chewbacca will (approximately) be, in the next movie. There are rumors that the Wookiee might have a bionic arm, but in the concept art that is not clear.

No we want to see Leia and Luke!

Check Movieweb for more.

We have the villain´s face

This is awesome news!

Red eyed, a hood, a metallic face, those fingers and... Vader´s mask! Darth Vader´s mask! Or what´s left of it.

About a week ago, Indie Revolver revealed a piece of concept art about (what appears to be) the main villain of Star Wars: Episode VII!

Here´s a brief description of the character:

"A Sith Inquisitor: He's tall and thin and terrifyingly creepy, with glowing red eyes to match his red light saber. He's got some robotic upgrades, like Vader - but no mask. The cybernetic bits weave in and out of him. He's got a human upper lip, a steel jaw... and the robotic hand that JJ Abrams posted an image of."

Two weeks ago J.J. Abrams twitted a picture of a cybernetic hand, and now everyone believes there´s a connection between these two revelations.

What are your main thoughts?

Do you really think this hand belongs to The Inquisitor or to a 3-CPO unit?

Is it real?

From the website Almost Nerdy:

"Star Wars Toy Photos Look Real

Wow. I must say I was speechless when I first saw these images.  I’m a big Star Wars fan and recently started collecting vehicles after a friend of mine took pictures in the snow of his AT-AT and Snowspeeder.  I thought they looked pretty real and just a lot of fun.  Vesa Lehtimäki has raised the bar with these images.  Impressive, most impressive.  I had to do a double take on some of these shots because they look so real.  He also has some great action figure photos as well. Click on the the images below to open the gallery and comment on which is your favorite."

Check all the pictures here.

Illustrations by Liam Brazier

Yesterday I discovered 2 artists, Boneface and Liam Brazier, much by fault of the new QOTSA video. And its the second one that brought me to this post, because of his amazing illustrations of Star Wars, among many others.

I hope you enjoy to this aproach to the Force!

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Descobri ontem 2 artistas que desconhecia completamente, Boneface e Liam Brazier, muito por culpa do novo vídeo dos QOTSA. E é este segundo nome que me trouxe até este post, devido às suas excelentes ilustrações do universo Star Wars, entre muitas outras que são igualmente fenomenais.

Espero que gostem desta abordagem à Força!

Episode VII

While we wait for the original posters, here´s some fan art for general amusement...

Enjoy e check out more original art here!

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Enquanto aguardamos pelos cartazes originais, deixo-vos algumas criações de fãs para deleite geral.

Aproveitem e espreitem mais aqui!

Ultimate Evil

A few days ago I discovered Manny, a digital artist with a huge tendency to accomplish great Star Wars arts. You can check more of his works in his website. Enjoy!

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Há uns dias descobri um artista digital de nome Manny, com um fraquinho por Star Wars. O melhor é que consegue resultados fenomenais! Podem ver o seu trabalho no site pessoal do artista. Aproveitem!

Star Wars by Ben Templesmith

Check Ben´s art in his blog.
Enjoy!


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I like vintage

More original Star Wars storyboard illustrations here.


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