Cool Stuff: Fandango’s ‘Star Wars’ Posters, Inspired By Episodes IV-VII
With the debut ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensjust two and a half weeks away (!!!), now seems like as good a time as any to look back at the films that got us here. Our friends atFandangohave commissioned a series of posters inspired by each of theStar Warsfilms, by various artists from all over the web. We’re excited to help premiereEpisode IV: A New HopebyChito Arellano,Episode V: The Empire Strikes BackbyAle Giorgini, andEpisode VI: Return of the JedibyBrian Miller, topped off byEpisode VII: The Force AwakensbyJeff Delgado. Check ‘em all out after the jump.
Click through our gallery ofStar Warsposters below:
The artists’ styles couldn’t be more different, but they’re all united by a shared love ofStar Wars. Which is kind of the great thing aboutStar Wars— it seems to bring everyone together. It’s rare to find a pop cultural institution that strikes such a strong chord with such a wide variety of people.
Each of the artists offered a statement on what the franchise means to them. Here’s Arellano, whoseA New Hopeposter we previously featuredhere:
Star Wars is the first movie I can recall ever seeing. I was only a few years old when I first moved to the United States in 1976. The following year George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope released in theaters. My parents took my older brother and I to watch the film. Though I was too young follow the story exactly, I remember a boy got a lightsaber and went on an adventure in space. I went home that night with lightsaber in hand (that my parents bought me) trying reenact the lightsaber duel with my brother in our apartment living room. Today I still feel the same magic when I rewatch A New Hope for the thousandth time. I’m still that kid with a lightsaber ready to go on an adventure in a galaxy far, far away.
And here’s Giorgini, whose work we’veshowcasedon /Filmmanytimesbefore.
Watching one of the first three Star Wars episodes it’s like jumping back into my childhood, that’s the magic of the movies: They bring you somewhere else in space and time. Empire Strikes Back is my favorite film. I remember when it was Christmas and I was a child I used to play with the paper box of Pandoro, a typical Italian Christmas cake. The box looks like Darth’s helmet. I was just waiting for that cake to take the box, cut two holes for the eyes, wear it to cover my head and walking through my parents house saying, “Luke… kffff… I’m your father.” That was one of the very first sentences I learned in English.
Miller, whoseStar Wars artwe’ve admired in the past, explains his piece:
One of the aspects of Return of the Jedi I am always drawn to is the duality of the film. We have the story of the Rebels versus the Empire as well as the emotional story of Darth Vader’s internal struggle between the light and dark side of his soul. I wanted to depict that duality in my Return of the Jedi illustration for Fandango so I chose to divide the poster into two scenes. One depicts Darth Vader battling for the approval of the Emperor or the love of his son. The second shows the external conflict of the Empire being defeated by the Rebels and the Ewoks who inhabit the forest moon of Endor. Yub-Nub!
you’re able to see the rest of the pieces (Episode I: The Phantom Menaceby Jerome Lu,Episode II: Attack of the Clonesby Jeff Welborn, andEpisode III: Revenge of the Sithby Sket One) atFandango.
