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As any fellow Star Wars fanatic knows, this year is the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. My favorite movie of all time.

I always thought "Empire" showed Darth Vader at his most hardcore(Brutally mauling his own son, torturing Han Solo because he enjoys it, ordering his own fleet into an asteroid field and patiently waiting as it gets beat to hell, making a habit of choking his own overly polite officers, constantly changing the terms of a deal seemingly only because he likes screwing with Lando's mind, conspiring against his own Master, and generally not giving a %&#^).

And, the moment when Vader goes in with the ground troops raiding the rebel base during the battle of Hoth. I always liked that he doesn't care that there's a warzone all around him and he's going in on foot. With this painting, I wanted to pay an homage to that scene with one of those "could have happened off-screen!" moments. The idea here is that the Walker in the center has been brought down by rebel fire, but in true Vader fashion-he just doesn't care, and is strolling straight through the warzone toward the rebel base. I really worked on the atmospheric perspective here so that it looked similar to the film's colors.
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Given 2010-07-04
Vader on Hoth by ~Livio27
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"It's a never before scene of Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, that isn't all why. I don't find it too distracting to the eyes, my eyes move around yes but there is a centerpoint(Darth Vader) and my eyes follow around to the background and surroundings, seeing what is all going on in the battle of Hoth, my mouth dropped when I spotted the Snowtroopers standing on the Leg of the AT-AT, And the piece got a personality to it as well with each character in it, Vader for example, acting dark and cold as the AT-AT fell behind him as he walks straight to the Rebel Base, the Snowtroopers all engaged in battle doing that classic "do or die for the Empire" makes me fall in love with the movie all over again and makes me want to go home and play Star Wars: Battlefront for the X Box console as I already feel like i am in this battle in this piece." ( Suggested by =Theo-Kyp-Serenno and Featured by ^rydi1689 )
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~dchan 4 days ago  Professional General Artist
I'm dying man! :hug:
What you did? Is AWESOME!!!
Congrats my friend! really cool painting! Very nice brushwork btw!

See ya!
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~Livio27 4 days ago  Professional General Artist
Thanks a lot!
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Vader:"Damn! I should have brought my mittens." Good Job!
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:iconilovedev:
NICE! Plus,your first paragraph in the description made me think. "wow,Vader is a bossss" lol
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*afrolady114 Apr 26, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! :D :D I wish I had this plastered all over my wall in my room!! :D
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I love Vader's body language, it's like..."Oh No; These nuggas DID NOT just diss my swag!"
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~Krysnha Apr 22, 2013  New member
awesome thanks lot
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~MilesWCDill Apr 14, 2013  New member Student Traditional Artist
This is really really cool
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Legendarily badass.
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~WanzieArcanum Mar 22, 2013  Professional General Artist
This is a personal favorite, bro...incredible piece. I share the same sentiments about "Empire"...one of my favorites of all time...Star Wars NEEDS that darker edge again - desperately. Keep up the phenomenal work. Cheers, man!
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