When I stumbled upon the Japan Edition of The Rise of Skywalker at some point in 2019, I wondered why the Japanese get these wonderful designs while we, the rest of the world, have to deal with mundane stock artwork? Clearly there’s gotta be someone who had to deal with that injustice, so why not me? I spent about half an hour to remake The Rise of Skywalker in square format. And then I decided I’d do the same for The Last Jedi, yet with a few subtle differences compared to the official cover art. And because I was…
Tag: Episode VI
“Star Wars – The Ralph McQuarrie Series” by John Williams
Looking through this site’s past few months, I felt like like there’ve been enough Star Wars posts already. But my Skandinavian pal tintacle proved me wrong by making one of the most remarkable custom covers series I’ve seen in recent times. His collection is a striking demonstration of how Ralph McQuarrie was not simply a production illustrator on Star Wars. He was more of a translator of George Lucas’ phantasies, bringing a whole galaxy far, far away to life. When looking at one of his drawings, it is as if you’re looking at a history book. They’re full of depth and lore and…
“Star Wars – Target Exclusive Collection” by John Williams
In December 2015 US discount retailer Target sold an exclusive version of John Williams’ The Force Awakens score. And when I was asked to create custom covers in the same style for the rest of the saga, well, I couldn’t say no. But first I had to recreate the Target cover to get rid of that ugly sticker. And also, to prepare myself a universal template that I could use for previous and future episodes. This request came right in the middle of working on another series, but I figured a little change won’t hurt. It keeps your creative spark…
“Star Wars – The Deluxe Editions” by John Williams, Michael Giacchino, John Powell
I have postponed the idea of working on Star Wars custom covers again and again and again… stowed it away deep down in the cryostasis chambers of my HQCovers space station. But not particularly because I didn’t want to work on John Williams’ opus magnum. No, because I was afraid of not being able to do it justice. I’ve put so much effort into this or that covers series, that I sometimes find it hard to raise the bar. But this is Star Wars, the mother and father of all film franchises and fan fiction universes ever, right? It has to be the very best, most fucking awesome custom…




