ROGUE ONE: AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS!

The legendary Battle of Scarif continues in deep space, of which our Rebel heroes in their small fleet are locked in do-or-die combat against the Empire's ever-expanding forces, in a fortitude of bravery and skill that will determine the fate of the galaxy. Another great effects shot from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

CLASSIC ART: WHEN TIE FIGHTERS ATTACK!

The depths of space are soon lit up by a flight of attacking TIE fighters, as the Empire's space fleet begins its surprise attack on the Rebels in this great recent art linked to Return of the Jedi, whilst also celebrating the superbly designed and iconic spaceships and fighter craft of the Classic Trilogy.

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: BESPIN ESCAPE - THE SECOND ATTEMPT!

With Luke safely rescued, Lando and Chewbacca make a fast escape for the Millennium Falcon from the underside of Cloud City, briefly avoiding three TIE fighters before they then resume doggedly pursuing the freighter out from the planet's atmosphere...

ROGUE ONE: COMETH THE EMISSARY!

Great promotional and merchandising art showcasing the ultimate saga villain, Darth Vader, for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Joe Corroney. In the originally filmed version of the movie, before the reshoots, Vader's role in the story was a deliberately minimalist one- an ominous. shadowy figure for several sequences, having been sent as an emissary by the Emperor to oversee the final stages of the Death Star's completion originally above Scarif (when it was a construction base rather than a communications/vault facility - a task that the Dark Lord assumed but was not interested in, considering the space station's destructive abilities insignificant compared to the true power of the Force (a belief he also shared in A New Hope), and despite the tyrannical ambitions and boasting of a power-demonstrative Orson Krennic, a brief moment of their conversation of which would be seen in an early movie trailer in 2016. In this deleted Death Star sequence, Vader would be physically portrayed by actor/muscle man Spencer Wilding, with vocal recording being done, also unused, featuring James Earl Jones.

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