Battle of Yavin by Vesa Lehtimäki

I like this Battle of Yavin poster by Vesa Lehtimäki. Simple yet effective.

I don’t know if it’s available to buy.

Blue Max, Bollux, Chewbacca and Han Solo by Chris Trevas

There hasn’t been much in the way of new merchandise or hand made good for me to post about recently, so i thought that i’d post on a couple of art pieces that i’ve seen.

Back in the early 80′s, before Zahn’s Heir to the Empire Trilogy created the Expanded Universe, the only real Star Wars books your could look forward to were “A Splinter In The Minds Eye”, the Lando Carissian Trilogy and the Han Solo Trilogy. These books (Han Solo at Stars End, Han Solo and the Lost Legacy and Han Solo’s Revenge) by Brian Daley told tales of Han’s earlier days in the Corporate Sector and were pretty good.

A couple of characters in the book were Blue Max (a splicer computer) and Bollux (BLX-5). Chris Trevas has created this image (i think it was for the essential guide to droids), of the four of them just outside the Falcon’s entrance ramp.

As with all of Chris’s work, the details are superb.

The Droids Fly the Falcon by the Hilderbrant brothers

Back in 1996 Steve Perry’s “Shadows of the Empire” was released. It was set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and was set in the seedy Criminal Edge of the Empire. Anyway, Lucasfilm made quite a big deal about the release of the book and there was a lot of merchandise released tying into the book. Part of the range of merchandise released was a set of trading cards by the Hilderbrandt brothers. This card features a scene in the book where the droids fly the Millennium Falcon to Prince Xizor’s skyhook to rescue Leia.

I must admit that i didn’t care for the book at all, but It’s a pretty cool painting of the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit (something i’d really love to see released in Sideshow’s 1/6 diorama range). I don’t have this card, so i’ll need to keep a look out and get one somewhere along the line.

I was always a little disappointed that there was never a release of the Millennium Falcon in the SOTE packaging.

Star Wars Spaceship Alphabet by SealDesignStudio

This Star Wars Spaceship A to Z from the SealDesignStudio is my favourite so far from their Millennium Falcon related prints and definately worth picking up.

OK, the Millennium Falcon’s just a “Cut and Paste” from the other designs, but i do love the fact that they’ve used some ships from teh Expanded Universe such as the Ebon Hawk, the Outrider and the Z95 Headhunter.

Rebel In Action Death Star Poster by SealDesignStudio

This print by SealDesignStudio is just a nice little print to keep the collection ticking over. It’s a bit snazzy, but i really hope that they come up with another angle on the Falcon soon.

It’s $12.50 AUD for an 8 by 10 print.

Star Wars Number Chart by SealDesignStudio

I have a copy of the Designer Nursery’s A to Z print and i thought that this Star Wars number chart by the SealDesignStudio would make a nice companion piece. They’re $14 AUD plus shipping, so i’d advise on getting several different prints to make the shipping price worthwhile.

I don’t have children, but if i did these would look great in a nursery.

It’s also available in colour.

What a piece of junk by Mike Handy.

This great tongue in cheek tee shirt design by Mike Handy was up for one day on the Yetee.

I missed it. Damn!!!

I’ll have a look later on Society 6 or Redbubble to see if i can pick up the image there.