Awesome Star Wars Art From Around The Interwebs

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... One of the best movies in Sci-Fi history was created. Here is art from around the web dedicated to Star Wars!

Plot outline

The prequel trilogy begins with the Trade Federation blockading the planet Naboo, in response to the Galactic Republic's taxation of trade routes. The Sith Lord Darth Sidious had secretly planned the blockade to give his alter ego, Senator Palpatine, a pretense to overthrow and replace the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. At the Chancellor's request, the Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi are sent to Naboo to negotiate with the Federation, but are forced to instead help the planet's monarch, Padmé Amidala, escape from the blockade and plea her case before the Galactic Senate on Coruscant. When their spaceship is damaged during the escape, they land on the desert planet Tatooine for repairs, where Qui-Gon discovers a young slave named Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon comes to believe that Anakin is the "Chosen One" foretold by Jedi prophecy to bring balance to the Force, and he helps liberate the boy. The Jedi Council, led by Yoda, reluctantly allows Obi-Wan to train Anakin after Qui-Gon is killed by Palpatine's first apprentice, Darth Maul, during the Battle of Naboo.[6]
The remainder of the prequel trilogy chronicles Anakin's gradual fall to the dark side of the Force as he fights in the Clone Wars, which Palpatine secretly engineers to destroy the Republic and lure Anakin into his service.[7] Anakin and Padmé fall in love and secretly wed, and eventually Padmé becomes pregnant. Anakin has a prophetic vision of Padmé dying in childbirth, and Palpatine convinces him that the dark side holds the power to save her life; desperate, Anakin submits to the dark side and takes the Sith name Darth Vader. While Palpatine re-organizes the Republic into the tyrannical Galactic Empire—appointing himself Emperor for life—Vader participates in the extermination of the Jedi Order, culminating in a lightsaber battle between himself and Obi-Wan on the volcanic planet Mustafar.[8] Obi-Wan defeats his former apprentice and friend, severing his limbs and leaving him for dead. Palpatine arrives shortly afterward and saves Vader, placing him into a mechanical suit of armor that keeps him alive. At the same time, Padmé dies while giving birth to twins Luke and Leia. The twins are hidden from Vader and are not told who their real parents are.[8]
The original trilogy begins 19 years later as the Death Star space station nears completion, which will allow the Empire to crush the Rebel Alliance, an organized resistance formed to combat Palpatine's tyranny. Vader captures Princess Leia, who has stolen the plans to the Death Star and hidden them in the astromech droid R2-D2. R2, along with his protocol droid counterpart C-3PO, escapes to Tatooine. There, the droids are purchased by Luke Skywalker and his step-uncle and aunt. While Luke is cleaning R2, he accidentally triggers a message put into the droid by Leia, who asks for assistance from Obi-Wan. Luke later assists the droids in finding the Jedi Knight, who is now passing as an old hermit under the alias Ben Kenobi. When Luke asks about his father, Obi-Wan tells him that Anakin was a great Jedi who was betrayed and murdered by Vader.[16] Obi-Wan and Luke hire the smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca to take them to Alderaan, Leia's home world, which they eventually find has been destroyed by the Death Star. Once on board the space station, Obi-Wan allows himself to be killed during a lightsaber rematch with Vader; his sacrifice allows the group to escape with the plans that help the rebels destroy the Death Star. Luke himself fires the shot that destroys the deadly space station.[5]
Three years later, Luke travels to find Yoda, now living in exile on the swamp-infested world Dagobah, to begin his Jedi training. However, Luke is interrupted when Vader lures him into a trap by capturing Han and the others. During a fierce lightsaber duel, Vader reveals that he is Luke's father and attempts to turn him to the dark side.[9] Luke escapes, and, after rescuing Han from the gangster Jabba the Hutt a year later, returns to Yoda to complete his training. However, now over 900 years old, Yoda is on his deathbed. Before he passes away, Yoda confirms that Vader is Luke's father; moments later, Obi-Wan's spirit tells Luke that he must face his father before he can become a Jedi, and that Leia is his twin sister. As the Rebels attack the second Death Star, Luke confronts Vader as Palpatine watches; both Sith Lords intend to turn Luke to the dark side and take him as their apprentice.[10]
During the subsequent lightsaber duel, Luke succumbs to his anger and brutally overpowers Vader, but controls himself at the last minute; realizing that he is about to suffer his father's fate, he spares Vader's life and proudly declares his allegiance to the Jedi. An enraged Palpatine then attempts to kill Luke with Force lightning, a sight that moves Vader to turn and kill his master, suffering mortal wounds in the process. Redeemed, Anakin Skywalker dies in his son's arms. Luke becomes a full-fledged Jedi, and the Rebels destroy the second Death Star.

