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Illustration for West End Games: Star Wars RPG...Luke and Mara Jade's inevitable confrontation (as spelled out by Timothy Zahn)!Related content
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Nicely done but it's the fight scene between Mara Jade and the Luke Sywalker clone from Timothy Zahn's novel "Star Wars:Β The Last Command", the third book in his "Heir to the Empire" trilogy. 
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Oooh I really like these illustrations. They were the proper representation of the descriptions on the books, as opposed to the ones that became more popular from the comics :-/
These will always be the official ones to me!
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VERY big compliment, Dark. Thank you!
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I remember chomping at the bit for the release of this sourcebook and thought this really put to art what Zahn put to words. Love the galactic map behind them.
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I completely agree. This art gives a perfect visual representation to that moment in the book when she finally gives in to the voice in her head and charges. The off look on his face gives a great feeling and definition to Β his insanity. The entire scene is fraught with desperation on both sides. Well done, Mike.Β
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My West End days were awsome, Eric. I had a ton of fun creating images for the dedicated players who bought those expensive books. This was a great full pager to be assigned, and I'm pleased you think it does justice to the text!
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I hope that is Luuke she is about to strike down. Excellent!
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It is indeed Luuke. Bantha doo-doo!
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Mara is going to do some impromptu heart surgery on him with her light saber. HA!
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Wow! And I didn't even know she held a medical degree!
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Sure, she is a pro at lasik heart surgery.
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Absolutely true, Will. Check out the previous comments below. Gets QUITE humourous!!
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I can see that. You can see that this is the clone because he wore the cloak.
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This was a great piece of the Zahn trilogy to get to depict. A nice big full-pager!
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delicious Zahny epicness without timothy zahn's work. Shadows of the Empire. splinter of the minds eye. genndy tartakovsky's original clone wars micro-series. and all of the other comics. novels. rpg supplements. video games. storybooks. cartoons. etc etc that have made up the "EU" since Marvel Comics' Star Wars #7 in January 1978 i wouldn't be the person i am today
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It was the Luuke clone that Mara killed, thus freeing her from Emperor Palpatine's last command: "You will kill Luke Skywalker".
That is a terrific picture. I think it should be colorized!
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Yes...both you and PurrfectlyUnique caught that error. I suspected it was the clone, but wasn't sure. Good catch on both your parts!
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So I can claim to have created a classic? Awesome!
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Oh, I remember this one well! From the "The Last Command Sourcebook." Still loving it after all these years! (And it's Luuke the clone, by the way.)
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That's right! I remembered the Luuke clone, but couldn't remember if this was in fact him in this scene. The spelling (and consequently the extended pronounciation) evolved in a running joke by my editor at WEG, who took to calling me "Luuuuuke". Why? Because I was recieving "fan" mail from someone who actually believed I was Luke Skywalker! Little did she (the fan) know that I was just a clone!
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Cute? Mhm..15 years removed, it's "cute"...but at that time, it was SCAREY! The woman was SERIOUS!
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Oh my goodness! It appears that the situation was a lot worse than it sounded! (It makes my problems with people trying to tell me how to write my stories seem tame!) I take back my "cute" comment!
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Heh..it was indeed a very weird situation. Four letters over an 8 month period (each one stranger than the previous), complete with poetry, and photos (of her...dressed as Mara Jade). She claimed that I had been brainwashed in order to forget my true identity. Life can get interesting at times!
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Hopefully your admirer is now in a psych ward somewhere. Something like this would have scared the daylights out me. It's not called stalking for nothing!
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It was a bizarre time! It was my sincere hope that she was IN a psyche ward when she was sending these letters!
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Heh-heh, if she was in a psyche ward, I doubt they'd let her mail those letters, much less run around the ward in a Mara Jade costume. That would be like adding gasoline to the fire!
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The pics she included with her first letter showed her (dressed as Mara) at some kind of Star Wars Con. One had her kneeing Bobba Fett in the groin!
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Holy crap! I'd take that as a threat!
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Well, I'm glad you don't have to put up with that nonsense anymore. If she's now fixated on somebody else, then I feel sorry for that person!
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So maybe that knee to the crotch won Boba over...and they lived happily ever after!
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Haha- yeah, that way Boba's armor can deflect Mara's groin kick!
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Oh, wow! She was definitely certifiable! Hey, at least it was only four letters!
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True...and believe me...four was quite enough!
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