DARK EMPIRE II (pencil/ink/colour)

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The second Star Wars book by Cam Kennedy & Tom Veitch, Dark Empire II, finds Luke returning to Pinnacle Base at the same time as Darkside Executor Sedriss is going ahead with 'Operation Shadow Hand'. Sedriss and his ilk prepare to deliver the Empire's discipline to a renegade manufacturing world on the fringes of the Galactic Core.

 

Cam Kennedy once again pencils, inks and hand paints the entire comic book from scripts by Tom Veitch.

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Colour pages such as Star Wars Dark Empire are generally painted using Rotring waterproof watercolour inks similar to acrylic ink with touches of gouache paint. These paints age well and the colours still remain vibrant 25 or so years on. These pages really need to be seen in person to be believed!

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Star Wars art boards are typically just a little smaller than A3 or the standard comic art board size and measure between 27cm by 40.5cm and 28cm by 42cm..

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Synopsis: 
The Empire in retreat, Luke Skywalker has begun a quest to rebuild the Jedi. Although dead, the Emperor's presence still haunts him, and Luke still feels the taint of the dark side from his time as the Emperor's thrall. The dark shadow of Palpatine seems to creep across the galaxy once again, and the Empire awaits his return. Enslaving a weapons factory to design a device more deadly than the Death Star, the Empire sets its plans in motion -- to destroy the New Republic once and for all!  

 

You can see a spotlight on an example page on the blog.

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The below image galleries show images of pages available for sale as they appeared in published form alongside images of the original art pages. The original art pages do not include the lettering / speech balloons.