‘Star Wars Bestiary’ Showcases New Creatures & Art!
StarWars.com has a new look at Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy including an interview with the creators & new artwork!
Oct 22, 2024
StarWars.com has published a new look at the upcoming Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy including a look at ten pages of creatures and an interview excerpt with the creators!
A Look Inside:
Star Wars Bestiary, Vol.1: Creatures of the Galaxy is an in-universe guide to the creatures of the Star Wars galaxy narrated by Ardis San Tekka, a creature cartographer
Illustrator Iris Compiet reveals that every illustration was created traditionally with paint or pencils on paper - no digital drawings!
The previewed illustrations on the Insight Editions website include a look at Banthas, Tooka Cats, Purrgil, and more
Deeper Dive:
Compiet amidst in the interview that her favorite creatures to draw were the banthas (the first she worked on) or the blurrgs which she calls “fish-like blobs on two legs with short, Tyrannosaurus Rex arms”
Writer S.T. Bende speaks at length about her love for the purrgil and all things Star Wars Rebels as well as how her experience working with marine animals helped shape the book
Coming Soon: The full interview with Bende and Compiet can be seen in Star Wars Insider #228 and Star Wars Bestiary, Vol.1: Creatures of the Galaxy will be released on November 5th.
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