Anon10/15/25, 13:24No.7759175
I love this early Star Wars poster from Drew even if it's not the style he would use for most of his illustrations. It's a pastiche of Leyendecker like his album cover for Alice Cooper, and some other illustrations from before the movie posters really took off. I was obsessed with this image for a while recently. How their robes read as white even if it's mostly light purple and yellow. I really like how their skin tones are renderd. Leia looks cute as lace pants and Luke kinda looks dumb but also heroic. Somehow Drew managed to make what could've been a static image feel like there's real potential energy in it, like they're just about to swing on that rope. Princess Leia and Luke are presented better here than the other posters for epIV, fits the actual movie better and reflects the (even at the time) retro swashbuckling feel of Star Wars. I feel this is one of the purest SW illustrations ever.