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The Force Is Strong With Them

STAR PAINTER

o Christopher Clark, the landscapes and portraits captured by masters such as Claude Monet aren’t that different from settings and characters in the universe. So the oil painter begins each piece of fan art the way he does any other tableau: identifying beautiful prints can be sold at Disney theme parks. Behind The Scenes: George Lucas loves Clark’s portrait of Yoda so much, he bought the original.

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