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A photograph of the book's frontis page.
For the Roleplaying game Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, Fantasy Flight Games asked to Edge Studio for some illustrations that match the design of the book. The book is focused a specific part of the Star Wars universe, that of smugglers, bounty hunters, and other outsiders, and these pieces of artwork reflect that focus.
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Boba Fett's helmet with the 2 suns of Tatoo star system. The curve of the helmet reminds the viewer of a planet. It also symbolizes the Edge of the Empire, where bounty hunters, smugglers, scoundrels, and characters who tend to operate outside the bounds of Imperial law make their home.
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This is one of the first concepts for this frontis page, with a yellow logo inspired by the Star Wars logo.
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And this is the final version approved for the project.
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This illustration was inspired by the first frames of Episode IV. The idea is to make a short presentation of the book. The black strips are an element used to increase the panoramic view and they make a funny homage to the film.
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This is the original concept, with the classic 3D text crossing the screen. For the book, the idea was to put part of the text above black strips.
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At the end, the text was very short, and the moons of Tatooine were removed from the illustration.
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This illustration depicts a spaceship leaving Tatooine with the 2 binary Tatoo star system, part of the Arkanis sector in the Outer Rim Territories, in the background. It was created for the endsheet of the book.
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A detail of the illustration showing a YT-2400 leaving Tatooine.
Illustrations by David Ardila
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