Top Five Movie Posters in the Heroic Style of Star Wars US One Sheet Original Movie Poster Style A 77/21-0
1977: A genre is born!
5. 1982: and imitated
5b. And itself imitated
4. 1983: followed, inevitably, by mockery
3. 1986: and then homage/mockery
2. 1992: and pastiche
1. And an attempt by an artist unclear about the relative sizes of horses and men
Extra: and then the non-ironic heavy metal usage
But what is the original image? Is it possible they were all based on “La Liberté guidant le peuple,” the painting by Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830?
Nope, we’re getting too intellectual here. It turns out that Tom Jung, who designed the Star Wars poster, has admitted that he was going for a Frank Frazetta look. Here is the classic Frazetta he had in mind. Note that the skull looming in the background inspired Darth Vader’s helmet in the Star Wars poster.
Are there more examples of this style out there?
