- "[George Lucas and Lucasfilm] don't give me a lot of information; they give me what they think is necessary. I've done this so long that they really trust me to sense the spirit of what they're trying to accomplish, which is what you're trying to do with the art, anyway. I kind of make the characters iconic, beautiful, interesting, desireable. An emotional connection is what I try to create. It's not that I render a specific planet or something as much as I'm creating an atmosphere. If you want the specifics, you'll read the book. The cover art is supposed to give you an emotional feeling of what's inside."
- ―Drew Struzan
Drew Struzan was an artist. He designed several album covers, book covers, comic covers, movie posters, and advertising. Struzan also designed several covers for Dark Horse Comics, and has designed the movie posters for the prequel trilogy of films as well as the Special Edition of the original trilogy of films. He passed away, aged 78, on October 13, 2025.[1]
Works
- "Drew was an artist of the highest order. His illustrations fully captured the excitement, tone and spirit of each of my films his artwork represented. His creativity, through a single illustrated image, opened up a world full of life in vivid color… even at a glance. I was lucky to have worked with him time and time again."
- ―George Lucas
Film posters
- 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 IV A New Hope - Special Edition
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back - Special Edition
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi - Revenge of the Jedi poster
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi - Special Edition
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens[4]
Book covers
Film poster for the The Empire Strikes Back
- The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy
- Children of the Jedi
- Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy
- The Courtship of Princess Leia
- The Crystal Star
- Darksaber
- Star Wars: Darth Maul
- The Han Solo Trilogy
- Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology
- I, Jedi
- Jedi Prince series
- Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi series
- The New Rebellion
- Planet of Twilight
- Rebellion Era Sourcebook
- Role Playing 2000
- Shadows of the Empire novel
- Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina short stories
- The Truce at Bakura
- TV Guide - Star Wars covers
- The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
Other
Stormtrooper stamp drawn by Drew Struzan.
- The original ILM logo
- Star Wars: Legends in 3-Dimensions - Box Cover
- Star Wars postage stamps
Sources
- The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
The Making of the Poster on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)- The Art of Roleplaying: An Interview with Drew Struzan and Adam Hughes on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- The Indy Artist: Drew Struzan Interviewed on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- "Drew Struzan: A Master at Work" — Star Wars Insider 207
- The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–VI, 1977–2005
- Drew Struzan: Appreciating the Artist Who Helped Define Movies and ILM on Industrial Light & Magic's official website (backup link)
- Remembering Drew Struzan on Lucasfilm's official website (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78 by Hibberd, James on The Hollywood Reporter (October 14, 2025) (backup link archived on October 14, 2025)
- ↑ The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- ↑
Remembering Drew Struzan on Lucasfilm's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Drew Struzan Poster Revealed at D23 by Burlingame, Russ on ComicBook.com (August 15, 2015) (backup link archived on May 6, 2020)
External links
- Official website (backup link)
- Drew Struzan (@DrewStruzan) on Twitter (backup link)
- Drew Struzan on Wikipedia
