Notes from the sketch book — star wars

“I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete.” Well, its the end of the Star Wars collection and we finish on a portrait of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I have enjoyed sharing the Star Wars-related art but that will be the last of it for the foreseeable future as I move on to do some more obscure work and will be doing some painting over the next few months. I might release some of the t-shirt art ( AT-AT, Droids, That's No Moon) as lino print at some point, but I...

 “But Master Yoda said I should be mindful of the future.” “Not at the expense of the moment.”  On this day in 1999 "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson, is released in cinemas. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon...