Art Raffle prize #1: Star Wars AU Ford and Stan!

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The first of the runner-up prizes for the art raffle I held in November goes to @archervale, who requested Ford as a Jedi. :) I’d been wanting to do an Star Wars AU for a while, so that worked out nicely.

We talked a lot about various options, from what age to aim for; to all the details, like what color Ford’s lightsaber should be (what I could find of the various write-ups for color meanings suggested blue would work best for him), and options for his Jedi robes (it’s a little hard to tell if the wider range of color choices is relegated to “Legends” now, but what the heck, this is AU, so). And, almost needless to say, along the way I assembled a ton of refs for poses and costuming, and even the blasters that Stan is using.

(Listen: I’ve been a Star Wars fan since I saw the first film in the theater. Han Solo might just be my first movie crush. It all holds a deep deep place in my heart. But I never got into the whole EU, and I’m definitely no canon expert.)

At some point, look for an Old Men version update. ;-) But in the meantime, thanks for the opportunity to do this, Archervale!