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                                                                                   More incredible fan art
                                                                                   inspired by Star Wars


                                                                                  03. SPACE LADIES

                                                                                  Hayley Blair, a 25-year-old trans woman
                                                                                  in Melbourne, Australia, has channeled
                                                                                  her passion for art and her adoration of
                                                                                  the women of Star Wars into a collection
                                                                                  of illustrations she calls “Space Ladies.”
                                                                                  According to Blair, her series of artworks
                                                                                  celebrates just about every female Star
                                                                                  Wars character to have ever appeared in
                                                                                  the films, cartoons, books, and comics.

                                                                                                     JYN, STARBIRD
                                                                                                     (Pen and ink over
                                                                                                     pencils with marker
                                                                                                     color, 2017)
                                                                                                     “Jyn is one of
                                                                                                     my favorite Star
                                                                                                     Wars characters,”
                                                                                                     Blair says. “Her
                                                                                                     grim resolve
                                                                                                     in the face of
                                                                                                     adversity makes
                                                                                                     me well up every
                                                                                                     time I watch
                                                                                                     Rogue One.”



                                               UTINI!                                                HERA IN GHOST
                                                                                                     (Pen and ink over
                                                                                                     pencils with digital
                                                                                                     color, 2016)
                                                Whatever happened to                                 “Space mom,
                                                Luke’s landspeeder?                                  hero pilot,
                                                                                                     ably voiced by
                                                                                                     Vanessa Marshall.
                                                     anadian Ken McCulloch is a
                                                                                                     Good stuff.”
                                                     long-time Star Wars fan with
                                                  Ca fascination for Tatooine’s
                                                scrap-recycling Jawas, so much so
                                                that he was inspired to wonder what
                                                they get up to when not collecting
                                                and selling used droids.
                                                                                                     BAZINE
                                                  “I wanted to show how these
                                                                                                     (Pen and ink over
                                                scavengers try to eke a living from                  pencils, 2016)
                                                the back alleys of Mos Eisley,” says                 “Bazine’s fashion
                                                McCulloch, whose painting depicts                    sense is just
                                                a gang of Jawas busy appropriating                   too good not to
                                                ‘discarded’ scrap and parts from a                   draw, and her
                                                                                                     eyebrow game is
                                                ‘derelict’ landspeeder, presumably
                                                                                                     on point.”
                                                after its sale by a previous owner
                                                trying to get off-world quickly. “I
                                                thought it might explain why Luke
                                                didn’t get very much for it when he
                                                sold it,” says McCullock.



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