In Memoriam: Irvin Kershner – Empire Drawings

I’m sure I’ve posted some or all of these childhood drawings of mine before, but with the recent death of Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner, I thought it’d be appropriate to drag them out again. While there may be one or two folks out there who’d debate Empire‘s status as the best of the Star Wars films, there’s no doubt that it’s the one that most profoundly affected me. It came out in 1980, when I was ten and starting to really get into drawing. These drawings were likely done from The Empire Strikes Back Storybook, although I remember when I was a bit older getting a copy of The Art of The Empire Strikes Back and devoting myself to memorizing exactly how to draw AT-ATs, Hoth gun turrets, etc.