I asked for something that showed off my love for the original Star Wars. My wonderful gifter went above and beyond and got me the most amazing gift they possibly could!

When I opened up the package I found the 1977 Star Wars Portfolio by Ralph McQuarrie! My gifter must be psychic because I adore Ralph McQuarrie's work! I had a small calendar of the "planets and places" of Star Wars that Ralph McQuarrie released a few years back, but I was sad the images were small. But now I have new and bigger (and rare!) high gloss prints of his work, 21 of them in fact!

If you are unfamiliar with Ralph McQuarrie he is the amazing artist that brought Star Wars to life. He designed many of the characters like the iconic look of the Stormtroopers, the sweeping vistas of planets and cities, showed what space combat would look like, and showed the huge scope of vehicular like the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star. It is said that 20th Century Fox didn't commit to the project until they saw these amazing images of McQuarrie's work.

This truly is a generous gift that is a piece of Star Wars history. Thank you!

My camera was getting a lot of glare on the light, so to see the amazing 21 Art Prints you can enjoy them here: http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/StarWars/

And to my mysterious Secret Santa, I truly cannot thank you enough for giving me the most amazing and perfect gift! Thank you! I will cherish and take care of this forever!