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                                                                                                         01    A (Tiny) New Hope, recreating a classic movie
                                                                                                            poster with action figures by Trevor W.
                                                                                                         02    Nien Nunb rendered in a Proscuttio salad by
                                                                                                            photo category finalist Atsuko W.

                                                                                                         03  Balance by Madison T.
                                                                                                         04     Forgotten AT-AT by Mirko M.
                                                                                                         05    Darth Maul drawing by Justin M.



             alongside an incredibly accurate cosplay      worked on,” artist Madison T. told            tapping into what he felt was the core
             costume of Cloud-Riders swoop gang            StarWars.com, “but it is also one of          of his own longtime love of the saga.
             leader, Enfys Nest (see this issue’s          the most rewarding.”                          “Growing up, I loved collecting and

             Worldwide section for more details on            Budding filmmakers submitted short          playing with the toys available at the
             that winning item). Intimate family           videos that varied from revealing why         time,” Jason revealed. “I really wanted
             photos also captured the judge’s              Willrow Hood was carrying an ice cream        to capture the essence of my love and
             attention, as did a painstaking               maker as he fled Cloud City, and poking        appreciation for Star Wars.”

             recreation of Star Wars poster art            fun at Vader’s oft-misquoted line from           Others expanded their ideas in fi lms
             fashioned from action fi gures—and             Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back            of up to five minutes, exploring visual

             an adorable pup posing as a porg!             (1980) by positing that even Vader            storytelling with fan-made movies that
                A striking, stained glass-inspired         would need help remembering his lines.        tested the canonical limits of the Kessel
             artwork depicting Rey, Kylo Ren, and             Jason Y.’s retro toy commercial took       Run, and created all-new characters and
             the balance between light and dark was        its cues from the original Kenner action      stories to pay homage to the saga.
             another winner. “This is defi nitely one       figure TV advertisments from the 1970s,           In “More Machine Than Man,”


             of the more difficult pieces I’ve ever         capturing the spirit of fandom by             which was awarded the Best Comedy




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