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Download for full-size image.****Spoiler for Legacy of the Force: Invincible. By clicking "download" or reading this artist's comment you accept responsibilty of any spoilers you discover
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This takes place during Jaina's first duel with Jacen. She really took a beating. She (in random order) was blasted with Force-lightning point-blank in the chest, that sent her slamming into the wall breaking a few ribs. Took a Force enhanced kick to the groin. Had her forehead gashed open when the body of a Mandalorian in Beskar'gam armor was Force-slammed into her. And got who knows how many pieces of shrapnel in her legs from a frag grenade. But Jaina did get in some licks of her own. She shot Caedus in the shoulder with a sniper rifle, then chopped off that same arm with a Mandalorian Beskad (short sword) and nearly cut off one of his legs.
I just tried to draw her how she might look after all that. Hard to say if she looked worst after this duel or her second duel with Caedus
This is a work-in-progress. I only filled in the base colors and the background was rushed since I didn't have too much time to spend on it (but I'll make a better one when I finish the colors). And since this is a gif the colors may be off slightly. In a month or so I'll switch it out with a jpeg version, I wanted to give those who haven't read the book yet some time before I started posting spoilish pics without warning
*****Update**** July 14, 2008
Okay, it's been 2 months since "Invincible" was released, so I swapped out the gif of this image with a jpeg. My apologies to those who still haven't read the book but the paperback doesn't come out until December (I think) and I don't want to wait that long. Unfortunately, I still haven't finished coloring this pic, but hopefully soon.
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Comments: 73
knight-of-empire [2009-11-13 04:54:30 +0000 UTC]
Hell yes, she fricken kicked his ass, first and second duel! I think there is a new Chosen One, and it is her! Jacen was a fricken douche, if Karen Traviss had written Mara Jade correctly she would have owned his ass. Oh well, at least she beat the crap out of him before the end. Damn you Traviss, I'll never forgive you. Having Jaina slice Jacen's arm off first duel was awesome. Great job with the sword, I always imagined something katana-ish, but you did it perfectly!
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JosephB222 In reply to knight-of-empire [2009-11-26 16:23:03 +0000 UTC]
I certainly agree that Ms. Traviss didn't write Mara correctly (I doubt there's more than two authors aside from Mr. Zahn who can), I just think the authors could have done a much better job setting Jacen up as this all-powerful Sith.
For the sword I definitely wanted a curved blade. Mandalorians remind me of Klingons in a lot of ways and Klingons love curved blades, so I just had to make this Mandalorian sword curvey, heheheh.
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knight-of-empire In reply to JosephB222 [2009-11-27 05:55:40 +0000 UTC]
Well, ya did a great job with it!
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MurthorOathstone [2009-10-04 03:19:32 +0000 UTC]
I can well imagine the pain she felt when she learned about jacen falling to the dark side and trying to kill her in this duel. The Long War Between Good and evil is always marked with Tradigy. I prob spelled that wrong, but he yI tried my best. lol
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DarthVandola [2009-02-14 13:50:57 +0000 UTC]
AMAZING!!!
just one thing, is it just me or is her lightsaber hilt big?
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Shimetsuki-Hikaru [2008-10-22 23:20:34 +0000 UTC]
So they finally duel in Invincible? I kinda stopped reading the books because I was getting sick and tired of Jacen and pretty much figured he would go the the dark anyway, and he was hogging a lot of the spotlight. Jaina's my favorite character in the series (read the novels when they were younger in school). Maybe I'll have to pick up a copy of Invincible when it comes out! Is the one before it good?
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DeusImperator [2008-10-08 19:22:25 +0000 UTC]
Well the blood on her face should be some wierd colour since its Jacen's Dathomiri blood-trick.
Oh wow! A sword dripping blood. The only thing that is usually missing from Star Wars.
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IMAGINeye [2008-10-07 19:41:47 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow...VERY NICE! I love the contrast between the Lightsaber and the sword...I can hardly wait to see this done!
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slaign [2008-09-28 18:57:49 +0000 UTC]
This is way cool. I love your art. One thing I would nitpick though, if I may, is I think a Beskad (her Mandalorian sword) would be quite a bit bigger. It was described as big and heavy, the kind of blade that would cleave bone under it's own weight.
Lengthwise it seems about right, but I think it's supposed to be a wide blade, it's described on Wookiepedia as 45cm long and 6cm wide. I picture it kind of curved like a chinese broadsword. (picture the Nike swoosh)
Maybe it's just the angle Either way, I really like the art!
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FalconFan [2008-08-31 16:03:09 +0000 UTC]
GAH!! Though I commented on this one, but I guess it was in that list of "Whoa! Wish I had time to comment" pieces I went through! 'DOH!! I found myself in agreement with you on most of "Invincible," though I still don't like the way Caedus just seemed to "fold" at the end (what about all his Sithly and arcane Force-skills?!). Not to diminish Jaina's ability, but come on...
