Drew Struzan 'Original Star Wars Trilogy' Prints Release Details
Artist: Drew Struzan
Title: Original Star Wars Trilogy (Brush Stroke Edition)
Medium: Giclee Prints
Size: 24 x 36 Inches Each
Edition: 150 Sets
Price: $260/Set
*available at Noon EST on Wednesday October 8th, 2025
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Drew Struzan (born March 18, 1947, Oregon City) is the quiet king of movie imagery: his brush gave faces to Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, E.T., Harry Potter, Blade Runner, The Thing, Hook and more than 150 other campaigns, earning him the unofficial title of “the illustrator Spielberg always calls.” Raised in poverty, he sold sketches to eat, studied at Art Center College of Design, and began by airbrushing album sleeves Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare among them before Charles White III handed him the Star Wars re-release assignment that ignited Hollywood’s love affair with his luminous, hyper-detailed style.
Working in acrylic and colored pencil on gessoed board, Struzan layers transparent glazes until heroes glow with an almost back-lit humanity; subtle expressions, swirling smoke, and impossible starfields are rendered with the patience of an Old Master yet read instantly from across a lobby. When studios pivoted to photo-based posters in the 1990s, his canvases became coveted relics, sought by directors like Zemeckis, del Toro and Lucas, who insisted on painted one-sheets even as digital art took over.
Retired officially in 2015 after The Force Awakens, he still paints personal pieces, signs prints at Comic-Cons, and collaborates with his wife Dylan on book projects such as A Bloody Business. His legacy is everywhere: the determined tilt of Marty McFly’s silhouette, the torch-lit silhouette of Indy, the wand-raised promise of Harry all distilled into single, hopeful images that taught generations how adventure should feel.