Awards

Academy Awards, USA 1978
Won
Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
John Barry
Norman Reynolds
Leslie Dilley
Roger Christian
Best Costume Design
John Mollo
Best Sound
Don MacDougall
Ray West
Bob Minkler
Derek Ball
Derek Ball was not present at the awards ceremony.
Best Film Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
Best Effects, Visual Effects
John Stears
John Dykstra
Richard Edlund
Grant McCune
Robert Blalack
Best Music, Original Score
John Williams
Won
Special Achievement Award Ben Burtt (as Benjamin Burtt Jr.)
For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.)
Nominated
Oscar Best Picture
Gary Kurtz
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alec Guinness
Best Director
George Lucas
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
George Lucas

Golden Globes, USA 1978
Won
Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture
John Williams
Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Director - Motion Picture
George Lucas
Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
Alec Guinness

BAFTA Awards 1979
Won
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music John Williams
Won
BAFTA Film Award Best Sound
Sam Shaw
Robert R. Rutledge
Gordon Davidson
Gene Corso
Derek Ball
Don MacDougall
Bob Minkler
Ray West
Michael Minkler
Les Fresholtz
Richard Portman
Ben Burtt
Nominated
BAFTA Film Award Best Costume Design
John Mollo
Best Film
Best Film Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
Best Production Design/Art Direction
John Barry

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2012
Nominated
Saturn Award Best DVD Collection
Fox
For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For 'Star Wars: The Complete Saga'

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1997
Won
Special Award
For its 20th Anniversary.

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1978
Won
Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film
Best Supporting Actor
Alec Guinness
Best Director
George Lucas
Tied with Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Best Writing
George Lucas
Best Music
John Williams
Tied with John Williams for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Best Costumes
John Mollo
Best Make-Up
Rick Baker
Stuart Freeborn
Best Special Effects
John Dykstra
John Stears
Outstanding Editing
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas
Richard Chew
Outstanding Sound
Ben Burtt
Don MacDougall
Sam F. Shaw
Outstanding Art Direction
Norman Reynolds
Leslie Dilley
Outstanding Set Decoration
Roger Christian
Won
Special Award Outstanding Cinematographer
Gilbert Taylor
Nominated
Saturn Award Best Actor
Harrison Ford
Best Actor
Mark Hamill
Best Actress
Carrie Fisher
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Cushing

American Cinema Editors, USA 1978
Nominated
Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Richard Chew
Paul Hirsch
Marcia Lucas

Awards of the Japanese Academy 1979
Nominated
Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film

British Society of Cinematographers 1977
Nominated
Best Cinematography Award Gilbert Taylor

Directors Guild of America, USA 1978
Nominated
DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
George Lucas

Evening Standard British Film Awards 1979
Won
Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film
George Lucas
Best Actor
Alec Guinness

Golden Screen, Germany 1978
Won
Golden Screen

Golden Trailer Awards 2012
Nominated
Golden Trailer Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Flyer Entertainment
For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For Star Wars: The Complete Saga "Every Moment :30".

Grammy Awards 1992
Nominated
Grammy Best Pop Instrumental Performance
John Williams
For Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the "Star Wars Trilogy".

Grammy Awards 1978
Won
Grammy Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
John Williams
Best Instrumental Composition
John Williams
For the "Main Titles from 'Star Wars'".
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
John Williams (music arranged and conducted by)
Nominated
Grammy Album of the Year
John Williams
London Symphony Orchestra
For the album "Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)".

Hochi Film Awards 1978
Won
Hochi Film Award Best Foreign Language Film
George Lucas

Hugo Awards 1978
Won
Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation
George Lucas (director, screenplay)

Kinema Junpo Awards 1979
Won
Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film Director
George Lucas

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1977
Won
LAFCA Award Best Picture
Best Music
John Williams

MTV Movie Awards 1997
Won
MTV Movie Award Lifetime Achievement
For the Star Wars trilogy, also including Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and ... More


National Board of Review, USA 1977
Won
NBR Award Top Ten Films

National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989
Won
National Film Registry

People's Choice Awards, USA 1978
Won
People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture

Satellite Awards 2011
Won
Satellite Award Best DVD Extras
For Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Satellite Awards 2005
Nominated
Golden Satellite Award Best Overall DVD
For Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
Best Classic DVD
For Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
For the Star Wars Trilogy.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 1978
Won
Special Award

Writers Guild of America, USA 1978
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen) Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
George Lucas

Description

This is a collection of various Star Wars art from around the Interwebs. Over the years many talented artists have created art dedicated to the Star Wars galaxy. Unless noted, these are not my creations. If anything posted on this page is yours and you don't want it on our page, please send us a message and let us know and we'll gladly remove it.
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