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Published: 2008-12-19 22:02:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 8739; Favourites: 166; Downloads: 1269
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This is a convention sketch I did some time ago. The commissioner was kind enough to send me a jpeg.In retrospect, I wish I had orieneted my paper in a landscape fashion, as opposed to the portrait orientation I went with here. It would've fit better, and allowed me to include more of the speeder bike. Even so it turned out surprising tolerable for something I threw together while trying to shill BGC posters. [link]
And, yes, I'm fully aware that Princess Leia had long since changed out of her metal bikini by the time the speeder bike scene took place in Return of the Jedi, but a man can dream.
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A man can ALWAYS dream John. Great piece. I'll add it to my "NeedtaColor" pile.
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luv it get tired of the traditional biker chik very refreshing change of pace thanks
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Two of my favorite things about Star Wars, this is amazing. It's like a Kit Kat and a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup rolled together. Fav'd!
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Er ah, she's translucent, because of--the force...or something.
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That's neat line-work on the bike. Great pic. Good work.
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combine 3 kinds of awesome: biker babes + star wars + anime = all kinds of kick assery. looks amazing
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Oh wow, this is gorgeous
You did a great job on Leia, her pose and expression (and, of course, the legendary LMB), and the bike looks cool too
Put them together and you get awesomeness!
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Like I said, this should have gone into the movie.
It's a shame they covered Leia up during the rest of the film(s) (Yet another reason I feel 'Trek has the advantage over 'Wars. Every chance they got, Uhura was stuffed into an outfit skimpier that her standard uniform, which was also skimpy!
Could you imagine it if they ran with the scantily clad Leia theme? Leia could show up as the unidentified alien bounty hunter in a shiny leather catsuit! Or, when she befriends the Ewoks(No, it's not what you're thinkin.
The money in additional action figure and poster sales alone would probably buy Lucas the American presidency.
But I digress...
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Very definitely ^^
You've got a point there, Uhura's standard outfit was very flattering and she did get a few other outfits.
I can certainly imagine a scantily clad Leia. All of those thoughts are great 
And really considering that the slave girl bikini was virtually Carrie Fisher's idea, it's a shame that they didn't do more with the skimpy-attire for Leia.
They do seem to have learnt from this with some of the characters in the prequel trilogy though *cough - Aayla - cough*.
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Oh yea Aayla her combined appearances amounted to a rockin' 45 seconds of screen time.
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Well better then her not appearing at all, and she was quite memorable.
But yeah a lot more work needs to go into seeing scantily clad cuties on screen in Wars
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That and other little things like plot and characterization and dialogue.
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LOL
Well personally I always thought the plot wasn't that bad, but yeah the characterisation and dialogue could certainly use a lot of work.
That always mystifies me, cause Lucas worked with Spielberg on the Indiana Jones series and the dialogue in that is so much better.
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Okay, I guess the overall plot wasn't bad, particularly when you consider that the plot for all three films boils down to that one awesome monologue given by Sir Alec way back in Chapter IV: When George Could Write. But the plotting, or pacing of how those events would take place was still atrocious.
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Yeah I think that's the thing; overall the plot was fairly good, but the pacing, the dialogue, the acting direction let it down in a big way.
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star wars is largely dead to me. all but my younger crushing on carrie fisher as slave leia part, and the crush on the speeder bikes too. lol
great work!
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I like the idea and the choice of bikini outfit...
Just a bit puzzled about the shadow, so sharp and detailed for the bike but almost completely absent for the girl (except her foot)...
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Just what I was taught. On machines you try to strike a balance between suggesting as much detail as possible, while keeping the image readable; and with youthful pin-up girls you try to suggest as little detail as possible, while still retaining a sense of comprehensiveness to the image.
I've never really thought about the conflict in directives. You're very observant to point it out.
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Awesome use of perspective. I really enjoy your inked works. Great style.
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BEST. SLAVE. LEIA. INTERPRETATION. EVAR.
Now if only you could draw Olivia Munn in Slave Leia gear in your style. And then I would spontaneously mindgasm to death.
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You 
Yea, she is truly the geek goddess.
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I was in love of Princess Leia... (of course long before I saw princess Amidala 
but this sketch is superb!!
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I still prefer Leia. More curvy.
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OMG.. OMG
No wonder You were using Star Wars Refs.
"Owww Sweet Mama jump start me"
just recently watch the Clone Wars 3d movie..
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Heh, I wuz using Star Wars only because it was more universally known than the Green Lantern mythos with follows generally the same rules, only with ring color.
Which Clone Wars? The cell animated cartoon?
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CGI spunky teen sidekick. In many sense, i feel it was aimed towards kids.
The plot could have been better. I would surely like to see more severed bodies.
Maybe they should just rebooted the New Hope till The Return of the jedi match the episode 1 to 3
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Well one thing I do appreciate abou the cartoon is the fact that they use fresh new Y-Wings. With as beat up as the look in Star Wars (I will NEVER call it "A new Hope!" 
I hate interpretations that portray the beat-up, carbon scored, part-shy rebel spacecraft as stolen new prototypes. Okay I'll stop typing now. Geeking...out.
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You know, I would agrue that she should have stayed in that outfit for all of Return of the Jedi...
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Well, we can always hope for that whenever Lucas decides to rework the old movies for no reason.
But of course, the next edit probably will have Han Solo NEVER SHOOTING.
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Yea, Greedo will spontaneously combust!
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