Saturday 21 December 2013

CLASSIC ART: DEADLY REUNION!


Creating new chapters for the STAR WARS universe in comic form, the introduction of Rebel pilot Shira Brie to the series between EMPIRE and RETURN OF THE JEDI as a potential love interest to Luke Skywalker was an inspired one by MARVEL, as was the later revelation that she was an Imperial agent working for the dreaded Darth Vader. Believed dead in battle, she was eventually resurrected as the scheming warlord Lumiya, soon engaging our hero in conflicts anew, as can be seen in this great art by Tommy Lee Edwards: the kind of inspiring image and call to STAR WARS adventure that we hope to witness in the upcoming EPISODE VII, if indeed Luke Skywalker (and Mark Hamill) returns...

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