Kotobukiya Ralph McQuarrie Luke vs. Darth Vader

[Raffles]

 

[Darth Brass]

Aw man, I love this thing. Wish I could afford it!

 

[jonsolo]

this thing is amazing, it would be awesome to make a full size costume of this Vader!

 

[phase pistol]

I keep telling you guys, that's not "Luke", it's DEAK STARKILLER. :lol

May the force of others be with you... :sleep

 

[Raffles]

Good point, apparently this is what will appear on the finished product

 

[Darth Kahnt]

Anyone know the price point on this piece?

 

[Raffles]

Well conversion rates work out to about $67 a figure. So watch this space to see how much retailers scalp us

 

[DavidS]

Luke needs to get his guard up........
and why is he wearing a gas mask?

 

[DuneMuadDib]

Not Luke, it's Deak Starkiller.

The painting this is adapted from is from an earlier draft of the script from the "Adventures of Anakin Starkiller" versions. Deak is the brother of Luke Starkiller and presumed only son of Anakin Starkiller. Vader is going after him in a fashion similar to the beginning of ANH and boards the ship he's on. Oxygen was lost, so Deak had to don an oxygen mask and Vader went aboard in a life support get-up of his own (since in this draft Vader is 100% organic and didn't need the breath mask in normal atmosphere).

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Definitely love the menace from the concept art captured in JRX's sculpt better compared to this rather blank expression helmet sculpt of this figure - though, would be cool to have both standing right next to each other on the shelf, I'd imagine! :thumbsup

 

[Roughneckone]

Images have Gone (yeah I know I can look at the hobbylink version)! :confused

Roughneckone :cool

 

[bigbaddaddyvader]

Well seeing as we are all being terribly terribly pedantic in this thread it is actually taken from the second draft for The Adventures of The Starkiller-The Star Wars-Episode One.And it really should be marketed as Deak Starkiller but then the majority of people looking at it would most likely think "Who?" and not buy it if that were the case I suppose.
For anyone interested in the progression through the drafts I cannot recommend this site enough:

http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/

I have the utmost respect for those guys and the preservation work they are doing for the scripts there.