Far, Far Away – Gorgeous Star Wars Prints

Sat, Sep 4, 2010

Art and animation

These are lovely; Far, Far Away – three prints by Andy Helms from the original trilogy, $15 each or $40 for the set. One day I’m going to get fed up with these minimalist works, but that day isn’t today:

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23 Comments For This Post

  1. theronster (Aaron Abernethy) Says:
    September 4th, 2010 at 8:48 am

    @3naturalsixes @intheseheels Here, get these!: http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/b.....rs-prints/

  2. Cryptnotic Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 2:00 am

    How long until Lucasfilm finds this and shuts it down?

  3. user Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 4:28 am

    These are actually hideous.

  4. tapcalap Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 7:31 am

    nice posters, especially the first one. good work.

  5. James M Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 9:13 am

    Very cool stuff.

  6. Luke Jones Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am

    That Empire Strikes Back poster is awesome.

  7. Cloudseer Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 10:44 am

    Amazing, especially the first one. Is it available as a wallpaper?

  8. jtrip Says:
    September 6th, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    cool, but looks a lot like VNV images

  9. Leif hurst Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 12:23 am

    Awesome work…. Really need all 3 to have the full effect

  10. WebStalkers Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 12:45 am

    Meh…takes the same idea and tweaks it to make several images. Ok to look at for a second or two but then kind of boring.

  11. PaceGst Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 2:49 am

    Maybe it is time to be fed up with the all the movie poster minimalist designs propagating through the web. They are looking more and more like Photoshop/Illustrator exercises than movie posters. decent abstraction – but no drama! Sorry but these are a snooze.

  12. Tmood Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    What about the “first” three Star Wars?? I’d love to see something like that for those films too..

  13. Dimetri Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    How come no Hoth hemisphere at the bottom of #2?

  14. Weakly Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    “One day I’m going to get fed up with these minimalist works”

    For me, today is that day.

  15. Bird Dog Says:
    September 7th, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    These are terrible. They look like South Park caricatures. Laughable bad.

  16. Mike Smith Says:
    September 8th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    I don’t know what these smacked asses are talking about. These are BEAUTIFUL. Great work!

  17. abart01 Says:
    September 9th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    There weren’t any TIE Interceptors in Empire Strikes Back.

  18. painstick Says:
    September 9th, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    I can’t believe that abart01 inspected every ship in that poster. Someone still lives with their mom

  19. Cliodhna Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    How long until Lucasfilm finds this and shuts it down?

    About this long:

    http://bangalores.livejournal.com/58715.html

  20. linda Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    these are incredibly beautiful, and flawlessly designed. great work.

  21. mklickman Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    As a designer, I am very impressed by these. They are consistent, thematic, and the fact that they all follow the same grid is absolutely brilliant. Not only that, but while the minimalist style feels very contemporary, it also pays homage to the art style in the late 70s . It’s very disappointing that Lucasfilm does not see the merit in prints like this; as if the franchise is in danger of being infringed upon (or is it just “because they can”).

    A note to many of the critics: it is both possible and very respectable to appreciate well-executed work, even if it does not appeal to your personal taste. No need to hate :-)

    And, not that I’m trying to pick a fight, but @painstick, it’s actually quite apparent that there are TIE Interceptors in the Empire poster (and I do not live with my parents). Abart01 was simply making an observation.

  22. Richard Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    Oh dear – that’s the double edged sword of online selling – too much attention can bring you trouble!

  23. MjH Says:
    September 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pm

    Nice retro look and feel. Agree w/@Dimetri – having Hoth at the bottom of TESB poster would have been a good choice as well as for consistency.

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