Anyway--this piece is superb! She really does look like the narrative here, all beat up and smoking and bleeding, but still ready to fight. The "bowing" in the wall is great, where Caedus threw her into it, and his blood on the beskad blade shows she's still getting in her licks! All the thrashing she took and then goes back to finish the job just shows us what a kick-@$$ Jedi Jaina truly is--wonderful job with this!
FF
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Normith [2008-07-20 06:35:27 +0000 UTC]
love the pic to death, it would be cool to see her as more of a bad-ass fighter with some bad-ass armor like Armor mixed with some jedi robes or smuggler cloths or stuff like that. Just an idea
pic 10/10 flawless!!!!
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Juteboxhero [2008-07-18 02:09:44 +0000 UTC]
Avoided the spoilers because I am still on the 'New Jedi Force' books but really can not wait for 'Legacy of the Force'.
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Ryua [2008-07-17 01:57:04 +0000 UTC]
I acutally went out and bought the series, borrowing Invincible from the library so that I could finish it. So now I can look at your arts with no fear!
I did enjoy that scene. Huge painful epic battles are such fun. I love Mandalorians.
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Arikinz [2008-07-14 21:18:48 +0000 UTC]
Amazing. o3o Great stance, great features to show she took quite the beating.
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JosephB222 In reply to Arikinz [2008-07-14 22:25:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. I'm glad you like it
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JosephB222 In reply to dragous009 [2008-07-14 22:25:28 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for reminding me The lineart is now posted
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dragous009 In reply to JosephB222 [2008-07-15 03:11:50 +0000 UTC]
are you doing a caedus one to go with it?
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JosephB222 In reply to dragous009 [2008-07-15 05:41:23 +0000 UTC]
Other than a pic of after their final duel, I don't really have any other Caedus pics planned.
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JosephB222 In reply to Caedus-SithLord [2008-07-14 22:24:56 +0000 UTC]
Yeah. I would have prefered Jacen to be more able-bodied for the final duel. Would have made Jaina's victory a little more sweeter
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VampOrchid [2008-07-14 14:27:56 +0000 UTC]
I loveeee the detail in this! Great job as alwayzz!
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VampOrchid In reply to JosephB222 [2008-07-14 23:13:58 +0000 UTC]
Oh come on...lol...by now you are expecting me to say something haha...But really great work! As usual!
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Leppardra [2008-07-14 11:19:20 +0000 UTC]
Wow, she really got a good battering from Caedus, didn't she? To be honest, I've only skimmed lightly through "Invincible", so I didn't know there was a Round One in their duel to the death.
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JosephB222 In reply to Leppardra [2008-07-14 22:21:06 +0000 UTC]
The duels are pretty good. And Jaina does see quite a bit of action through out the book. You should read it if you get the chance.
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robokop [2008-07-14 10:31:53 +0000 UTC]
Awesome and bloody! Only I think that there are too many cuts on her legs.
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JosephB222 In reply to robokop [2008-07-14 22:22:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. They weren't really very clear as to how many grenade shards hit her legs, but it did seem like she got quite a few pieces.
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robokop In reply to JosephB222 [2008-07-15 21:38:26 +0000 UTC]
Ah I see.. well you are welcome!
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TheGreenMagic [2008-05-22 15:01:24 +0000 UTC]
Nice work with this. It does an excellent job showcasing Jaina's determination despite how brutal that fight was.
Speaking of the fights, I have to admit that I was quite surprised by the lightsaber duels in Invincible. They were certainly quite a bit more violent and bloody than what I would normally expect from the Star Wars series.
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JosephB222 In reply to TheGreenMagic [2008-05-24 02:49:37 +0000 UTC]
Thanks.
And I do agree with you about how brutal the fights are, but then this isn't the first book to have fights like this. Denning's Luke/Jacen duel in "Inferno" was pretty brutal as well, not as graphic as Jaina/Ceadus duels. I'm all for getting a little brutal but I think they sometimes go alittle overboard. I consider the Obiwan/Anakin duel in RotS to be very brutal but Obiwan and Anakin were pretty unscathed up till the end when Anakin got diced.
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Cheaster [2008-05-19 18:13:49 +0000 UTC]
I see you base your art on the Novels, awesome work!
Perhaps you can make the Damaged Darth Vader version than I can? Hmm?
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JosephB222 In reply to Cheaster [2008-05-19 19:19:40 +0000 UTC]
Thanks.
"Damaged Darth Vader"? This happened in a novel? Which one?
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Cheaster In reply to JosephB222 [2008-05-19 23:39:17 +0000 UTC]
"The Force Unleashed" game, its gonna be a novel too, its just not out yet.
Someone's work: [link]
Here's the one I did: [link]
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JosephB222 In reply to Cheaster [2008-05-20 01:20:40 +0000 UTC]
Cool . Though I'll probably play the game before reading the book. I more than likely wait until then before doing any fanart for it. But if the game is as good as it looks I'm sure I'll want to do plenty of pics from it
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Cheaster In reply to JosephB222 [2008-05-20 03:20:41 +0000 UTC]
I have three figs straight from the game! Anyways, I'm sure the book will come out first.
They're also making a graphic novel(big comic book) out of the game aswell.
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