The Star Wars collection, Volume 1

My nephews' love of Star Wars came via a circuitous route: they first experienced it by way of the video game for the PS2, and only later saw the movies and understood the backgrounds of the characters they were playing. They have watched all of the movies multiple times on DVD and on television, and have seen both the Clone Wars TV series via DVD and the Clone Wars movie in the theater.

As with many fans, their love for the Star Wars universe is expressed in art, and the two of them have created many works of art on this theme. Here is a small selection:

Jango Fett

by Jeffrey

Summer, 2008

black ink on white crinkled paper, cut to shape
approx. 7" high x 6" wide

C-3PO
(after image in Star Wars Insider)
by Joseph
July 2008
graphite pencil on looseleaf paper
8" x 10"

Joseph, the older nephew, did a straightforward rendition of the draw-along image presented in Star Wars Insider. A shiny, dent-free C-3PO gazes into the sky above the desert planet of Tatooine, the twin suns and some dwellings (possibly part of the Lars homestead) in the background.

C-3PO
(after image in Star Wars Insider)
by Jeffrey
July 17, 2008
graphite pencil on page cut from composition book
with chocolate ice cream
8" x 10"

Jeffrey's version of C-3PO more closely resembles the oxidized, beaten-up, unplated version seen in Attack of the Clones. Rather than dreamily gazing upward, he seems to be looking at the viewer with a mix of shock and fear - perhaps this is the moment that he realizes The Maker has returned?

Yoda
by Joseph
Summer 2008
blue ink on page cut from composition book
8" x 10"

Yoda casts a sideways glance with eyes fully of deviltry as he stands, strong and straight, in his hut on Dagobah. Has he perhaps just heard the arrival of the Son of Skywalker as he crashed into a swamp? All this is we have to work with, hmmm? Son of the greatest pilot Obi-Wan ever met cannot manage a simple landing? Make lemonade, when lemons life hands you. Into character time to get.