Lucasfilm Poster for 2018 Comic Con

And no Jar Jar for the Prequel Trilogy! Why no Jar Jar? Poor Jar Jar. What did he ever do to deserve being written out of history in this way?

 

It is.

They aren't on it because the purpose of this poster is to show the parallels und mirrorings between all three trilogy. #ReyloConfirmedBTW Another reason is: the ST has way too much characters compared with the PT and OT. Haha!

 

And no Lando!

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 2, 2018, Original Post Date: Jul 2, 2018 ---

Rey Skywalker confirmed!

 

Indeed. Coupled with not including Finn, the posters are perhaps a bit lacking in their representations of diversity.


Anyway, other characters which are a bit conspicuous by their absence: Palpatine and 3PO!

I'm not sure that purpose is clear though, unless they're making that theme a thing in wider promotions.

I kind of get where the OP is coming from though, and for the sake of wider representation, Finn at least perhaps should have been on the ST poster. Maybe instead of Leia. She does get centre stage on the OT poster after-all.

 

Ah, if you want Lando and diversity, here's something made just for you:

 

I have no personal vested interest in the posters' representations of diversity. It was just my observation. Although I can't help thinking it should have been a consideration.

 

But Anakin is the one who turned. (the top row)
The one who will redeem them (or try to) is holding the lightsaber.
Then the mentor(s) is in it.
Followed by the cute lovable one.

 

First of all he's kidding, hence the haha. Second of all, it's just a poster....

 

So Yoda is the mentor or the cute lovable one?

I guess it depends on which parallels you want to draw. Like who is the 'Luke' of the three trilogies?

I mean they could have gone with:

The 'Luke' of the series: Anakin > Luke > Rey

The 'Ben Kenobi' of the series: Qui-Gon > Kenobi > Solo

The 'Leia' of the series: Padme > Leia > Poe​

 

I agree that it's definitely a cool looking poster and I hope we see more and more promotional material in this style. Looks like this will be sold or handed out during the con so definitely a cool item to be able to take home. I'm definitely curious to see what was the artists motivation behind the way he created the parallels in this and why he decided to use certain characters over others or younger versions of a character (for example, using TPM Obi Wan instead of RoS or AoTC or not including Alec's Obi Wan in the OT portion). This would be a really cool art style to do for all the villains in the franchise too.

 

I dont think Solo fits in the OT grouping (based on other trends) but he's iconic of that time so it makes sense I guess. It probably should have been Old Ben thematically IMO.

I'd argue Obi-Wan is the "Luke" of the PT because he's the hero.
Anakin is the main character but Obi-Wan is the hero.
Unless the "Luke" is simply the main character not the hero.


Really it comes down to Solo not fitting any theme other than "cute and lovable" like R2 and BB8.
Everyone else has a very specific role in the films to the "turned one" except him.
Mentors, loved ones, family....guy who has no real relevance to Vader and is completely disposable to him.

 

I think the problem with us trying to draw direct parallels is that it isn't always as straight forward as that. A character in one film can be the embodiment of more than one character in another, and vice versa.

I would argue that Anakin is the 'Luke' of the PT, in so much as it's telling the same story - albeit one with a different outcome. It's a kind of alternative version of Luke's story told through the story of the father. It's been suggested also that the OT represents three stages of human development - Childhood > Adolescence > Maturity - primarily through Luke but the characters around him also. This is more literal in the PT, with Anakin as a child and then an adolescent - although 'maturity' takes on a different meaning.

The OT is the story of 'the hero', but the PT is the story of 'the fallen hero'.

However, I'd say Obi-Wan is perhaps ALSO a 'Luke', but a version of Luke much like the one from the end of ROTJ, and fills in the gaps Anakin leaves.

As for Han, he's there in both Finn and Poe in the ST I'd say. In TPM I'd argue it's Qui-Gon - as well as being the 'Ben Kenobi', he's also a maverick with a penchant for gambling - and he takes on a sidekick who owes him a life debt (Jar Jar, the Chewie of the film). The Han to Qui-Gon connection is strengthen too by Han's role as the mentor in the SQ.

In AOTC and ROTS... as well as being the 'Luke', I'd say conceptually it's Anakin who channels the spirit of Han. He may not have the charisma (although I think he was meant to), but like Han he falls in love and seduces 'the princess'. There's an element of 'what if it was Han who became a Jedi'.

Anyway, maybe that's getting a bit too convoluted for a discussion about some posters...

 

Oh I agree it's just fun to theorize if there is any meaning behind it. The only real themes are: Bad guy in back, hero with blue lightsaber on left.

 

Finn and Poe should indeed be on a poster like that, but because they are the main characters, not because of "diversity" or whatever. Besides, Star Wars is a fantasy about desert orphans fighing evil space wizards. Focusing too much on current (American) social issues would damage the francise far more then Jar Jar, 8 yo Darth Vader screeming "yippee" and Luke milking aliens combined.

 

I love how they all feature Anakin's Lightsaber... Still holding my breath for Maz telling us the story in Episode IX. And yes, #Reyloconfirmed ;D

 

Han is there because he’s kylo’s dad. Picture one is the original couple, picture two is the children and picture three is the grandchild / new couple. #reylodefinitelyconfirmed

 

No, they don't...