TIL about Greg Hildebrandt, who sadly passed away yesterday. He, and his brother Tim, were responsible for an image that takes so many of us instantly back to our childhoods.

Flying Squid · 21 days ago

TIL about Greg Hildebrandt, who sadly passed away yesterday. He, and his brother Tim, were responsible for an image that takes so many of us instantly back to our childhoods.

@MutilationWave · edit-2 20 days ago

They did it in a style of adventure novels or comics popular before the movies came out. It’s totally fucking awesome.

I mean they gotta keep it simple, no other guy, no weird aliens, just some robots and a hero with his bad-ass lady.

What I’m curious about is they didn’t make the hero’s laser sword light glint line up directly with Vader’s “eyes” in the background. They could have, and it arguably would be an even better image. But they didn’t, why?